OECD

HC Deb 26 October 1988 vol 139 c285W

1. Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with which Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development countries the United Kingdom is running a trade surplus.

Mr. Alan Clark

In the 12 months to August, of the 23 other countries in the OECD, the United Kingdom had surpluses on visible trade with, in descending order of magnitude, the United States, Australia, the Irish Republic, Canada, Spain and Greece.