Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on the Manufactured Trade Deficit – 15 March 1989

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on the Manufactured Trade Deficit on 15th March 1989.

Mr. Austin Mitchell To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are his projections for the deficit in manufactured trade for 1989.

Mr. Major The Financial Statement and Budget Report for 1989–90 shows a forecast deficit in manufactured trade in 1989 of £15½ billion.