§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the latest estimated figure for the amount of money repaid by British companies on foreign loans for the current year.
§ Mr. LawsonI have been asked to reply.
Information is not available on loan repayments in the first half of 1980. In the second half of 1979 United Kingdom borrowers made net repayments of £965 million on foreign currency loans from United Kingdom banks taken out to finance investment overseas; they also made net repayments of £334 million on loans from banks overseas.
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IMPORTS BY VALUE £ thousand cif April May June 1980 1980 1980 Consigned from: Taiwan 513.3 602.8 627.8 Indonesia — 18.1 17.8 Malaysia 21.5 61.7 63.3 Singapore 23.4 55.8 128.4 Portugal 113.8 55.2 50.9 South Africa 72.6 53.9 65.2 Source:United Kingdon Overseas Trade Statistics (part SITC/Rev 2 Sub-group 635.3).