§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the countries with which the United Kingdom had a trade imbalance in visible trade in 1984 but had a positive trade balance in 1979 or 1974, giving the relevant amounts, respectively.
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§ Mr. Fletcher[pursuant to the reply, 1 March 1985, c. 321]: The required information for countries with which the United Kingdom had a trade deficit in 1984 is as follows:
1974 1979 1984 (provisional) £ million £ million £ million Iceland + 8.5 * -21.9 Poland +29.6 +32.6 -97.0 Romania * +4.4 -154.5 Algeria +18.7 + 25.6 -1.7 Burkina * +0.9 -1.6 Cameroon +3.2 + 2.5 -109.3 Equatorial Guinea +0.7 +0.6 -0 Burundi +0.3 +0.4 -0.2 Kenya +.45.1 + 54.9 -27.2 Angola +15.7 + 19.1 -123.1 Zimbabwe +0.8 + 1.2 -5.5 Sri Lanka * + 14.5 -16.0 Macao +0 * -39.5 Philippines + 23.6 +26.0 -107.9 New Zealand + 16.1 * -116.2 Greenland + 1.4 +2.0 -3.9 St. Pierre-Mique +0.2 +0.2 -0.2 US Virgin Isles +3.9 +2.4 -53.2 Cayman Islands + 1.6 +2.2 -80 Jamaica +4.3 * -29.8 Trinidad and Tobago + 22.2 +63.4 -51.4 Aruba + 1.3 * -10.7 Curacao * + 15.4 -190.0 Honduras +2.9 + 5.0 -5.0 Costa Rica +6.1 +6.6 -12.1 Mexico +42.2 +99.3 -25.4 Colombia + 12.4 + 28.6 -36.9 Venezuela * +40.5 -151.4 Uruguay * + 11.3 -19.3 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics. Notes: (a) Crude balance is calculated as United Kingdom exports (fob) less United Kingdom imports (cif). (b) 0 signifies a figure of less than £50,000. (c) * signifies a trade deficit. (d) Burkina was formerly known as Upper Volta.