§ Mr. HoyleTo ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the amount of exports from the manufacturing sector in the North West in the last three years. [84081]
§ John HealeyThe estimates for manufacturing exports from companies in the North West are shown as follows, for 1999–2001 and 2002 year to date, together with corresponding estimates for the UK as a whole.
Manufacturing exports from the North West have averaged 1.69 billion per year over the period 1999–2001. This compares to £ 21.9 billion per year average for UK manufacturing exports (North West being 7.7 per cent, of the UK figure).
For 2002 year to date, the North West figure of £1.23 billion is 7.4 per cent, of the UK figure of £16.6 billion (January to September) Year Exports from North West Exports from UK 1999 1.67 20.3 2000 1.71 22.6 2001 1.69 22.8 20021 1.23 16.6 1 Year to date.