Japan (Motor Vehicles)

HC Deb 28 July 1975 vol 896 cc358-9W

27. Mr. Carter

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if there has been any improvement in the prospects for exports of British cars to Japan.

Mr. Shore

The Japanese market, like those of many other industrialised countries, has been in recession during the last 18 months. Nevertheless, despite a drop in Japan's global imports, British exporters of manufactured goods, in important sectors, have been holding their own with their competitors. As regards motor cars, in the longer term, there is no reason why British exporters should not seize a larger share of the Japanese import market.