HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 cc795-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was the import/export ratio for trade in manufactures with Brazil in 1993 to the latest available date and what was the corresponding surplus or deficit; what were the figures for 1970, 1979 and 1985 and the corresponding level of the real exchange rate compared to 1993; and if he will list the principal surpluses or deficits in 1993 together with the reasons therefore;

(2) what was the import/export ratio for trade in manufactures with Switzerland in 1993 to the latest available date and what was the corresponding surplus or deficit; what were the figures for 1970, 1979 and 1985 and the corresponding level of the real exchange rate compared to 1993; and if he will list the principal surpluses or deficits in 1993 together with the reasons therefore;

(3) what was the import/export ratio for trade in manufactures with Austria in 1993 to the latest available date and what was the corresponding surplus or deficit; what were the figures for 1970, 1979 and 1985 and the corresponding level of the real exchange rate compared to 1993; and if he will list the principal surpluses or deficits in 1993 together with the reasons therefore;

(4) what was the import/export ratio for trade in manufactures with Finland in 1993 to the latest available date and what was the corresponding surplus or deficit; what were the figures for 1970, 1979 and 1985 and the corresponding level of the real exchange rate compared to 1993; and if he will list the principal surpluses or deficits in 1993 together with the reasons therefore;

(5) what was the import/export ratio for trade in manufactures with Sweden in 1993 to the latest available date and what was the corresponding surplus or deficit; what were the figures for 1970, 1979 and 1985 and the corresponding level of the real exchange rate compared to 1993; and if he will list the principal surpluses or deficits in 1993 together with the reasons therefor.

Mr. Needham

Information on United Kingdom trade in manufactures, defined as sections 5 to 8 of the Standard International Trade Classification, is published regularly by the Central Statistical Office in the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.

Since the beginning of 1993, the publication appears in two parts: overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom with countries outside the European Community, extra-EC trade; and overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom with countries within the European Community, extra-EC trade: Intrastat. These publications are available from the Library of the House.

Information on real exchange rates is not available.