§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the current United Kingdom deficit in manufactures as a proportion of total trade with Denmark, the Benelux countries, France, Greece, West Germany, Italy, the Republic of Ireland, the European Economic Community as a whole, the United States of America and Japan, respectively.
§ Mr. Sproat[pursuant to his reply, 21 December 1981, c. 279]: The information is as follows:
Crude trade balance deficit(-)/surplus(+) (£ million) 1980 Deficit as a proportion of total trade* percentage European Community† -1,765 6.2 of which Denmark +115 Benelux +13 France -439 7.9 Greece +135 Federal Republic of Germany -2,007 24.2 Italy -375 11.3 Irish Republic +793 USA -1,455 18.3 Japan -1,187 55.3 * Defined as the sum of UK exports (fob) and imports (cif) of manufactured goods consigned to/from each of the above countries. † As constituted at 1 January 1981.