§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each quarter since 1979 the value of imports and exports of manufactures together with the surplus deficit on (i) an overseas trade statistics basis, (ii) a
United Kingdom Trade in Manufactures (SITC (R2) 5 to 8) £ million, seasonally adjusted Overseas Trade Statistics Basis Balance of Payments Basis Exports FOB Imports CIF Crude Balance Exports FOB Imports FOB Visible Valance 1979 Q1 6,426 6,659 - 233 6,403 6,288 + 115 2 8,283 7,677 + 606 8,345 7,292 +1,053 3 7,863 7,393 + 470 7,871 7,068 + 803 4 8,298 7,960 + 338 8,345 7,617 + 728 1980 Q1 8,878 8,531 + 347 8,901 8,059 + 842 2 8,823 8,357 + 466 8,847 7,906 + 941 3 8,569 7,264 +1,305 8,565 6,792 +1,773 4 8,541 7,025 +1,516 8,570 6,565 +2,005 1981 Q1 8,184 6,812 +1,372 8,240 6,407 +1,833 2 8,302 7,466 + 836 8,403 7,031 +1,372 3 8,765 8,889 - 124 8,918 8,465 + 453 4 9,388 8,826 + 562 9,357 8,269 +1,088 1982 Q1 9,307 8,886 + 421 9,286 8,331 + 955 2 9,480 9,681 - 201 9,477 8,992 + 485 3 8,975 9,114 - 139 9,007 8,569 + 438 4 9,554 9,402 + 152 9,562 8,884 + 678 The adjustment requested by the hon. Member can be made in several ways which would lead to different results.