Manufactured Goods

HC Deb 15 January 1988 vol 125 c420W

Mr. Cryer

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the balance of trade deficit in manufactured goods with the EEC in 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

Figures for the whole of 1987 are not yet available. The latest information is in the table.

United Kingdom Balance of Trade in Manufactures' with the European Community
£ billion
	BOP basis	OTS basis
January to September 1987	-7.7	-8.4
January to November 1987	ֵ	-10.5
1 Standard International Trade Classification Sections 5 to 8.

ֵ Not available.

Figures on a balance of payments basis are available only quarterly. On the overseas trade statistics basis, imports, but not exports, include the cost of insurance and freight charges.

Source: United Kingdom overseas trade statistics, Department of Trade and Industry.