§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Trade what percentage of the cars sold in the United Kingdom market 211W by American firms manufacturing cars in the United Kingdom were imported from the European Community Six either assembled or completely knocked down; what proportion of their United Kingdom output was exported in each case to the European Community Six; and what proportion of their sales in the European Community Six were imported from the United Kingdom for each year since 1976.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1983, c. 513]: Such information as is available to answer the first two parts of the question is given in the following table. The final part of the question cannot be answered from published sources.
Percentage of American* firms' United Kingdom car sales comprising vehicles sourced from the EC Six Percentage 1976 15.5 1977 25.0 1978 25.2 1979 32.9 1980 28.1 1981 29.8 1982 36.8
Percentage of American* firms' United Kingdom car production exported to the EC Six Percentage 1976 3.5 1977 5.0 1978 4.4 1979 1.3 1980 2.5 1981 6.2 1982 † * Ford, Vauxhall and, up to and including 1978, Chrysler. † not yet available. Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders annual publications "the Motor Industry of Great Britain"—tables 11, 26 and 51 for the 1982 edition—which are available in the Library and from which further information can be obtained.