HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 c431W
Miss Lestor

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the value of United Kingdom exports to

United Kingdom trade with Latin America, Japan, Asia4, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa' and the Middle East for 1984 to 1988
1984 1985 1986 1987 19881
Imports2 Exports3 Imports2 Exports3 Imports2 Exports3 Imports2 Exports3 Imports2 Exports3
Latin America 1,525.9 924.9 1,582.4 1,067.3 1,231.2 1,091.2 1,436.8 1,191.9 1,515.6 1,101.8
Japan 3,771.9 926.6 4,115.5 1,012.3 4,936.9 1,193.7 5,464.0 1,495.1 6,509.1 1,742.7
Asia4 4,770.4 4,194.4 4,642.0 4,501.5 5,357.1 4,682.5 6,226.3 5,312.7 7,457.0 5,557.9
South Africa 725.6 1,204.1 989.8 1,009.2 829.6 849.5 658.2 948.6 807.7 1,074.8
Sub-Saharan Africa5 1,849.2 1,726.6 2,053.4 2,066.9 1,443.8 1,564.4 1,086.3 1,564.4 1,006.2 1,479.9
Middle East6 2,026.8 5,224.5 1,755.4 5,304.0 1,669.4 5,033.7 1,536.4 4,955.7 1,879.1 4,749.8
1Provisional.
2 Imports cif
3 Exports fob
4 Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Kampuchea, Vietnam, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, Macao, Hong Kong, North Korea, South Korea, Philippines, Maldives, Brunei and Indonesia. Excluding Japan.
5 Excluding South Africa.
6 Middle East: Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah etc, Oman, Yemen, North, Yemen South, Iraq and Iran.

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics.