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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

BRITISH industry could b, £1,300m better off by 1990 if th, Armitage Report is imple mented, Freight Transport Assc ciation director general Hug Featherstone said this week.

Addressing members a Windermere on Wednesday, M Featherstone said Armitage' calculations showed that heavie lorries could save industr E230m a year by 1990, and thz amounted to about £1,300m.

"At a time when industr needs all the help it can ge there is a very powerful argt. ment for securing such econ( mic benefits which can be at tamed without environment; disadvantage," he asserted.

Mr Featherstone added thi Armitage's recommendatior for heavier weights would hel restore the imbalance with at trading partners.

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