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25.
Sir Michael Neubert
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the United Kingdom's share of manufactured exports by developed nations over the last five years.
33.
Mr. Bill Walker
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the United Kingdom's share of manufactured exports by developed nations over the last five years.
Mr. Leigh
As the table shows, the United Kingdom's share of total OECD exports of manufactured goods increased during the period 1985–90. Our share has been broadly stable since the early 1980s, after decades of decline.
| United Kingdom share of the value of the OECD's exports of manufactured goods | |
| Percentage | |
| 1985 | 7·2 |
| 1986 | 7·0 |
| 1987 | 7·4 |
| 1988 | 7·6 |
| 1989 | 7·5 |
| 1990 | 7·8 |