HC Deb 08 November 1991 vol 198 c309W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish a table showing for each year since 1961 and the current year to date the ration of United Kingdom exports of manufactures to the United States of America to imports of manufactures from the United States of America, the comparable figures for United Kingdom trade with Germany and Japan, and the figures for German and Japanese trade with the United States of America; and if he will give the real exchange rate in each case based on relative export prices, in terms of a common currency.

Mr. Sainsbury

This information can be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.