HC Deb 11 December 1979 vol 975 cc557-8W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total number of cars and taxis and so on, and their estimated money value, imported into the United Kingdom for the years 1970 to 1979.

Mr. Parkinson

The information is as follows:

IMPORTS OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS
Number Valuethousand cif)
1970 158,848 85,956
1971 283,526 173,128
1972 453,896 326,751
1973 508,524 440,132
1974 377,657 357,318
1975 451,776 516,169
1976 537,798 889,196
1977 701,728 1,328,159
1978 807,151 1,772,487
January-October 1979 898,809 2,163,296