HC Deb 04 May 1995 vol 259 cc279-80W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his estimate of the proportion of United Kingdom exports in 1990 and 1994 which were(a) imported in the same form and (b) assembled in the United Kingdom from imported components. [22161]

Mr. Needham

The information is not available.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing for 1990, 1992 and 1994 the value and volume of production, imports, exports and home sales of the goods falling within SITCD75. [22162]

Mr. Needham

Information on trade for division 75 of the standard international trade classification is available from "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom". Information on production is not available under this classification. Information on trade and manufacturers' sales for class 33 of the standard industrial classification 1980—office machinery and data processing equipment—in 1990 and 1992 was published by the central statistical office in business monitors PAS3301 and 3302. These publications are available in the Library of the House. Information for office machinery and computers in 1994 is expected to be published later this year by Taylor Nelson AGB in the 1994 edition of "UK Markets Annual Report 61".