§ Mr. Cryerasked the Minister for Trade what was the balance of trade in textile goods for 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 16 March 1983, c. 195.]: The crude balance of trade was as follows:
£ million 1979 -655 1980 -446 1981 -989 1982 -1,258 Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC(R2) divisions 65 and 84—excluding Group 848—groups 266 and 267, and sub-group 268.7—part.
Notes:
(a) The crude balance of trade is the difference between exports valued fob and imports valued cif.
(b) The figure for 1981 includes a considerable element of estimation based on sampling of expots for the months of March to August inclusive, and accordingly should be interpreted with caution.