§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the number of commercial vehicles produced and exported in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the United States of America and Japan in 1952, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1978 and 1979 to date.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe following is the information: 695W
PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN CERTAIN MAJOR COUNTRIES Number in '000s 1952 1960 1967 1972 1978 1979 Production Exports Production Exports Production Exports Production Exports Production Exports Production Exports United Kingdom … … 242 128 458 146 385 135 408 140 385 142 289* 105* West Germany … … 111 36 238 116 187 105 295 167 296 173 208* 114* France … … 129 24 194 64 233 43 298 70 397 132 283† 114† Italy … … 25 1 49 6 103 22 107 41 148 75 93* 55* USA … … 1,218 155 1,194 206 1,539 49§ 2,483 29§ 3,716 126 2,472† 31‡ Japan … … 34 1 316 15 1,771 139 2,272 538 3,293 1,558 2,214* 903* * January to August † January to September ‡ January and February § Figures relate to assembled vehicles Source:
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
696W