§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table to show the net change in the degree of import penetration in each of the areas covered by sector working parties under the industrial strategy between 1973 and the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe following table gives estimates of the change in import
Industrial sector Standard industrial classification reference Change in import penetration*(percentage points) Food and drink … … 211 to 232 -2 Organic chemicals … … 271.2 +7 Pharmaceuticals … … 272 +2 Synthetic resins, plastics materials and synthetic rubber … … 276 +10 Iron and steel and steel tubes … … 311 and 312 +5 Iron castings … … 313 +1 Non-ferrous metals … … 321 to 323 +2 Machine tools … … 332 +8 Pumps, valves and compressors … … 333 +6 Industrial engines … … 334 -1 Textile machinery … … 335 — Construction and earth-moving equipment … … 336 +42 Mechanical handling equipment … … 337 +8 Office machinery … … 338 +44 Other machinery … … 339 +2 Industrial plant and steelwork … … 341 +3 Surgical, scientific and industrial instruments … … 353 and 354 +8 Electrical machinery … … 361 +8 Telegraph and telephone apparatus … … 363 +5 Electronic components … … 364 +11 Broadcast receiving and sound reproducing equipment … … 365.2 +5 Electronic computers … … 366 +18 Radio, radar and electronic capital goods … … 367 +4 Domestic electrical appliances … … 368 +4 Engineers' small tools and gauges … … 390 +2 Man-made fibres … … 411 +2 Woollen and worsted … … 414 +5 Hosiery and other knitted goods … … 417 +6 Clothing other than headgear … … 441 to 445,449 +7 Footwear … … 450 +9 Paper and board … … 481 +3 Rubber … … 491 +5 Plastics products … … 496 +1 Source: Departments of Industry, Trade and Prices and Consumer Protection. * Defined as imports (cif) as a percentage of United Kingdom demand, i.e. United Kingdom manufacturers' sales plus imports (cif) less exports (fob) in current value terms.