HC Deb 03 August 1971 vol 822 c277W
Mr. Carter

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many motor vehicles were exported in 1970 in completely constructed form; and how many were exported in kit form to be assembled overseas.

Mr. Ridley

The approximate breakdown of production for export was as follows:

Cars Commercial vehicles
"000 units
Vehicles built-up 367 69
Vehicles knocked-down 356 121
Total 723 190
Non-countable knocked-down sets* 233 1.7
* Defined as sets of components not sufficiently complete to be eligible for inclusion in the vehicles production figures but sufficiently complete to make it possible to identify the number of vehicles which will be produced from them with the addition of components of mainly local manufacture.