§ Lord Mulleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
In which years since 1979 imported manufactured products exceeded manufactured exports and by what amount in each case.
The Earl of CaithnessThe information requested is given below:
UK Trade in manufactures Balance of Payments basis (£ billion) Year Exports Imports Balance 1979 31.0 28.2 2.7 1980 34.9 29.4 5.4 1981 34.9 30.4 4.5 1982 37.3 35.2 2.1 1983 40.1 42.9 -2.7 1984 46.6 51.1 -4.5 82WA
(percentage of total Inland Revenue/Customs & Excise receipts)1 (a)2 (b) (c) (d)3 (e)4 (f) (g) (h) 1970–71 46.4 — 1.1 2.8 12.3 10.8 8.9 3.6 1971–72 47.0 — 1.1 3.1 10.7 10.0 7.8 3.6 1972–73 45.5 — 1.4 3.1 10.2 10.3 7.9 3.9 1973–74 44.1 8.7 1.9 2.4 13.4 9.4 6.4 3.4 1974–75 48.3 11.6 1.8 1.6 13.2 7.2 6.2 3.1 1975–76 55.2 12.6 1.4 1.2 7.3 5.6 6.1 3.2 1976–77 54.0 11.9 1.0 1.2 8.4 6.5 5.9 3.5 1977–78 51.0 12.4 1.0 1.2 9.8 7.2 6.0 3.3 1978–79 49.6 12.8 0.9 1.0 10.4 6.5 6.5 3.7 1979–80 44.4 17.6 0.9 0.9 10.0 6.3 5.6 3.2 1980–81 44.2 20.0 0.9 0.8 8.5 6.5 5.1 2.7 1981–82 43.8 18.1 0.8 0.8 7.5 7.1 5.2 2.6 1982–83 42.3 19.3 0.9 0.7 7.9 7.3 4.8 2.0 1983–84 40.3 19.7 0.9 0.8 8.0 7.3 4.9 3.0 1984–85 37.8 21.6 0.8 0.8 9.7 7.2 4.8 2.1 1985–86 38.1 20.8 1.0 1.0 11.5 6.9 4.8 2.3 1986–87 39.1 21.8 1.1 1.0 13.7 7.6 4.8 2.2 1987–88 38.0 22.1 1.3 1.0 14.4 7.2 4.4 2.1 1988–89 36.6 23.0 2.0 0.9 15.6 7.3 4.2 2.0 1989–90 37.9 22.9 1.4 1.0 16.7 6.8 3.9 1.8 1990–91 40.1 22.5 1.3 0.9 15.6 7.0 4.1 1.9 1991–92 40.6 25.0 0.8 0.9 12.9 7.8 4.4 1.9 1992–935 40.5 26.9 0.7 0.9 11.3 8.4 4.4 2.0 1993–945 39.8 27.6 0.7 0.9 10.1 9.1 4.6 2.0 1 Note that this excludes national non-domestic rates, local authority rates and the community charge, national insurance contributions, and other minor tax and royalty receipts 2 including surtax 3 including estate duty 4 including advance corporation tax (ACT) 5 estimate published in the March 1993 FSBR
Year Exports Imports Balance 1985 52.2 56.0 -3.8 1986 54.4 60.6 -6.2 1987 60.5 68.8 -8.3 1988 64.6 79.9 -15.3 1989 74.9 92.2 -17.3 1990 82.4 94.1 -11.6 1991 84.8 88.4 -3.6 1992 87.3 94.9 -7.6