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Mr. Oppenheim
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what exports per capita were in each of the OECD countries, in the latest year for which figures are available;(2) what percentage of gross domestic product exports amounted to in each of the OECD countries, in the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Ryder
The data for exports per capita and exports as a percentage share of gross domestic product in each of the OECD countries for 1988 are shown in the table:
| Exports of goods per capita US $ | Exports of goods as a percentage of gross domestic product | |
| United Kingdom | 2,539 | 17·8 |
| United States of America | 1,301 | 6·7 |
| Canada | 4,314 | 23·2 |
| Japan | 2,161 | 9·3 |
| Germany | 5,268 | 26·9 |
| France | 2,895 | 17·1 |
| Italy | 2,248 | 15·6 |
| Netherlands | 6,981 | 45·2 |
| Belgium/Luxembourg | 8,963 | 59·3 |
| Australia | 1,976 | 13·3 |
| New Zealand | 2,652 | 21·0 |
| Austria | 4,086 | 24·5 |
| Denmark | 5,279 | 25·2 |
| Finland | 4,394 | 20·7 |
| Greece1 | 649 | 14·6 |
| Iceland | 5,781 | 23·8 |
| Ireland | 5,295 | 60·6 |
| Norway | 5,343 | 24·9 |
| Portugal | 1,033 | 25·5 |
| Spain | 1,032 | 11·8 |
| Sweden | 5,891 | 27·9 |
| Switzerland | 7,601 | 27·4 |
| Turkey | 215 | 16·2 |
| 1 The data for Greece refers to 1987. | ||
Source: OECD Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade.
OECD Main Economic Indicators.