§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the import penetration into the United Kingdom in manufacturing industry in each year since 1973 as percentages for 391W the following categories; food and drink, coal and petroleum, chemicals, metal manufacturing, mechanical engineering, instrument engineering, electrical engineering, shipbuilding, vehicles, metal goods nes textiles, leather and leather goods,
IMPORT PENTRATION (a) percent. 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Food and drink (b) … … … 20 21 20 19 19 17 17 Coal and petroleum products … … 17 16 14 15 14 15 15 Chemicals … … … … 22 27 23 25 27 29 30 Metal manufacturing … … … 21 24 23 24 24 24 25 Mechanical engineering (b) … … 26 28 27 29 29 31 32 Instrument engineering … … 46 50 51 54 54 56 56 Electrical engineering … … … 27 29 28 32 35 36 37 Shipbuilding (c) … … … 55 57 60 39 48 43 36 Vehicles … … … … … 24 24 26 29 34 36 41 Metal goods nes … … … 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 Textiles … … … … … 21 24 24 26 28 31 33 Leather and Leather goods (b) … 27 27 26 30 31 33 40 Clothing and footwear … … 18 20 22 26 25 26 30 Bricks, pottery, glass etc. … … 7 9 7 8 9 9 10 Timber, furniture etc(b) … … 29 32 24 28 27 27 29 Paper, printing and publishing … 19 23 21 22 22 20 20 Other manufacturing … … … 15 16 14 15 17 18 19 Notes:
- (a) Import penetration is estimated as imports (cif) as a as a percentage of United Kingdom demand, where United Kingdom demand=manufacturers' sales plus imports (cif) less exports (fob).
- (b) Certain industries for which suitable data are not available have been omitted from these sectors
- (c) Imports component of the figures for shipbuilding includes an allowance for foreign-built ships delivered abroad to United Kingdom owners.