Trade Balance

HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 cc161-2W

Mr. Milburn

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the balance of trade in(a) cars, (b) electronic goods, (c) IT equipment, (d) telecommunica-tions and (e) white goods in 1979 and 1992.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 29 March 1993]: The available information is given in the table.

United Kingdom crude balances1 (£ million)
	1979	1992
Cars (a)	-1,764	-2,360
Information technology and electronics (b)	-435	-2,697
Of which:
Office machinery and computers	-238	-1,564
Telegraph and telephone equipment	50	-187

	1979	1992
Radio and electronic capital goods	119	241
Domestic electrical appliances (b)	-125	-482

Note:

¹ Crude balance equals exports (fob) minus imports (cif).

Sources:

(a) Business Monitor MA20—Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.

(b) Business Monitor MQ10—Overseas Trade analysed in terms of industries.