HC Deb 07 December 1994 vol 251 cc252-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the amount of cash earned by exports by the United Kingdom aerospace industry in each year since 1989, and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The value of exports by the United Kingdom aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing industry, defined as group 364 of the standard industrial classification, 1980 is given in the following table:

Year UK export £ billion
1989 7.2
1990 7.4
1991 7.3
1992 6.9

The information for 1993 is due to be published soon in the CSO's business monitor series MQ10, "Overseas Trade analysed in terms of industries".