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UK EXPORT MARKET ASSESSMENT 1986

China

1975

1980

1982

1983

1984

1985

f

£ million, current prices

UK Total trade

Exports

81.0

169.4

103.1

160.3

317.3

396.2

Imports

59.3

152.6

193.2

231.4

278.4

308.0

Crude balance

21.7

16.8

-90.0

-71.1

38.9

88.2

UK Non-oil trade

Exports

81.0

169.4

102.9

159.8

316.8

395.7

Imports

59.3

152.0

193.1

231.4

278.4

305.0

Crude balance

21.7

17.3

-90.2

-71.6

38.4

90.7

GDP

::

US$ million, at 1980 prices and exchange rates

::

::

::

(average annual growth 1975 to latest year shown = GDP figures not readily available. Gross output value of agriculture and industry rose at an average 9.1 per cent annually from 1979 to 1984.

Population

928

987

millions

1015

1025

1050 (average annual growth 1975 to latest year shown =

%)

1.4 %)

1980-100

Consumer prices

88

100

105

107

110 (average annual growth 1975 to latest year shown -

2.5 %)

UK share of

OECD total

3.6

3.0

per cent

1.7

2.0

2.7

2.1

exports

SOURCES: UK Overseas Trade Statistics; IMF; UN

DTI/S2A2

28-04-86

MA (122)