To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing the share of British manufactured exports and of British manufactured imports going to and coming from, and the balance of impact on trade with, (a) Germany, (b) the United States of America, and (c) France, for each year since 1970.
Figures for before 1975 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The available information is contained in the tables.1. The available information, for the years since 1975, is given in the following table. Manufactures are defined as sections 5 to 8 of the Standard International Trade Classification.
| United Kingdom trade in manufactures | |||
| Exports £ billion | Imports £ billion | Crude balance £ billion | |
| World | |||
| 1975 | 16·5 | 12·8 | 3·7 |
| 1976 | 21·3 | 16·9 | 4·4 |
| 1977 | 27·2 | 21·7 | 5·5 |
| 1978 | 30·1 | 26·1 | 4·0 |
| 1979 | 33·1 | 31·4 | 1·7 |
| 1980 | 34·8 | 31·8 | 3·0 |
| 1981 | 34·9 | 32·0 | 2·9 |
| 1982 | 37·3 | 37·1 | 0·2 |
| 1983 | 40·1 | 44·9 | -4·9 |
| 1984 | 46·7 | 53·0 | -6·3 |
| 1985 | 52·5 | 58·3 | -5·8 |
| 1986 | 54·6 | 62·8 | -8·2 |
| 1987 | 61·0 | 71·0 | -10·0 |
| 1988 | 66·2 | 83·5 | -17·3 |
| 1989 | 76·4 | 96·0 | -19·6 |
| 1990 | 84·2 | 98·2 | -13·9 |
| United Kingdom share of total | |||||
| Exports £ billion | Imports £ billion | Crude balance £ billion | Exports per cent. | Imports per cent. | |
| Germany | |||||
| 1975 | 1·0 | 1·8 | -0·7 | 6·3 | 13·9 |
| 1976 | 1·5 | 2·5 | -1·1 | 6·9 | 14·9 |
| United Kingdom share of total | |||||
| Exports £ billion | Imports £ billion | Crude balance £ billion | Exports per cent. | Imports per cent. | |
| 1977 | 1·9 | 3·3 | -1·4 | 7·1 | 15·3 |
| 1978 | 2·3 | 4·2 | -1·9 | 7·5 | 16·0 |
| 1979 | 2·8 | 5·4 | -2·6 | 8·6 | 17·2 |
| 1980 | 3·2 | 5·2 | -2·0 | 9·2 | 16·4 |
| 1981 | 3·2 | 5·4 | -2·2 | 9·2 | 16·9 |
| 1982 | 3·5 | 6·9 | -3·4 | 9·2 | 18·5 |
| 1983 | 4·0 | 9·0 | -5·0 | 9·9 | 20·0 |
| 1984 | 4·9 | 10·2 | -5·2 | 10·6 | 19·2 |
| 1985 | 5·8 | 11·8 | -6·0 | 11·0 | 20·2 |
| 1986 | 6·4 | 13·3 | -6·8 | 11·8 | 21·1 |
| 1987 | 7·3 | 14·9 | -7·6 | 12·0 | 21·0 |
| 1988 | 8·0 | 16·7 | -8·8 | 12·0 | 20·0 |
| 1989 | 9·3 | 19·1 | -9·7 | 12·2 | 19·8 |
| 1990 | 11·0 | 18·8 | -7·8 | 13·1 | 19·2 |
| United States of America | |||||
| 1975 | 1·5 | 1·7 | -0·2 | 8·9 | 13·3 |
| 1976 | 2·0 | 2·2 | -0·2 | 9·6 | 13·2 |
| 1977 | 2·5 | 2·7 | -0·3 | 9·0 | 12·5 |
| 1978 | 2·8 | 3·0 | -0·2 | 9·5 | 11·6 |
| 1979 | 3·1 | 3·6 | -0·5 | 9·3 | 11·5 |
| 1980 | 3·3 | 4·7 | -1·4 | 9·3 | 14·7 |
| 1981 | 3·5 | 4·6 | -1·1 | 10·1 | 14·5 |
| 1982 | 3·8 | 5·1 | -1·3 | 10·2 | 13·7 |
| 1983 | 5·0 | 6·0 | -1·0 | 12·6 | 13·3 |
| 1984 | 6·5 | 7·7 | -1·2 | 13·9 | 14·6 |
| 1985 | 8·1 | 8·4 | -0·3 | 15·3 | 14·3 |
| 1986 | 8·2 | 7·0 | 1·1 | 15·0 | 11·2 |
| 1987 | 8·7 | 7·8 | 0·9 | 14·3 | 11·0 |
| 1988 | 8·9 | 9·3 | -0·4 | 13·5 | 11·1 |
| 1989 | 10·2 | 11·9 | -1·6 | 13·4 | 12·4 |
| 1990 | 10·6 | 12·6 | -2·0 | 12·6 | 12·9 |
| France | |||||
| 1975 | 0·9 | 1·1 | -0·2 | 5·7 | 8·5 |
| 1976 | 1·4 | 1·5 | -0·1 | 6·4 | 8·8 |
| 1977 | 1·6 | 1·9 | -0·3 | 6·0 | 8·9 |
| 1978 | 1·9 | 2·4 | -0·5 | 6·2 | 9·2 |
| 1979 | 2·3 | 3·0 | -0·7 | 7·0 | 9·7 |
| 1980 | 2·5 | 3·0 | -0·4 | 7·3 | 9·4 |
| 1981 | 2·5 | 3·1 | -0·6 | 7·1 | 9·5 |
| 1982 | 2·8 | 3·4 | -0·5 | 7·6 | 9·1 |
| 1983 | 2·9 | 4·0 | -1·1 | 7·3 | 8·9 |
| 1984 | 3·4 | 4·6 | -1·2 | 7·3 | 8·6 |
| 1985 | 3·9 | 5·1 | -1·2 | 7·4 | 8·7 |
| 1986 | 4·2 | 5·7 | -1·5 | 7·7 | 9·1 |
| 1987 | 5·4 | 6·5 | -1·2 | 8·8 | 9·2 |
| 1988 | 6·3 | 7·5 | -1·2 | 9·5 | 8·9 |
| 1989 | 7·7 | 8·7 | -1·0 | 10·0 | 9·0 |
| 1990 | 8·8 | 9·5 | -0·7 | 10·4 | 9·7 |
Note: Includes the former German Democratic Republic throughout.
Source: "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom".