HC Deb 25 October 1990 vol 178 c239W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the latest estimate of the balance of trade in information technology.

Mr. Sainsbury

According to the latest estimates, the United Kingdom had a deficit of £685 million in the manufactured products of the electronics and information technology sector in the first quarter of 1990. This sector is defined as the principal products of activity headings 3301–2, 3441–4 and 3453–4 of the Standard Industrial Classification. These figures are for hardware only. There are no separate figures for trade in software.

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