§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing the share of British manufactured exports and of British manufactured imports going to and coming from, and the balance of impact on trade with,(a) Germany, (b) the United States of America, and (c) France, for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. SainsburyFigures for before 1975 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The available information is contained in the tables.
1. The available information, for the years since 1975, is given in the following table. Manufactures are defined as sections 5 to 8 of the Standard International Trade Classification.
United Kingdom trade in manufactures Exports £ billion Imports £ billion Crude balance £ billion World 1975 16.5 12.8 3.7 1976 21.3 16.9 4.4 1977 27.2 21.7 5.5 1978 30.1 26.1 4.0 1979 33.1 31.4 1.7 1980 34.8 31.8 3.0 1981 34.9 32.0 2.9 1982 37.3 37.1 0.2 1983 40.1 44.9 -4.9 1984 46.7 53.0 -6.3 1985 52.5 58.3 -5.8 1986 54.6 62.8 -8.2 1987 61.0 71.0 -10.0 1988 66.2 83.5 -17.3 1989 76.4 96.0 -19.6 1990 84.2 98.2 -13.9 432W
United Kingdom share of total Exports £ billion Imports £ billion Crude balance £ billion Exports per cent. Imports per cent. Germany 1975 1.0 1.8 -0.7 6.3 13.9 1976 1.5 2.5 -1.1 6.9 14.9
United Kingdom share of total Exports £ billion Imports £ billion Crude balance £ billion Exports per cent. Imports per cent. 1977 1.9 3.3 -1.4 7.1 15.3 1978 2.3 4.2 -1.9 7.5 16.0 1979 2.8 5.4 -2.6 8.6 17.2 1980 3.2 5.2 -2.0 9.2 16.4 1981 3.2 5.4 -2.2 9.2 16.9 1982 3.5 6.9 -3.4 9.2 18.5 1983 4.0 9.0 -5.0 9.9 20.0 1984 4.9 10.2 -5.2 10.6 19.2 1985 5.8 11.8 -6.0 11.0 20.2 1986 6.4 13.3 -6.8 11.8 21.1 1987 7.3 14.9 -7.6 12.0 21.0 1988 8.0 16.7 -8.8 12.0 20.0 1989 9.3 19.1 -9.7 12.2 19.8 1990 11.0 18.8 -7.8 13.1 19.2 United States of America 1975 1.5 1.7 -0.2 8.9 13.3 1976 2.0 2.2 -0.2 9.6 13.2 1977 2.5 2.7 -0.3 9.0 12.5 1978 2.8 3.0 -0.2 9.5 11.6 1979 3.1 3.6 -0.5 9.3 11.5 1980 3.3 4.7 -1.4 9.3 14.7 1981 3.5 4.6 -1.1 10.1 14.5 1982 3.8 5.1 -1.3 10.2 13.7 1983 5.0 6.0 -1.0 12.6 13.3 1984 6.5 7.7 -1.2 13.9 14.6 1985 8.1 8.4 -0.3 15.3 14.3 1986 8.2 7.0 1.1 15.0 11.2 1987 8.7 7.8 0.9 14.3 11.0 1988 8.9 9.3 -0.4 13.5 11.1 1989 10.2 11.9 -1.6 13.4 12.4 1990 10.6 12.6 -2.0 12.6 12.9 France 1975 0.9 1.1 -0.2 5.7 8.5 1976 1.4 1.5 -0.1 6.4 8.8 1977 1.6 1.9 -0.3 6.0 8.9 1978 1.9 2.4 -0.5 6.2 9.2 1979 2.3 3.0 -0.7 7.0 9.7 1980 2.5 3.0 -0.4 7.3 9.4 1981 2.5 3.1 -0.6 7.1 9.5 1982 2.8 3.4 -0.5 7.6 9.1 1983 2.9 4.0 -1.1 7.3 8.9 1984 3.4 4.6 -1.2 7.3 8.6 1985 3.9 5.1 -1.2 7.4 8.7 1986 4.2 5.7 -1.5 7.7 9.1 1987 5.4 6.5 -1.2 8.8 9.2 1988 6.3 7.5 -1.2 9.5 8.9 1989 7.7 8.7 -1.0 10.0 9.0 1990 8.8 9.5 -0.7 10.4 9.7 Note: Includes the former German Democratic Republic throughout.
Source: "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom".