§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583,whether he will show the percentage increase in United Kingdom exports between 1990 and 1992 compared with the weighted average increase in exports from other developed countries, the number of those countries which did better than the United Kingdom and the number which did worse, and which countries on the basis of the latest quarterly figure in each case have done better than the United Kingdom since 1992 and which have done worse.
§ Mr. NeedhamIn $US terms United Kingdom exports grew 2.8 per cent. between 1990 and 1992, compared with 9.2 per cent. for the weighted average of the remaining OECD countries. Eighteen countries did better than the United Kingdom and four worse.
Based on the latest available quarterly figures the following eleven OECD countries did better than the United Kingdom in terms of increasing exports in SUS terms since 1992: Australia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and USA. Ten countries did worse than the United Kingdom: Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland. There have been no internationally published Danish export figures since the introduction of Intrastat in January 1993.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583, what has been the change since October 1990 in United Kingdom export unit values for finished manufactures in terms of dollars; and what have been the figures in (a) Germany, (b) France and (c) Italy.
§ Mr. NeedhamUnited Kingdom export unit values for finished manufactures in terms of $US increased 1.2 per cent. between October 1990 and August 1994. Comparable figures for Germany, France, and Italy are not readily available, and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583, if he will publish the United Kingdom share of the volume of exports of manufacturers by the main manufacturing countries in 1970, 1978 and each year from 1987 to 1993; and if he will add corresponding figures for France and Italy.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe United Kingdom figures, where available, are given in the CSO publication "Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics—Annual Supplement 1992", a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. Corresponding figures for France and Italy could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583, what was the reduction in the deficit on the balance of trade in finished manufactures this year to date at an annual rate compared with 1992 in respect of (a) all countries and (b) for the EEC.
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§ Mr. NeedhamInformation on United Kingdom trade in finished manufactures in total and to the EC is available from the Central Statistical Office's central shared database and is published in the monthly review of external trade statistics. The database and the publication may be accessed from the Library of the House.