Cars (Imports-Exports)

HC Deb 09 May 1983 vol 42 cc191-2W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister for Trade, further to his reply dated 17 March, Official Report, c. 210–11, concerning trade in cars with other European Community countries, whether he will publish in the Offical Report a table showing the number of cars imported and exported, together with the corresponding figures for 1970.

Mr. Peter Rees

The available information is as follows:

	Sales in the United Kingdom of cars sourced by American firms† from the EC Six (numbers)	Exports to the EC Six of cars manufactured in the United Kingdom by American firms† (numbers)
1970	7,854	N/A
1976	81,163	22,492
1977	134,963	33,662

	Sales in the United Kingdom of cars sourced by American firms† from the EC Six (numbers)	Exports to the EC Six of cars manufactured in the United Kingdom by American firms† (numbers)
1978	160,544	26,722
1979	196,841	5,837
1980	161,211	10,053
1981	168,940	25,473
1982	238,870	*
* Not yet available.
† Ford, Vauxhall and, up to and including 1978, Chrysler.

Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.