Manufactured Goods

HC Deb 21 November 1985 vol 87 c249W

Mr. Tony Lloyd

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the balance of trade in manufactured goods for 1979 and 1984.

Mr. MacGregor

The balance of trade in manufactured goods was in surplus by £2,698 million in 1979 and in deficit by £3,786 million in 1984. In contrast, the current account as a whole was in deficit by £736 million in 1979 and in surplus by £935 million in 1984.