§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for each category of heavy vehicles imported from Germany its average landed value in each year since 1983 and in the latest month for which figures are available together with the corresponding rates of exchange between sterling and the German mark.
§ Mr. Alan Clark[pursuant to his reply 16 February 1987]: The information is as follows:
Imports of heavy vehicles from Federal Republic of Germany Value £000s Average values of imports (cif) 1983 1984 1985 October 1986 Average annual exchange rate £1 = Deutschmark 3.87 3.79 3.78 2.86 Dumpers 45 36 29 39 Heavy commercial vehicles 10 9 10 12 Coaches and Buses 77 86 85 94 Breakdown crane lorries 171 156 185 123 Concrete mixer pumping vehicles 58 51 35 62 Road tractors for semitrailers 22 23 24 26 Sources:
Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC/R2, 782.1 (part), 782.2 (part), 783.1 (part), 783.2.
Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics, February 1987 table F1.