HC Deb 01 December 1980 vol 995 c13W
30. Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what has been the average monthly deficit or surplus in the United Kingdom's trade in manufactured goods excluding oil and precious stones over the past three years with the European Economic Community and the rest of the world, respectively.

Mrs. Sally Oppenheim

In the three-year period ended October 1980, the United Kingdom had an average monthly crude deficit on trade in manufactured goods (which exclude oil) less precious stones of about £200 million with the European Community, compared with a surplus of some £450 million with the rest of the world.