§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing, for each of the years 1973 to 1987, as a total for all non-oil developing countries for (a) the current account balance, (b) the current account balance excluding interest payments on external debts and official transfers and (c) the interest payments on external debt.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information is as follows:
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§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information for 1979 is as follows:
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US$ thousand million Non-oil developing countries Current account balance Current account balance1 Interest payments on external debt 1973 -11.3 -9.9 6.9 1974 -37.0 -36.4 9.3 1975 -46.3 -42.9 10.5 1976 -32.6 -29.2 10.9 1977 -29.6 -22.2 15.6 1978 -33.2 -19.6 21.9 1979 -50.7 -29.8 32.2 1980 -73.4 -36.4 49.5 1981 -98.4 -43.6 68.3 1982 -77.4 -12.1 78.4 1983 -41.8 15.4 71.2 1984 -25.9 38.5 78.5
Non-oil developing countries Current account balance Current account balance1 Interest payments on external debt 1985 -28.1 31.9 77.1 1986 -13.1 43.8 74.6 1987 6.6 48.9 73.9 Source: World Economic Outlook, International Monetary Fund, 1983–1988.
1 Excluding official transfers and interest payments on external debts.