HC Deb 23 March 1990 vol 169 c767W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on United Kingdom trade with East Germany.

Mr. Redwood

In 1989 the United Kingdom exported to the GDR goods worth £106 million and imported goods to the value of f 169 million. Some 25 per cent. of our exports were accounted for by cereals; and of the imports, non-ferrous metals and furniture accounted for about 35 per cent. altogether. My Department encourages the expansion of trade with the GDR and my noble Friend the Minister for Trade has just returned from the Leipzig fair where over 100 British firms exhibited and received a record number of inquiries from potential GDR customers.