HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 cc506-7W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the volume of trade between the UK and(a) China and (b) Japan was in 2002, broken down by (i) imports and (ii) exports; and what percentage of total UK trade volumes trade with (A) China and (B) Japan accounted for in 2002. [126543]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Information on UK trade in goods with individual countries is not available in volume terms. The value of UK trade in goods with China and Japan in 2002, along with their share of total UK trade was as follows:

Value of trade (£ billion) Share of total (Percentage)
China Japan China Japan
UK imports 6.7 8.2 2.9 3.5
UK exports 1.5 3.6 0.8 1.9

Source:

Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics, Office for national Statistics

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