HC Deb 06 March 1991 vol 187 c169W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the balance of manufactured trade between(a) Britain and the United States of America and (b) Germany and the United States of America in 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Sainsbury

The information is in the table. Figures for 1990 are not available for Germany's trade with the United States of America.

Crude trade balance1 in manufactures2 with United States of America
US$ billion
Federal Republic of Germany United Kingdom
1980 2.6 -2.4
1983 4.9 -1.7
1986 15.0 1.6
1988 12.6 -0.4
1989 8.1 -1.3
1990 n./a. -3.7
1 The crude trade balance is exports (fob) less imports (cif).
2 Manufactures = SITC divisions 5 to 8.

Source: OECD Series C.

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