§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the President of the Board of Trade upon what grounds his Department reached the conclusion set out in the monthly Press release issued on 13th March, 1969, that the February figure for exports was an erratically low one.
§ Mr. DellFalls in exports last month occurred in most markets and commodity groups, and this is likely to be explained by the temporary influences on the movement of goods and ships to which the flow of trade is subject rather than by changes in world demand or conditions of supply in industry.