HC Deb 24 June 1991 vol 193 cc402-3W
Ms. Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the average annual growth in the volume of exports for the United Kingdom and other EC countries over the period 1979 to 1990.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 20 June 1991]: The information is in the table. There are no data for Luxembourg or Portugal.

Annual average growth rates of the volume of total exports of goods 1979–90
Per cent.
Belgium1 3.9
Denmark 4.8
France2 3.6
Germany 4.3
Greece2 4.7
Ireland2 8.7
Italy2 3.2

Per cent.
Netherlands 3.9
Spain 6.7
United Kingdom 3.9
1 Average for the period 1979–87.
2 Average for the period 1979–89.

Source: OECD Monthly Statistics on Foreign Trade.

Notes:

(1) The average annual growth rate is the rate which, when compounded over the 11 calendar years from 1979 to 1990, gives rise to the observed change in export volumes.

(2) 'Total exports' include goods (including oil and erratics) but not services.