§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the trading deficit in 819W manufactures with the Federal German Republic has been during the past three months at an annual rate; and what representations he has made to the EEC Commission to request West Germany to correct this imbalance.
§ Mr. MeacherI have been asked to reply.
The United Kingdom's crude trade deficit in manufactures with the Federal German Republic in the three months ended January 1978 was £1,636 million, at an annual rate—based on non-seasonally adjusted data. No representations have been made to the EEC Commission regarding this deficit.