Sir Irvine PatrickTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total value of United Kingdom exports for each quarter of each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [31146]
§ Mr. NeedhamDetailed information is regularly published by the Central Statistical Office in the "Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics" which is available in the Library of the House. The value of United Kingdom exports in the first quarter of 1995 was 42 per cent. higher than three years earlier, and 17 per cent. higher than in the first quarter of 1994.