§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade what the United Kingdom's deficit or surplus was in manufactured trade for 1977, 1978 and 1979 with (a) West Germany, (b) all European Economic Community countries, (c) Japan, (d) the United States of America, (e) the 501W rest of the world outside the European Economic Community and (f) the whole world.
£ million 1977 1978 1979 All countries … … +5,495 + 3,918 + 1,653 EEC … … -626 -1,615 -2,730 Rest of world … … +6,120 +5,533 +4,384 Federal Republic of Germany … … -1,339 -1,866 -2,516 Japan … … -641 -800 -961 United states of America … … -251 -247 -541 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics (SITC (Rev 2) Sections 5 to 8).