EC Trade

HC Deb 08 January 1990 vol 164 cc518-9W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the figures for intra and extra-EEC trade of EEC countries given in the reply of 3 July 1985,Official Report, columns 190–92.

Mr. Redwood

The information is in the table. Because of the accession to the EC of Spain and Portugal, figures for 1984, the last year included in the previous answer, are given again to indicate the effect on intra and extra-EC trade.

European Community exports of manufactures1
billion ECU
	Federal Republic of Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium/Luxembourg	United Kingdom	Ireland	Denmark	Greece	Spain	Portugal
(1) Intra-EC trade
1984	89.2	42.1	37.6	26.8	32.7	28.8	5.5	4.2	1.8	10.4	3.2
1985	99.8	47.8	42.1	29.8	36.2	32.9	6.1	4.8	1.7	11.6	3.6
1986	107.8	49.0	44.5	31.6	38.2	33.3	6.0	5.1	2.0	12.2	4.0
1987	116.3	53.1	49.7	33.4	40.5	36.1	6.6	5.6	2.2	13.6	4.6
1988	129.0	66.8	55.3	37.7	45.3	43.1	7.8	6.0	1.8	16.5	5.2
(2) Extra-EC trade
1984	96.3	44.3	41.5	12.5	13.8	41.3	2.2	7.1	1.4	11.0	1.8
198S	108.8	47.2	45.1	13.0	15.2	45.5	2.7	7.8	1.4	11.2	2.0
1986	110.1	44.1	40.3	12.2	14.3	39.1	2.3	7.5	1.2	8.0	1.8
1987	109.2	39.6	39.1	12.2	14.1	39.7	2.3	7.4	1.0	9.5	1.8
1988	113.8	47.1	41.4	13.7	16.3	43.9	2.6	7.5	1.0	10.6	1.9
1 Standard International Trade Classification, Sections 5 to 8.

Source: Eurostat.