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Mr. Hood
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what, for each year since 1975, was the
| Total visible trade | ||||||||
| Percentage changes on previous year (in United States dollar terms) | ||||||||
| Exports | Belgium/Luxembourg | Denmark | France | Netherlands | United Kingdom | United States of America | Federal Republic of Germany | Japan |
| 1975 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 1977 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 1978 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| 1979 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 5 |
| 1980 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 26 |
| 1981 | -14 | -5 | -9 | -7 | -7 | 6 | -9 | 17 |
| 1982 | -6 | -4 | -9 | -3 | -5 | -9 | 0 | -9 |
| 1983 | -1 | 4 | -1 | -1 | -5 | -6 | 4 | 6 |
| 1984 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 1985 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 7 | 4 |
| 1986 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 19 |
| 1987 | 21 | 119 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 10 |
| Imports | ||||||||
| 1975 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -1 | -4 | 8 | -7 |
| 1976 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 12 |
| 1977 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 9 |
| 1978 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 12 |
| 1979 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 39 |
| 1980 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 28 |
| 1981 | -14 | -9 | -11 | -14 | -10 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
| 1982 | -7 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -4 | -7 | -5 | -8 |
| 1983 | -6 | -4 | -9 | -2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | -4 |
| 1984 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 8 |
| 1985 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -4 |
| 1986 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 20 | -3 |
| 1987 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 18 |
| 1 Estimate | ||||||||
Source: OECD Trade Series 'A'.