§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will list the value of United Kingdom exports to and imports from each African State in 1978.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThis information is available in table IB of the December 1978 issue of the overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom, in the House of Commons Library.
§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will list the estimated value of invisible earnings in 1978 to the United Kingdom from each African State.
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§ Mr. ParkinsonI regret that, for practical and conceptual reasons, information on invisible earnings in total is not available in the detail requested.
§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will list the estimated United Kingdom direct investments and portfolio investments in each African State.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe information available relates only to the book value of net direct investment overseas by the United Kingdom, excluding oil, insurance and banking. The latest figures for individual countries relating to the position at the end of 1974 are published in table 1 ofBusiness Monitor, M4, 1974 supplement, "Census of Overseas Assets 1974", a copy of which is in the Library.