§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the latest annual figures for each of 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1986 for the (a) deficit in manufactured trade between Britain and Japan, (b) deficit in manufactured trade between Britain and the European Economic Community, (c) deficit in manufactured trade between members of the European Community and Japan and (d) deficit in manufactured trade between West Germany and Britain, expressed in £ sterling.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is in the following table.
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Balance of Trade in Manufactures1 £ billion United Kingdom Trade with EC (12) Japan EC (12) Federal Republic of Germany Trade with Japan 1970 — 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 1975 -0.4 0.1 -0.7 -1.9 1980 -1.3 -1.2 -2.0 -5.9 1985 -3.3 -10.1 -6.1 -11.7 1986 -4.1 -11.2 -6.9 -15.8 Source: Eurostat.
1 Standard International Trade Classification Divisions 5 to 8.
Note: For consistency all data taken from Eurostat and converted to sterling using annual ecu/£ conversion factors. The United Kingdom data will not correspond exactly with United Kingdom sources because of differences in trade definitions.