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Mr. Craigen
asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the distribution of United Kingdom external trade, both exports and imports, for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, with the United States of America, Com- monwealth, EEC, EFTA, USSR and Eastern Europe, China and the rest of the world.
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | ||
| Exports* | ||||||
| USA (including dependencies) | … | 10·6 | 12·4 | 12·3 | 14·2 | 12·4 |
| Commonwealth | … | 26·2 | 23·8 | 22·4 | 21·1 | 20·4 |
| EEC | … | 26·4 | 26·2 | 26·6 | 27·0 | 28·1 |
| EFTA | … | 11·6 | 12·0 | 12·3 | 11·4 | 12·1 |
| USSR and Eastern Europe | … | 2·4 | 2·9 | 3·3 | 3·6 | 3·1 |
| China | … | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·7 | 0·5 | 0·7 |
| Rest of world | … | 22·3 | 22·1 | 22·4 | 22·2 | 23·2 |
| Total | … | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| Imports* | ||||||
| USA (including dependencies) | … | 11·7 | 12·2 | 12·6 | 13·5 | 13·6 |
| Commonwealth | … | 28·6 | 26·2 | 24·0 | 22·2 | 22·1 |
| EEC | … | 23·6 | 25·2 | 26·5 | 26·1 | 25·9 |
| EFTA | … | 10·4 | 10·8 | 11·4 | 11·7 | 12·1 |
| USSR and Eastern Europe | … | 3·8 | 4·0 | 3·9 | 3·8 | 4·0 |
| China | … | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·4 | 0·5 |
| Rest of world | … | 21·4 | 21·0 | 21·1 | 22·3 | 21·8 |
| Total | … | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | ||
| Exports* | ||||||
| USA (including dependencies) | … | 11·7 | 11·9 | 12·5 | 12·2 | 10·7 |
| Commonwealth | … | 19·7 | 20·6 | 18·5 | 16·6 | 16·4 |
| EEC | … | 29·2 | 29·0 | 30·2 | 32·4 | 33·4 |
| EFTA | … | 13·2 | 12·6 | 13·8 | 14·0 | 13·6 |
| USSR and Eastern Europe | … | 3·2 | 2·8 | 2·8 | 2·6 | 2·6 |
| China | … | 0·6 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·7 | 0·4 |
| Rest of world | … | 22·4 | 22·8 | 21·9 | 21·5 | 22·9 |
| Total | … | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| Imports* | ||||||
| USA (including dependencies) | … | 13·0 | 11·2 | 10·6 | 10·2 | 9·8 |
| Commonwealth | … | 22·8 | 21·0 | 19·0 | 17·1 | 14·2 |
| EEC | … | 27·0 | 29·7 | 31·6 | 32·9 | 33·4 |
| EFTA | … | 12·6 | 12·9 | 14·5 | 15·0 | 13·0 |
| USSR and Eastern Europe | … | 3·9 | 3·5 | 3·5 | 3·4 | 2·9 |
| China | … | 0·4 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·3 |
| Rest of world | … | 20·3 | 21·4 | 20·5 | 21·1 | 26·4 |
| Total | … | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| * These area definitions are based on the 1974 basis. | ||||||