HC Deb 30 November 1989 vol 162 c424W
45. Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of Britain's foreign exchange earnings for 1988 are accounted for by(a) visible exports and (b) invisibles.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Britain's visible exports for 1988 totalled £81 billion. It is not possible to give a meaningful figure for gross invisibles credits as some items are measured as net flows.