Manufactured Goods

HC Deb 12 February 1986 vol 91 c483W

42. Dr. Godman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will indicate the nature and size of the current deficit in the balance of trade in manufactured goods.

Mr. Alan Clark

In 1985, trade in manufactures was in deficit by £3.1 billion. At the same time, the current account as a whole recorded its sixth successive surplus.