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Mr. Deakins
asked the Secretary of State for Trade when the White Paper setting out the results of the recent United Nations Conference on Trade and Development will be published.
| UNITED KINGDOM TRADE IN MANUFACTURES EXCLUDING THE MORE ERRATIC ITEMS* | |||
| Seasonally adjusted—O.T.S. basis 1975=100 | |||
| Volume of exports | Volume of imports | Relutive volume† | |
| 1963 | 56 | 34 | 163 |
| 1964 | 58 | 42 | 138 |
| 1965 | 61 | 41 | 147 |
| 1966 | 62 | 44 | 139 |
| 1967 | 61 | 49 | 123 |
| 1968 | 69 | 56 | 123 |
| 1969 | 78 | 59 | 132 |
| 1970 | 79 | 66 | 120 |
| 1971 | 86 | 71 | 121 |
| 1972 | 86 | 85 | 101 |
| 1973 | 97 | 103 | 95 |
| 1974 | 103 | 110 | 94 |
| 1975 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1976 | 108 | 110 | 98 |
| 1977 | 115 | 119 | 96 |
| 1978 | 118 | 136 | 87 |
| 1976—1st quarter | 106 | 104 | 101 |
| 2nd quarter | 108 | 108 | 99 |
| 3rd quarter | 110 | 113 | 97 |
| 4th quarter | 110 | 116 | 95 |
| 1977—1st quarter | 113 | 119 | 95 |
| 2nd quarter | 114 | 117 | 98 |
| 3rd quarter | 119 | 122 | 97 |
| 4th quarter | 114 | 119 | 96 |
| 1978—1st quarter | 117 | 131 | 89 |
| 2nd quarter | 116 | 134 | 87 |
| 3rd quarter | 121 | 139 | 87 |
| 4th quarter | 120 | 142 | 85 |
| 1979—1st quarter | 103 | 146 | 71 |
| 2nd quarter | 128 | 169 | 76 |
| 3rd quarter | 125 | 163 | 76 |
| * Erratic items are defined as ships, North Sea installations, aircraft and precious stones. | |||
| † Export volume index (f.o.b.) as a percentage of the import volume index (c.i.f.). | |||
Mr. Eyre
The White Paper—Cmnd. 7675—was presented to Parliament on 14 November 1979. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.