HC Deb 28 February 1972 vol 832 c25W
Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the probable changes in the balance of trade between Japan and the United Kingdom in the light of the recent agreement about exchanges.

Mr. Anthony Grant

It is too soon to assess the effects of revaluation of the yen on the balance of trade between the two countries, but other factors such as the level of domestic activity in Japan may well prove to be more significant

Mr. David Stoddart

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the gross figure for imports from Japan over the last three years, and the figures for each category of goods that make up the whole.

Mr. Anthony Grant

Figures in total and by sections are published for 1969 and 1970 in the appropriate Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom and for 1971 in the December, 1971, issue of the Overseas Trade Statistics.