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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Minister for Trade, further to his reply dated 5 May, Official Report, c. 61, concerning profit margins on exports of finished manufactures in the year ending January 1982, whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the latest 12 months for which figurers are available the change in unit values of United Kingdom and West German exports of finished manufactures, motor cars or motor vehicles, consumer goods, investment goods, and products in section 7 of the Standard Industrial Trade Classification.
Mr. Peter Rees
Following is the information:
| Exports of Manufactured Goods | ||
| Percentage Changes in Unit Values February 1982/February 1981 | ||
| United Kingdom‡ | Federal Republic of Germany ║ | |
| Finished Manufactures | +10·4 | +5·1 |
| Passenger Motor Cars | +21·9 | +5·9 |
| Consumer Goods* | +8·7 | +4·9 |
| Investment Goods† | +9·0 | +5·5 |
| Section 7 (SITC) | +11·0 | +5·1 |
Notes:
* UK Figure excludes passenger motor cars
† UK Figure in Respect of 'Capital' Goods
Source
‡Department of Trade
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