HC Deb 11 May 1989 vol 152 c509W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the import penetration of every item of manufactured goods under the standard industrial classification for 1988.

Mr. Alan Clark

The latest available data for import penetration is for 1987 and may be found inBusiness Monitor MQ 12. The 1988 information is expected to appear shortly, following a restructuring of the calculation systems to make them compatible with the intergrated classification for overseas trade (the combined nomenclature) introduced at the beginning of 1988.

Mr. Cryer

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the balance of trade in manufactured goods under the standard industrial classification for 1988.

Mr. Alan Clark

Information on the basis of the standard industrial classification for 1988 is not currently available. Restructuring of the system which provides these estimates to accommodate the new classification for overseas trade has not yet been completed.

In 1988 the balance of trade in manufactured goods on the basis of the standard international trade classification was in deficit by £14.4 billion.