§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing United Kingdom imports from the EEC in 1983 as a proportion of the output of United Kingdom manufacturing industry for each standard industrial classification class and the corresponding figure for 1975.
§ Mr. ChannonWhat information is available is given in the following table:
Standard Industrial Classification Ratio of imports from EC to sales by UK manufacturers (per cent.) *† class 1975 1983 Metals 21 and 22 13 22 Other minerals and mineral products 23 and 24 8 10 Chemicals and man-made fibres 25 and 26 11 21 Metal goods 31 4 7 Mechanical engineering 32 11 17 Office machinery and data processing equipment 33 39 75 Electrical and electronic engineering 34 10 18 Motor vehicles and parts 35 13 50 Other transport equipment 36 15 13 Instrument engineering 37 20 25 Food, drink and tobacco 41 and 42 7 7 Textiles 43 9 27 Leather and leather goods 44 9 18 Clothing and footwear 45 8 18 Timber and wooden furniture 46 5 10 Paper, printing and publishing 47 3 6 Rubber and plastics 48 8 17 Other manufacturing industries 49 23 46 Notes * UK manufacturers' sales are of the principal products of each class, excluding where possible sales of waste products and receipts for work done. † The information shown in the table is not comparable with the import penetration ratios published by the Department of Trade and Industry in Business Monitor MQ12. The Department's ratios show imports as a proportion of UK home demand, defined as sales by UK manufacturers plus imports less exports.