HC Deb 17 January 1990 vol 165 cc303-4W
26. Mr. Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which EC countries have either a trade surplus or a smaller trade deficit as a proportion of gross domestic product than the United Kingdom.

33. Mr. Lambie

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which EC countries have either a trade surplus or a smaller trade deficit as a proportion of gross domestic product than the United Kingdom.

66. Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which EEC countries have either a trade surplus or a smaller trade deficit as a proportion of gross domestic product than the United Kingdom

90. Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which EEC countries have either a trade surplus or a smaller trade deficit as a proportion of gross domestic product than the United Kingdom.

Mr. Redwood

All except Portugal, Greece and Spain were in one or other category in 1988, the latest year for which complete figures are available.

94. Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which five industrial sectors have the most adverse balance of trade in 1989 between the United Kingdom and the rest of the European Community on the latest available figures; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwood

Defining industrial sectors as divisions of the Standard International Trade Classification Revision 3, information for the first 11 months of 1989 is:

Division Deficit
(£ million)
78 Road Vehicles 5,567
05 Vegetables and Fruit 1,204
65 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-up Articles and Related Products 1,067
72 Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries 906
57 Plastics in Primary Forms 777

91. Mr. Watson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the EEC countries with which the United Kingdom has a manufacturing trade deficit.

106. Mr. Allan Roberts

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the EC countries with which the United Kingdom has a manufacturing trade deficit.

108. Mr. Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the EEC countries with which the United Kingdom has a manufacturing trade deficit.

114. Mr. Clelland

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the EEC countries with which the United Kingdom has a manufacturing trade deficit.

Mr. Redwood

In the first 11 months of 1989 the United Kingdom had a manufacturing trade deficit with the following countries: France, Belgium/Luxembourg, Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Denmark and Portugal.