HL Deb 14 April 1993 vol 544 cc81-2WA
Lord Mulley

asked 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 Caithness

The 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

(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