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Manufactures

Volume 928: debated on Monday 14 March 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report the latest estimates of (a) United Kingdom imports of finished and semi-finished manufactured goods from, and (b) the United Kingdom's crude trade deficit with, the following countries in 1976: France, West Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and the United States of America.

The figures are:

(a) United Kingdom Imports in 1976 £ million (cif)(b) United Kingdom
Finished Manufactured GoodsSemi-Finished Manufactured GoodsCrude Trade Deficit in 1976 £ million
France1,012476—381
West Germany1,584873—923
Japan614137—437
Italy566266—280
Netherlands400678—928
United states of America1,561669—596
The information is given in Tables II and IB of the December 1976 issue of

Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available estimate of the total United Kingdom imports of finished and semi-finished manufactured goods in 1976;(2) if he will publish in the

Official Report (a) the percentage of the United

1976

1967

Value £ million cif

Percentage of total imports (excluding fuels)

Percentage of total imports (excluding fuels)

Finished manufactures8,86034·721·8
Semi-finished manufactures8,07331·628·0

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report the year-by-year increases or decreases in volume terms of United Kingdom imports of finished and semi-finished manufactured goods in the decade from 1967 to 1976.

The figures are:

VOLUME OF UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS (Overseas Trade Statistics Basis)
Percentage change on previous year
Finished manufactured goodsSemi-finished manufactured goods
1967+22+7
1968+17+16
1969+9+3
1970+8+6
1971+15+6
1972+26+12
1973+28+16
1974+2+8
1975-3-10
1976+7+10

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he has received any requests from British Airways to sanction the purchase of further BAC111s.