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Mr. Ron Davies
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the change in the manufacturing trade balance since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Alan Clark
Trade in manufactures on a balance of payments basis was in surplus by £2·8 billion in 1979 and in deficit by £6·5 billion in 1987.