Balance of Trade (West Germany)

HC Deb 08 June 1989 vol 154 cc225-6W

133. Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the United Kingdom's balance of trade with West Germany in 1979 and 1988.

134. Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the United Kingdom's balance of trade with West Germany in 1979 and 1988.

135. Mr. Boateng

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the United Kingdom's balance of trade with West Germany in 1979 and 1988.

Mr. Alan Clark

The crude balance of trade with West Germany in 1979 was £1,566 million in deficit and in 1988 was, provisionally, £8,145 million in deficit.