asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table for finished manufactures on the same basis as that provided for manufactures in his answer to the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Deakins) on 19 February, Official Report, column 750; and if he will provide similar figures of value and volume for trade with the European Economic Community.
Those figures which are available follow. Estimates of volume of trade in finished manufactures by geographical area are not available.
| The volume of United Kingdom exports and imports of finished manufactures | ||
| 1972=100 | OTS basis, seasonally adjusted | |
| Export volume | Import volume | |
| 1972 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| 1979 | 129·0 | 203·5 |
| 1980 | 132·5 | 204·1 |
| 1981 | 127·3 | 210·6 |
| 1982 | 129·4 | 234·9 |
| 1983 | 123·7 | 266·5 |
| 1984 | 139·1 | 298·6 |
| 1985 | 150·6 | 315·9 |
| 1986 | 151·8 | 329·0 |
The value of United Kingdom trade with the European Community in finished manufactures
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£ thousand
| OTS basis, seasonally adjusted
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Exports
| Imports
| |
| 1972 | n.a. | n.a. |
| 1979 | 7,341,815 | 9,604,449 |
| 1980 | 8,422,634 | 9,237,230 |
| 1981 | 7,882,883 | 9,828,207 |
| 1982 | 8,635,642 | 12,035,897 |
| 1983 | 9,348,155 | 14,852,054 |
| 1984 | 11,078,535 | 16,916,328 |
| 1985 | 12,803,151 | 19,328,706 |
| 1986 | 14,084,555 | 21,958,747 |