§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will list the six industries with the largest export trade, giving the export figures for each industry for the latest convenient year.
§ Mr. HeathI regret that this information is not available. Such a selection would need to be an arbitrary one and it would depend on how widely or narrowly the industries were defined. Furthermore it is difficult to estimate the full contribution made by an industry to our export trade, including as it does its contribution of materials or components for use by other industries in producing goods for export.