§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the United Kingdom trading deficit in manufactures per head with the European Community for the latest five months for which comparable figures are available, compared with the European Community deficit per head in trade with Japan.
§ Mr. ChannonThe European Community crude deficit per head on trade in manufactures with Japan was US$22 in the six months January to June 1982, the most recent period for which figures are readily available; corresponding figures for individual months are not available. In the same period the United Kingdom crude deficit per head on trade in manufactures with the other countries of the European Community was US$78. These figures represent a deficit of 15 per cent. of total United Kingdom-European Community trade, and a deficit of 54 per cent. of total European Community-Japan trade.