HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 cc242-3W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the unit volume index of United Kingdom exports of manufactures divided by a weighted average of overseas wholesale prices, both expressed in pound sterling, for 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is in the following table.

United Kingdom unit value relative to competitors1 Wholesale prices
Manufactures2 ; 1980 = 100
Year
1984 90.0
1985 92.6
1986 89.6
1987 Q1-Q3 90.0
Note: 1 United States of America, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Netherlands,

1985 Current Prices
United Kingdom United States Japan Germany France Italy Canada OECD Europe OECD Total
Gross fixed capital formation
1. per head ($ thousand/head) 1.4 3.1 3.0 2.0 1.7 1.6 2.7 1.4 2.2
2. as a proportion of GDP (per cent.) 17 19 28 20 19 21 20 19 20

Source: OECD.