To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state the annual size and increase in the value of exports and imports of manufactured goods in each year since 1985 to (a) the European Community, (b) the United States, (c) Japan and (d) all other countries; and also express the year on year changes as an index with 1985 as the base.
The available information is contained in the following tables. Manufactured goods are defined as sections 5 to 8 of the standard international trade classification.
Table 2: United Kingdom Trade in Manufactured Goods Increase in value over previous year, £ billion
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EC
| USA
| Japan
| Other Countries
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Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
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| 1985 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 2·3 | 3·6 | 0·1 | -1·3 | 0·1 | 0·8 | -0·4 | 1·4 |
| 1987 | 4·2 | 4·5 | 0·6 | 0·8 | 0·3 | 0·6 | 1·3 | 2·3 |
| 1988 | 3·8 | 6·1 | 0·2 | 1·5 | 0·3 | 1·0 | 0·9 | 3·9 |
| 1989 | 5·7 | 6·9 | 1·3 | 2·6 | 0·5 | 0·5 | 2·8 | 2·6 |
| 1990 | 6·0 | 1·3 | 0·4 | 0·8 | 0·3 | -0·4 | 1·1 | 0·4 |
| 1991 | 3·9 | -4·5 | -1·0 | -0·6 | -0·4 | 0·0 | -0·7 | -0·9 |
Note: EC includes the former East Germany throughout.
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.
Table 3: United Kingdom Trade in Manufactured Goods Value Index, 1985 = 100
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EC
| USA
| Japan
| Other Countries
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Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
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| 1985 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1986 | 110 | 111 | 101 | 84 | 114 | 120 | 98 | 110 |
| 1987 | 130 | 125 | 108 | 93 | 149 | 134 | 104 | 127 |
| 1988 | 147 | 145 | 111 | 111 | 181 | 160 | 108 | 155 |
| 1989 | 172 | 166 | 127 | 142 | 239 | 173 | 121 | 173 |
| 1990 | 200 | 170 | 132 | 151 | 274 | 164 | 126 | 175 |
| 1991 | 217 | 156 | 120 | 144 | 232 | 165 | 123 | 169 |
Note: EC includes the former East Germany throughout.
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.
Table 4: United Kingdom Trade in Manufactured Goods Year on year percentage change
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EC
| USA
| Japan
| Other Countries
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Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
| Export
| Import
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| 1985 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 10·3 | 11·2 | 1·5 | -15·7 | 13·7 | 20·5 | -2·0 | 10·2 |
| 1987 | 17·4 | 12·7 | 6·8 | 10·8 | 31·4 | 11·3 | 6·3 | 15·0 |
| 1988 | 13·4 | 15·3 | 2·4 | 19·0 | 21·3 | 19·2 | 4·1 | 21·9 |
| 1989 | 17·4 | 14·9 | 14·3 | 27·7 | 31·8 | 8·2 | 12·0 | 11·7 |
| 1990 | 15·8 | 2·5 | 3·8 | 6·6 | 14·7 | -5·3 | 4·1 | 1·5 |
| 1991 | 8·8 | -8·2 | -9·0 | -5·0 | -15·4 | 0·7 | -2·6 | -3·7 |
Note: EC includes the former East Germany throughout.
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.