OECD Countries (Trade Balance)

HC Deb 31 October 1990 vol 178 c603W

47. Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries which had a better trade balance than Great Britain in the last year for which figures were available.

56. Mr. Haynes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries which had a better trade balance than Great Britain in the last year for which figures were available.

81. Mr. John Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries which had a better trade balance than Great Britain in the last year for which figures were available.

Mr. Sainsbury

The latest complete data is for 1989 when 17 of the 23 OECD countries had surpluses or smaller deficits than the United Kingdom percentage of their total trade.