§ 18. Mr. Jim MarshallTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which industrial countries have lost a larger share of world trade in the last 10 years than the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. ForthThe most recent information available for OECD countries is for the first three quarters of 1988. Since 1978 the Netherlands, France, Greece and Norway recorded larger reductions than the United Kingdom in their shares of world trade.
82. Mr. Ted GarrettTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the United Kingdom share of world trade 10 years ago; and what it is at present.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe latest figures of world trade refer to the first three quarters of 1988, when the United Kingdom share of total world visible exports was 5.2 per cent. In 1979 the United Kingdom share was 5.3 per cent.