HC Deb 10 February 1988 vol 127 c260W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has about the latest figures for the balance of trade on a per capita basis between the United Kingdom and the United States of America; and what information he has as to the per capita balance of trade between the United States of America and Canada, Sweden, Japan, West Germany and Brazil.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is in the table.

United States of America balance of trade per capita January to October 1987
United States $
(A) (B)
United Kingdom -10 -50
Canada -40 -370
Sweden 1 -10 1 -290
Japan -200 -390
F R Germany -50 -200
Brazil -10 -70
1 =estimate

(A) balance per head of United States population.

(B) balance per head of trading partner.

Sources: United States Department of Commerce.

OECD.

IMF International Financial Statistics.

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