§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an assessment of the contribution of Scottish manufacturing and service industry exports to the balance of payments. [1319]
§ Mr. George KynochInformation on Scottish exports is available from the Scottish Council for Development and Industry.
In 1993 Scottish manufactured exports totalled £11,540 million. The Scottish council estimated that Scottish manufactured exports accounted for 10.3 per cent. of the United Kingdom manufactured exports.
Service sector exports were estimated at £403 million in 1993.