HC Deb 22 April 1991 vol 189 cc304-5W
Mr. Denzil Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the total output of manufactured goods of the EC was, at the latest available date, accounted for by(a) the United Kingdom, (b) France, (c) Germany and (d) Italy.

Mr. Sainsbury

The information is in the table.

EC output1 of manufacturing2 products in 1987
Output (ecus million) Percentage of total EC output
United Kingdom 135,306 15.3
France 153,449 17.4
Federal Republic of Germany3 287,196 32.5
Italy 152,287 17.2
1 Output is defined as gross value added at market prices.
2 NACE classification—section 3.
3 Federal Republic of Germany as in 1987.

Data source: EUROSTAT.