HC Deb 24 February 1984 vol 54 c665W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the average landed price of videotape recorders imported from (a) Japan and (b) other EEC countries each month since the Japanese imposed restrictions on exports to the EEC and the corresponding figures for the six preceding months.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The average value of these imports is as follows:

(£ cif)
Japan Rest of EC
1982
September 202 220
October 185 211
November 186 228
December 199 237
1983
January 203 210
February 202 240
March 202 268
April 208 239
May 230 249
June 229 249
July 227 262
August 234 282
September 235 248
October 222 269
November 237 264
December 222 256

Source:

Data corresponding to tariff code 9211–8019 (ex SITC (R2) Item 763.81) in the UK Overseas Trade Statistics.

Notes:

  1. (a) Japanese agreement voluntarily to restrain exports to the European Community was announced in February 1983.
  2. (b) Average import values are not true prices.