asked the Secretary of State for Trade what has been the balance of trade in office equipment between the United Kingdom and the other member States of the European Community in each year since 1970; if he will express this in both money terms and by giving the export to import ratios; and by how much British office equipment exports to the Community have grown in real and notional terms in this period.
The available information is as follows:
| United Kingdom Trade with the rest of the European Community in Office Machinery | |||
| Crude Balance (£ million) | Export: Import Ratio (per cent.) | Exports (£ million fob) | |
| 1970 | -9 | 78 | 31 |
| 1971 | +6 | 120 | 38 |
| 1972 | -9 | 70 | 20 |
| 1973 | -20 | 54 | 24 |
| 1974 | -18 | 63 | 30 |
| 1975 | -17 | 67 | 35 |
| 1976 | -15 | 76 | 46 |
| 1977 | -18 | 74 | 50 |
| 1978 | -25 | 70 | 58 |
| 1979 | -36 | 62 | 58 |
| 1980 | -20 | 75 | 61 |
Notes:
asked the Secretary of State for Trade what has been the balance of trade in clothing between the United Kingdom and the other member States of the European Community in each year since 1970; if he will express this both in money terms and by giving the export to import ratios; and by how much British clothing exports to the Community have grown in real and notional terms in this period.
The available information is as follows:
| United Kingdom trade with the rest of the European Community in clothing | |||
| Crude balance (£ million) | Export-Import ratio (per cent.) | Exports(£ million fob) | |
| SITC (Rl) | |||
| 1970 | +3 | 108 | 37 |
| 1971 | -2 | 95 | 41 |
| 1972 | -3 | 93 | 49 |
| 1973 | -7 | 91 | 67 |
| 1974 | -7 | 92 | 88 |
| 1975 | -14 | 89 | 110 |
| SITC (R2) | |||
| 1975 | -14 | 89 | 110 |
| 1976 | +18 | 111 | 184 |
| 1977 | +51 | 123 | 269 |
| 1978 | +54 | 119 | 333 |
| 1979 | +49 | 114 | 396 |
| 1980 | +111 | 133 | 448 |
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