HC Deb 15 July 1976 vol 915 cc256-7W
18. Mr. McCrindle

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the United Kingdom's food imports are met by the surplus on her invisible exports.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

In the first quarter of this year the surplus on invisibles was equivalent to about 40 per cent. of the value of our gross imports of food, beverages and tobacco.