Export Credits Guarantee Department

HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 c251W

Mr. Byers

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of Export Credits Guarantee Department credits related to defence exports for each year since 1980.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 8 March 1994]: The percentage of ECGD support for capital goods business since 1980 which related to defence exports was as follows:

ECGD experience on defence business
Defence as percentage of total overall project business for specific markets
	Bangladesh	Ecuador	India	Indonesia	Jordan	Malaysia	Nigeria	Oman	Pakistan	Thailand
1980–81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	0	0
1981–82	0	0	0.09	0.73	0.40	0	0.53	0.84	0	0
1982–83	0	0	0	0.28	0	0.33	3.31	0.73	0	0
1983–84	0	0	6.84	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0
1984–85	0	0	0	4.45	0.60	0	1.91	1.16	0	0.17
1985–86	0	0	1.28	5.44	0	0	0	1.10	0.07	0
1986–87	0	0	0.03	1.94	7.76	0	0	1.43	0	0
1987–88	0	0	0.98	0.35	5.32	0	0	0	0	0
1988–89	0	0	0	0.14	4.75	0	0	0	0.29	0
1989–90	0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0
1990–91	0	0	0	0.11	0	7.92	0	14.84	0	0
1991–92	0	0	0	0.10	0	13.07	0	0	0	0
1992–93	0	0	0	11.38	0.35	9.72	0	1.13	0	0

No sectoral breakdown is available for ECGD short term business which was privatised in November 1991.