§ Hugh BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value is at current prices of United Kingdom(a) exports to and (b) imports from Africa in each of the last 20 years; and what percentage of (i) UK and (ii) world trade UK trade with Africa constitute in each of these years. [113650]
§ Ms HewittTable 1 shows the value of UK exports to Africa and imports from Africa between 1983 and 2002, in current prices. Table 2 shows UK trade with Africa as a percentage of UK trade. Table 3 shows UK trade with Africa as a percentage of world trade with Africa and Table 4 shows UK trade with Africa as a percentage of total world trade. All the figures refer to the trade in goods only.708W
Table 1: Value of UK trade with Africa £ million (current prices) UK exports UK imports 1983 3,881 2,773 1984 4,097 3,311 1985 4,196 3,913 1986 3,382 2,722 1987 3,335 2,272 1988 3,355 2,395 1989 3,377 2,556 1990 3,677 3,010 1991 3,632 2,727 1992 3,589 2,688 1993 3,923 2,895 1994 4,056 3,084 1995 4,723 3,492 1996 4,997 3,895 1997 4,948 3,841 1998 4,700 3,843 1999 4,345 4,276 2000 4,562 5,858 2001 4,816 7,102 2002 4,829 6,910 Source:
HM Customs & Excise
Table 2: Africa's share of the UK's total trade Percentage of UK exports going to Africa Percentage of UK imports from Africa 1983 6.4 4.2 1984 5.8 4.2 1985 5.4 4.6 1986 4.6 3.2 1987 4.2 2.4 1988 4.1 2.2 1989 3.6 2.1 1990 3.5 2.4 1991 3.5 2.3 1992 3.3 2.1 1993 3.2 2.1 1994 3.0 2.1 1995 3.1 2.1 1996 3.0 2.1 1997 2.9 2.0 1998 2.9 2.0 1999 2.6 2.2 2000 2.4 2.6 2001 2.5 3.1 2002 2.6 3.0 Source:
HM Customs & Excise
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Table 3: UK Trade with Africa as a share of world trade with Africa Percentage of world exports to Africa which are from the UK Percentage of world imports from Africa which go to the UK 1983 7.8 5.6 1984 7.4 5.5 1985 7.9 5.9 1986 7.3 6.6 1987 7.5 5.2 1988 7.4 5.8 1989 6.9 5.1 1990 6.9 5.5 1991 6.8 5.2 1992 6.1 4.8 1993 6.2 5.0 1994 6.4 5.0 1995 6.2 5.1
Table 3: UK Trade with Africa as a share of world trade with Africa Percentage of world exports to Africa which are from the UK Percentage of world imports from Africa which go to the UK 1996 6.5 4.9 1997 6.6 4.9 1998 6.1 5.6 1999 5.7 5.9 2000 5.3 5.8 2001 5.2 6.9 2002 n/a n/a Source:
IMF Direction of Trade
Table 4: UK trade with Africa as a share of total world trade Percentage of world exports to Africa which are from the UK Percentage of world imports from Africa which go to the UK 1983 0.33 0.22 1984 0.29 0.22 1985 0.28 0.24 1986 0.23 0.20 1987 0.22 0.14 1988 0.21 0.15 1989 0.18 0.13 1990 0.18 0.15 1991 0.17 0.13 1992 0.15 0.11 1993 0.15 0.11 1994 0.14 0.10 1995 0.14 0.10 1996 0.14 0.11 1997 0.14 0.11 1998 0.14 0.11 1999 0.12 0.12 2000 0.10 0.13 2001 0.11 0.16 2002 n/a n/a Source:
IMF Direction of Trade