Balance of Payments

HC Deb 29 October 1992 vol 212 c786W

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the annual balance of payments position of each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country at the last available date.

Mr. Portillo

Data on OECD countries' current account balances for 1991 are in the OECD's "Economic Outlook", June 1992.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the United Kingdom's balance of payments position on manufacturing goods in each year since 1979.

Mr. Portillo

Information on the balance for manufactured goods is published in the Central Statistical Office's "Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics" and is also available on the Central Statistical Office databank which may be accessed through the Library of the House.