National Metrological Co-ordinating Unit (Report)

HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 cc245-6W

Mr. Page

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he expects to publish the annual report of

	Terms of trade	Trade in finished manufactures1 2 US $ billion
	UK	US	FR Germany3	Japan3	UK	USA	FR Germany	Japan
					imports	exports	imports	exports	imports	exports	imports	exports
1963	83	106	75	n/a	1.8	6.0	3.2	9.8	2.2	8.1	n/a	n/a
1964	84	107	75	n/a	2.3	6.1	3.8	11.1	2.6	9.0	1.0	2.9
1965	84	111	74	57	2.5	6.7	4.9	11.6	3.4	9.8	0.9	3.8
1966	88	111	72	61	2.8	7.3	7.1	13.0	3.9	11.1	1.0	4.7
1967	88	113	70	68	3.4	7.2	8.4	14.6	3.8	11.8	1.2	5.4
1968	83	117	72	70	4.0	7.7	11.3	16.6	4.5	13.7	1.5	6.9
1969	84	119	71	80	4.4	8.9	13.9	18.8	6.0	16.2	1.9	8.5
1970	84	116	84	74	5.0	8.7	16.0	20.5	8.3	19.1	2.8	10.4
1971	85	111	85	70	6.0	4.7	19.3	22.2	10.1	22.1	3.0	13.5
1972	89	105	88	78	7.9	12.4	24.3	24.6	12.2	26.6	3.5	17.0

the National Metrological Co-ordinating Unit, as required by section 60(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maude

The final report of the National Metrological Co-ordinating Unit, covering the period 1 April 1986 to 31 March 1987, has been published today. I have arranged for copies of the report, which includes the audited statement of accounts, to be placed in the Library.