HC Deb 24 May 1976 vol 912 c65W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how the percentage trade deficit with member countries of the EEC compared with the percentage deficit with the rest of the world in the first quarter of 1976.

Mr. Meacher

The visible trade deficit with the EEC on a balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted, was 18 per cent. of our imports from the Community; the corresponding figure with the rest of the world was 2 per cent.

Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the value of imports and exports in the first quarter of 1976 between the United Kingdom and France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Holland and Belgium, respectively.

Mr. Meacher

This information is published in Table IB of the March 1976 issue of the monthlyOverseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.

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