Electronic Consumer Goods (Hansard, 6 December 1989)

HC Deb 06 December 1989 vol 163 c297W 297W

§ 65. Mr. David Marshall
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the balance of payments deficit in electronic consumer goods.

§ 108. Dr. Reid
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the balance of payments deficit in electronic consumer goods.

§ 112. Mr. Galloway
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the balance of payments deficit in electronic consumer goods.

§ Mr. Forth
The deficit, estimated as a crude trade balance on the overseas trade statistics basis, was £950 million in 1988. Corresponding figures available so far for 1989 indicate that the deficit was £700 million in the period January to September.