§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the current state of trade between Israel and the United Kingdom; and what were the figures for each month since 1983.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkFor the first eight months of 1988 the value of United Kingdom-Israeli trade was exports £321.8 million and imports £321.2 million.
The monthly information is given in the following table:
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United Kingdom trade with Israel Value £ million 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 (January-August) Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports January 22.1 25.2 20.6 39.2 27.1 42.1 33.0 41.5 41.1 37.8 34.7 36.2 February 26.4 23.5 39.0 36.0 37.5 33.6 36.8 30.4 46.5 39.0 30.8 43.6 March 32.7 28.4 34.7 35.7 40.1 42.1 39.4 34.9 45.9 39.6 47.9 47.0 April 27.0 27.8 30.6 29.8 43.8 42.8 47.7 44.8 52.4 43.6 47.3 40.3 May 30.0 29.3 31.9 55.0 45.5 38.2 36.2 24.0 42.8 33.0 46.7 36.5 June 34.3 36.9 34.1 29.4 37.3 34.8 35.9 29.4 44.4 34.0 49.7 39.7 July 24.6 23.5 28.5 28.1 37.1 30.6 38.3 31.5 45.4 39.8 39.5 38.4 August 30.0 20.2 30.4 25.6 26.4 28.3 25.9 26.5 30.8 33.7 25.3 39.3 September 34.3 24.5 31.5 24.1 31.0 24.3 43.5 30.4 46.6 32.3 n/a n/a October 29.2 21.6 32.5 29.3 40.9 30.7 45.1 31.2 48.5 34.1 n/a n/a November 31.2 29.2 36.5 32.2 35.2 29.2 46.0 26.2 36.2 31.2 n/a n/a December 33.0 23.9 42.4 29.2 32.6 27.2 34.6 34.5 42.9 39.4 n/a n/a n/a—Not available.
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics.
Note: 1987 and 1988 figures are provisional.