HC Deb 23 April 1969 vol 782 c84W
Mr. Peter Mills

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the latest annual trade balance with the Republic of China.

Mr. Dell

The figures of imports, c.i.f. and exports and re-exports, f.o.b. are given on page 291 of the Overseas Trade Accounts for December, 1968. The difference between these figures is not, however, a good measure of the visible trade balance with China because, inter alia, of the difference in the bases of valuation.