§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list those EEC countries with which the United Kingdom currently has a favourable trade balance and those countries with which the United
THE UNITED KINGDOM'S CRUDE TRADE BALANCE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EEC* 1972 1975 Change between 1972 and 1975 £ million £ million £ million Per cent.‡ Belgium/Luxembourg … … … +80 -31 -111 -139 Denmark† … … … … -109 -175 -66 -61 France … … … … … -92 -463 -371 -403 Irish Republic … … … … +25 -14 -39 -156 Italy … … … … … -69 -246 -177 -257 Netherlands … … … … -163 -759 -596 -366 West Germany … … … … -252 -725 -473 -188 TOTAL EEC (8) … … … -580 -2,413 -1,833 -316 * The crude trade balance is the difference between exports fob and imports cif. * Including Greenland. ‡ The percentage changes have been calculated so that a negative sign indicates a worsening in the trade balance: a positive sign would indicate an improvement.