HC Deb 27 February 1981 vol 999 c460W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total cost of imports of oil exploration and production and equipment over the last years on a balance of payments basis.

Mr. Parkinson

Imports of goods for the United Kingdom continental shelf oil and gas programme are provisionally estimated at £144 million (value fob) in 1980. Information for earlier years is published in table 9.1, United Kingdom Balance of Payments, 1980 edition, which is available in the Library.

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