HC Deb 27 March 1990 vol 170 cc127-8W
Ms. Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the rate of usage by businesses of the export representative service in the case of(a) the United States of America, (b) Canada and (c) West Germany for each month from September 1988 to date.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 21 March 1990]: Usage by businesses of the export representative service has been:

United States of America Canada West Germany
September 1988 1 — 3
October 1988 1 — 3
November 1988 — — —
December 1988 — — —
January 1989 — — 4
February 1989 1 — 3
March 1989 4 1 8
April 1989 1 1 3
May 1989 1 — 1
June 1989 2 2 1
July 1989 5 1 6
August 1989 6 — 7
United States of America Canada West Germany
September 1989 6 2 4
October 1989 4 1 8
November 1989 1 2 4
December 1989 9 — —
January 1990 10 1 7
February 1990 8 — 7

In addition a further 16 reports were commissioned for West Germany and a further three for Canada in the period September 1988 to June 1989, but cannot be attributed to a particular month.