HC Deb 22 July 1982 vol 28 c267W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister for Trade what percentage of the cars sold in the United Kingdom market by American firms manufacturing cars in the United Kingdom was imported from the EEC Six either assembled or completely knocked down; what proportion of their United Kingdom output was exported in each case to the EEC Six; and what proportion of their sales in the EEC Six was imported from the United Kingdom.

Mr. Peter Rees

Information relating to the first part of the question, for 1981, can be obtained from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trader's "Monthly Statistical Review", page 8 of the December 1981 issue. For the second part, information for 1980—the latest available—is given in the society's year book "Motor Industry of Great Britain", pages 20 and 79 of the 1981 issue. Copies of these publications are available in the Library. The final part of the question cannot be answered from published sources.