HC Deb 16 February 1981 vol 999 c2W
20. Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will give an estimate of the likely balance of trade with Japan in 1981.

Mr. Parkinson

The deficit on visible trade with Japan was £1,115 million in 1980, offset by some £200 million of invisible trade. No reliable estimate of the balance for 1981 can be made at this stage.