HC Deb 01 December 1981 vol 14 c62W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the month of September at an annual rate the deficit on the United Kingdom's visible trade with the European Economic Community Six in the case of (a) manufactures less precious stones and (b) total trade less crude oil and precious stones.

Mr. Peter Rees

The figures are(a) £4.8 billion and (b) £5.7 billion. However, these figures should be treated with some caution as monthly trade data can be quite variable.