HC Deb 07 June 1995 vol 261 cc241-3W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 3 April,Official Report, columns 902–3, concerning the percentage change in United Kingdom export unit values for manufacturers relative to those of the Six, if he will publish the corresponding figures for Italy. [26560]

Mr. Ian Taylor

The information is given in the table.

Percentage change on previous quarter in Italian export unit values relative to others in the other EEC61
Change on previous quarter
1987ql -1.5
1987q2 0.0
1987q3 0.0
1987q4 0.6
1988ql -0.4
1988q2 -0.9
1988q3 -2.7
1988q4 0.4
1989ql 0.4
1989q2 0.6
1989q3 1.8
1989q4 -0.9
1990ql 0.5
1990q2 1.5
1991ql 2.1
1991q2 1.1
1991q3 0.5
1991q4 -0.5
1992ql 2.0
1992q2 -0.4
1992q3 -1.4
1992q4 -9.9
1993ql -1.1
1993q2 4.0
1993q3 0.5
1993q4 -1.7
1994ql 2.3
1994q2 1.6
1 UK, Belgium/Luxembourg, France, Netherlands and Germany. 1. Unit value indices in US$ for EEC(6) are weighted together using total trade weights.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 3 April,Official Report, column 902–3, concerning the percentage change in United Kingdom export unit values relative to those of the Six, if he will list the increase in relative unit values between the fourth quarter of 1976 and (a) the fourth quarter of 1986 and (b) the second quarter of 1994; and if he will provide comparable information for the non-Six EEC countries and the non-EEC countries. [27083]

Mr. Needham

The information requested relating to EEC Six and non-EEC countries are given in the table. Unit value indices for manufactured goods are readily available only for those EEC countries listed in table D6 of the monthly review of external trade statistics, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.

Percentage change in the UK export unit values for manufacturing relative to EEC 61 and non-EEC2 countries between 1976 Q4 and a) 1986 Q4 and b) 1994 Q2
a b
EEC 61 17.1 29.6
Non-EEC2 10.7 20.4
1 United Kingdom, Belgium/Luxembourg, France, Netherlands and Germany.
2 United States, Japan, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 3 April,Official Report, columns 902–3, concerning the percentage change in United Kingdom export unit values for manufactures relative to those of the Six, if he will publish for the corresponding quarters the changes in the volume of exports of manufactures by the United Kingdom and the EEC Six respectively. [26561]

United Kingdom Belgium/Luxemburg France Germany Italy Netherlands
1987 q1 2.6 1.3 3.1 2.9 -2.7 3.9
1987 q2 8.2 8.7 7.0 3.8 3.7 7.3
1987 q3 -1.7 -13.3 -6.9 -3.1 2.8 -8.1
1987 q4 23.7 27.5 24.5 21.1 19.2 25.6
1988 ql -8.5 -0.4 4.6 -9.1 -14.0 -1.7
1988 q2 11.4 3.9 4.4 8.3 18.9 5.2
1988 q3 -8.0 -16.4 -16.5 -10.3 -15.7 -9.8
1988 q4 14.7 23.6 18.8 21.2 23.9 16.5
1989 ql -4.4 2.4 5.4 -6.1 -11.5 -2.0
1989 q2 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.0 13.9 -1.0
1989 q3 -5.9 -13.0 -15.8 -6.2 -7.4 -9.0
1989 q4 17.6 18.2 26.5 14.3 18.6 17.5
1990 ql -1.7 10.7 8.5 9.6 -3.8 9.9
1990 q2 8.6 -2.6 -1.6 -5.2 13.6 -1.0
1990 q3 0.5 -2.0 -4.7 0.1 -7.3 0.1
1990 q4 19.4 18.4 22.6 16.6 21.5 15.5
1991 ql -14.7 -1.0 -2.5 -2.9 -10.6 -2.9
1991 q2 0.6 -10.8 -8.0 -13.4 -4.0 -11.2
1991 q3 -7.1 -13.1 -7.5 0.2 -12.3 -2.9
1991 q4 17.3 18.5 21.0 14.2 26.4 13.8
1992 ql -9.5 2.7 1.3 -0.6 -6.8 -1.0
1992 q2 8.8 0.5 -0.8 -4.7 4.4 -0.4
1992 q3 -3.7 -5.0 -2.4 10.3 -0.9 3.4
1992 q4 -0.8 3.7 3.4 -1.6 -1.7 -0.5
1993 ql -3.5 n/a n/a -16.8 n/a -13.2
1993 q2 2.5 n/a n/a -1.0 n/a 5.3
1993 q3 -5.4 n/a n/a -6.7 n/a -5.7
1993 q4 10.4 n/a n/a 16.4 n/a 11.4
1994 ql -2.6 n/a n/a -7.2 n/a -4.5
1994 q2 5.1 n/a n/a 14.2 n/a 1.1
1994 q3 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.9
1994 q4 13.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source:

OECD Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade—adjusted for trade in miscellaneous goods.

UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 3 April, Official Report, column 909, concerning the percentage change in the UK export unit values relative to those of the Six, what effect the reduction in relative exports unit values between the second quarter of 1988 and the first quarter of 1990 had on the volume of imports from the exports to(a) the EEC and (b) the EEC Six, and if he will list in

UK trade with the EC-12 (percentage change on previous quarter)
Six-month lag Twelve-month lag
UK export unit values1 Import volume Export volume Import volume Export volume
1988 Q2 2.0 6.1 -2.5 1.3 -1.0
1988 Q3 -0.5 0.2 3.5 -0.3 5.5
1988 Q4 -1.7 1.3 -1.0 0.5 2.7
1989 Q1 -1.5 -0.3 5.5 0.4 1.4
1989 Q2 -2.5 0.5 2.7 -0.3 2.6
1989 Q3 -0.6 0.4 1.4 -1.2 3.0
1989 Q4 -4.3 -0.3 2.6 -3.9 2.9
1990 Ql -3.1 -1.2 3.0 -2.5 1.8
1 UK export unit value indices in $US, relative to those for EC6.