§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps are being taken to encourage Anglo-Brazilian trade; and for what reasons Great Britain's volume of exports to Brazil have increased at a slower rate than Brazil's total imports.
§ Sir G. HoweMy predecessor paid an official visit to Brazil last April; Her Majesty's Government took an active part in a special seminar on Brazil in London in September; and the British Overseas Trade Board is planning to stage a major British Industrial Exhibition in Sao Paulo in August 1974. These events indicate the special importance which my Department attaches to this large and rapidly growing market. Volume figures for British exports are not available, but in value terms the average rate of increase in British exports to Brazil between 1969 and 1971 was 39 per cent., against an average increase of only 28 per cent, in total Brazilian imports.