Standard Industrial Trade Classification

HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 145 cc235-6W

56. Mr. Favell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many of the standard industrial trade classification divisions within manufactured trade are currently(a) in surplus and (b) in deficit.

Mr. Atkins

Of the 35 divisions within sections 5–8 of the standard international trade classification (which correspond to manufactures), for the 10 months to October 1988, 12 are in surplus and 23 in deficit.