Trade Deficit (Japan)

HC Deb 17 January 1990 vol 165 c306W

35. Mr. McFall

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the current trade deficit with Japan; and how much of the deficit is accounted for by manufactured goods.

44. Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the current trade deficit with Japan; and how much of the deficit is accounted for by manufactured goods.

62. Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the current trade deficit with Japan; and how much of the deficit is accounted for by manufactured goods.

Mr. Redwood

In the first 11 months of 1989 the deficit in total visible trade was £4.6 billion. In the same period the deficit for manufactured goods was £4.7 billion.