HC Deb 18 March 1985 vol 75 c403W
Mr. Hoyle

asked 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.

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