§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what were the annual figures for total United Kingdom imports by value for each of the mechanical engineering economic development council sectors, in each of the years 1970 to 1984, inclusive, on an overseas trade statistics basis;
Imports, cif, and Exports, fob £ million 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984 EDC: Construction equipment and mobile cranes: Imports 274 314 283 288 353 405 325 Exports 738 731 844 924 902 714 578 Constructional steelwork Imports 33 42 52 53 66 83 78 Exports 291 267 293 275 338 306 207 Mining machinery Imports 11 11 16 10 15 18 13 Exports 48 92 100 72 92 78 87 Process plant/pumps+valves Imports 793 375 405 606 476 620 357 Exports 663 780 861 853 946 890 637 Textile machinery Imports 115 120 104 93 103 117 112 Exports 201 215 242 225 211 176 143 Food, drink and packaging machinery Imports 157 182 208 209 258 312 269 Exports 251 278 298 284 313 328 248 Heating, ventilating, air conditioning etc. Imports 124 162 163 163 199 229 215 Exports 150 172 175 173 187 192 155 Printing/bookbinding machinery Imports 152 183 209 188 212 264 235 Exports 167 182 214 217 236 255 227 * January to September.