Balance of Trade

HC Deb 04 May 1989 vol 152 c213W

1988. Mr. Wareing

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the balance of manufactured trade in(a) 1978 and (b)

1988. Mr. Allen Adams

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the balance of manufactured trade in(a) 1978 and (b)

1988. Mr. Strang

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the balance of manufactured trade in(a) 1978 and (b)

1988. Mr. Pike

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the balance of manufactured trade in(a) 1978 and (b)

Mr. Alan Clark

Trade in manufactures on a balance of payments basis was in surplus by £5.1 billion in 1978 and in deficit by £14.4 billion in 1988.