HC Deb 01 July 1988 vol 136 c371W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the trade difference with other European Economic Community countries in manufacturing goods, excluding precious stones, for the first five months of the year, at an annualised rate.

Mr. Alan Clark

There was a crude deficit of £5.8 billion in the first five months of the year, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. Annualised figures can be an unreliable guide to the outturn for the year.

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