HC Deb 12 June 1989 vol 154 c311W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list Britain's top 20 trading partners for(a) 1979 and (b) 1988 with the value and percentage shown of exports to and imports from each.

United Kingdom's top 20 trading partners
Imports Exports
Country £ billion percentage £ billion percentage
1979
1. Germany 5.8 12.0 4.2 9.9
2. USA 4.9 10.1 4.0 9.5
3. France 4.1 8.4 3.1 7.2
4. Netherlands 3.4 7.1 3.1 7.2
5. Switzerland 2.6 5.3 2.4 5.6
6. Belgium-Luxembourg 2.3 4.8 2.5 5.8
7. Ireland 1.7 3.5 2.6 6.0
8. Italy 2.5 5.1 1.5 3.4
9. Sweden 1.6 3.3 1.5 3.6
10. Norway 1.3 2.7 0.8 1.8
11. Japan 1.5 3.1 0.6 1.4
12. Denmark 1.1 2.2 1.0 2.4
13. Canada 1.3 2.6 0.8 1.8
14. Saudi Arabia 1.1 2.3 0.9 2.1
15. Spain 0.7 1.5 0.6 1.3
16. Australia 0.5 1.0 0.8 2.0
17. South Africa 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.7
18. Soviet Union 0.8 1.7 0.4 1.0
19. Finland 0.8 1.6 0.4 1.0
20. Hong Kong 0.7 1.4 0.4 1.0
1988
1. Germany 17.7 16.6 9.5 11.7
2. USA 10.8 10.1 10.5 13.0
3. France 9.4 8.8 8.3 10.2
4. Netherlands 8.3 7.8 5.6 6.9
5. Italy 5.8 5.5 4.1 5.0
6. Belgium-Luxembourg 5.0 4 7 4.3 5.2
7. Japan 6.6 6.1 1.7 2.1
8. Ireland 3.9 3.6 4.1 5.0
9. Switzerland 3.8 3.6 1.9 2.3
10. Sweden 3.4 3.2 2.2 2.7
11. Spain 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.3
12. Norway 3.1 2.9 1.1 1.3
13. Canada 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.5
14. Denmark 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.4
15. Hong Kong 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.3
16. Finland 1.8 1.7 0.8 1.0
17. Australia 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.7
18. South Africa 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.0
19. Portugal 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0
20. Saudi Arabia 0.6 0.6 1.7 2.1

Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.