§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total of British exports 835W of manufactured goods, other visible trade goods and invisibles, respectively, in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and what were the comparable totals in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is given in the table.
BoP basis £ million Year ending Exports of manufactured goods (SITC 5–8) Exports of other visible goods Credits of invisibles June 1974 11,470 2,614 9,774 June 1975 14,736 3,163 10,886 June 1976 17,829 3,912 12,901 June 1977 23,318 5,461 16,268 June 1978 26,806 6,643 17,734 June 1979 28,907 8,156 21,218 June 1980 33,967 11,562 25,738 June 1981 33,795 13,870 27,045 June 1982 37,038 17,178 31,380 June 1983 38,061 19,678 32,828 June 1984 42,805 22,020 *26,323 * Nine months ending March 1984.