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Mr. Hill
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of imported goods and services as a proportion of the United Kingdom's gross national product for each year between 1950 and the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Biffen
[pursuant to his reply, 14 March 1980]: The information is as follows:
| Imported goods and services as a proportion of gross national product* | |||
| per cent. | |||
| 1950 | 26·1 | 1965 | 22·0 |
| 1951 | 33·3 | 1966 | 21·7 |
| 1952 | 27·9 | 1967 | 22·3 |
| 1953 | 25·3 | 1968 | 24·8 |
| 1954 | 24·8 | 1969 | 24·8 |
| 1955 | 26·3 | 1970 | 25·3 |
| 1956 | 24·6 | 1971 | 24·4 |
| 1957 | 24·3 | 1972 | 24·7 |
| 1958 | 22·4 | 1973 | 29·1 |
| 1959 | 22·7 | 1974 | 36·3 |
| 1960 | 24·3 | 1975 | 30·8 |
| 1961 | 22·5 | 1976 | 33·2 |
| 1962 | 21·9 | 1977 | 34·1 |
| 1963 | 22·1 | 1978 | 32·0 |
| 1964 | 23·0 | ||
| * at factor cost. | |||