§ 18. Mr. Spearingasked the Minister for Trade what were the principal areas of deficit in trade in manufactured goods with the European Community for 1982; and what were the respective imbalances in £ sterling.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe dominant commodity heading, accounting for about half the total deficit in this trade in recent years, has been road vehicles, in which there was a crude deficit of £2.2 billion in 1982.