§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell), on 16 April,Official Report, column 763, what is the breakdown by county of the amount of ECGD guarantees in default.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe total of £8,118.5 million in respect of gross paid claims, plus interest, under ECGD guarantees which have not been recovered or have been written off as at 31 March 1992 is made up of amounts on 130 different countries.
The largest are:
£ million Nigeria 1,957.1 Poland 1,544.4 Brazil 903.6 Iraq 391.5 Yugoslavia 362.8 Mexico 292.4 Egypt 286.9 Sudan 277.1 Zambia 206.4 Tanzania 161.8 Argentina 130.9 Morocco 108.4 Jordan 102.5 Gabon 90.5 Zaire 87.0 Congo 86.9 Mozambique 83.7 Iran 82.2 Peru 81.4 Guyana 70.7 Angola 67.6 Ecuador 59.6 Cuba 58.6 Philippines 55.5 Cameroon 46.1