HC Deb 15 April 1975 vol 890 cc79-80W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what percentage of Great Britain's overall trade deficit in the years 1972 and 1974 was represented by the trade deficit with EEC.

Mr. Deakins

For the EEC(8), 77 per cent. and 38 per cent., respectively, on a balance of payments basis.

and, secondly, a letter of minimum weight, from the United Kingdom to each of the other members of the EEC and from each of the other members of the EEC to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Gregor Mackenzie

The information is set out below:

accession to the EEC; and how this compares with British exports to the rest of the world in the same period;

(2) what were the percentage increases in the value of British exports to EEC and to the rest of the world in 1974.

Mr. Deakins

The figures, on a balance of payments basis, are:

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