§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the 1983 trade figure as between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China; and if he will tabulate the latest relevant statistics.
§ Mr. ChannonTrade with China in the first 11 months of 1983 on an overseas trade statistics basis showed a crude deficit of £63 million, compared with one of £90 million in the corresponding period of 1982 — an improvement of 30 per cent. The latest detailed statistics of trade are published on page 28 of tables II (Imports) and V (Exports) of the November issue of the United Kingdom OverseasTrade Statistics, a copy of which is in the Library.