HC Deb 31 October 1984 vol 65 c1009W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what was the percentage share of United Kingdom electronic goods exports taken by (a) developing countries, (b) the European Economic community and (c) other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries in each of the past five years;

Percentages
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Percentage share of United Kingdom exports of electronic goods taken by:
EC including Greece 48 49 44 43 45
Other OECD 26 26 27 29 30
Rest of the world excluding State Trading countries and South Africa 21 21 24 23 21
United Kingdom imports of electronic goods as a percentage of United Kingdom market for electronic goods:
EC including Greece 21 18 19 21 23
Other OECD 25 26 30 34 35
Rest of the World excluding State Trading countries and South Africa 5 5 6 5 6
* Electronic goods defined as the products of class 33 (manufacture of office equipment and data processing equipment), group 344 (telecommunication equipment, electrical measuring equipment, electronic capital goods and passive components) and group 345 (other electronic equipment) of the Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1980.
OECD excluding EC
State Trading countries covers China, USSR, and other Eastern European countries excluding Yugoslavia.