| United Kingdom exports to Libya: 1981–85 |
| Division |
Value £ million |
| 1981 |
| Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (84) |
80.9 |
| Road vehicles (78) |
72.9 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries (72) |
66.1 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, and machine parts, n.e.s. (74) |
46.8 |
| Manufactures of Metal, n.e.s. (69) |
41.0 |
| 1982 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries (72) |
43.3 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s. (77) |
28.5 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s. (74) |
25.7 |
| Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. (69) |
24.5 |
| Road vehicles (78) |
20.8 |
| 1983 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries (72) |
37.3 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, and machine parts, n.e.s. (74) |
23.7 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s. (77) |
21.7 |
| Other transport equipment (79) |
20.7 |
| Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) |
19.5 |
| 1984 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries (72) |
36.3 |
| Road vehicles (78) |
24.1 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s. (74) |
23.1 |
| Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. (69) |
21.6 |
| Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) |
19.5 |
| 1985 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s. (74) |
34.0 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries (72) |
25.8 |
| Road vehicles (78) |
16.4 |
| Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) |
13.7 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances n.e.s. (77) |
13.2 |
| United Kingdom imports from Libya: 1981–85 |
| Division |
Value £ million |
| 1981 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (33) |
66.4 |
| Power generating machinery and equipment (71) |
4.9 |
| Other transport equipment (79) |
0.9 |
| Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. (87) |
0.4 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s. (74) |
0.3 |
| 1982 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (33) |
330.0 |
| Power generating machinery and equipment (71) |
4.2 |
| Gas, natural and manufactured (34) |
4.0 |
| Other transport equipment (79) |
1.3 |
| Organic chemicals (51) |
0.8 |
| Division |
Value £ million |
| 1983 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (33) |
212.0 |
| Power generating machinery and equipment (71) |
5.6 |
| Organic chemicals (51) |
1.8 |
| Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers (58) |
1.7 |
| Other transport equipment (79) |
1.1 |
| 1984 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (33) |
158.0 |
| Power generating machinery and equipment (71) |
2.5 |
| Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. (87) |
0.8 |
| Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers (58) |
0.7 |
| Organic chemicals (51) |
0.7 |
| 1985 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (33) |
302.4 |
| Organic chemicals (51) |
2.7 |
| Power generating machinery and equipment (71) |
2.2 |
| Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers (58) |
1.5 |
| Other transport equipment (79) |
1.0 |
| Monopolies and Mergers Commission Reports Received 1980–85 |
| Year and Number Received |
Subject Matter of Reports |
Number giving rise to Government action |
| 1980—11 |
Hiram Walker/Gooderham & Worts/Highland Distillers Co. Ltd. (merger) |
9 |
|
Blue Circle Industries Ltd./Armitage Shanks Ltd. (merger) |
|
|
Europcar/Godfrey Davis (merger) |
|
|
Bristol United Press/West Somerset Free Press (newspaper merger) |
|
|
United Newspapers Ltd./J. Andrew & Co. Ltd. (newspaper merger) |
|
|
Credit Cards (monopoly) |
|
|
Certain Domestic Gas Appliances (monopoly) |
|
|
Tampons (monopoly) |
|
|
Inner London Letter Post (monopoly) |
|
|
T. I. Raleigh (Competition Act) |
|
|
BR Board: London and S.E. Commuter Services (Competition Act S.11) |
|
| 1981—18 |
S. & W. Berisford/British Sugar Corporation (merger) |
14 |
|
Lonrho/House of Fraser (merger) |
|
|
Enserch/Davy (merger) |
|
|
European Ferries/Sealink (merger) |
|
|
Hoverlloyd/BR Hovercraft (merger) |
|
|
Standard Chartered Bank/Royal Bank of Scotland/Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation/Royal Bank of Scotland (merger) |
|
|
George Outram & Co. Ltd./The Observer (newspaper merger) |
|
|
Reed International/Berrows Organisation (newspaper merger) |
|
|
Express Newspapers Ltd./South Wales Argus Ltd. (newspaper merger) |
|
|
Discounts to Retailers (monopoly) |
|
|
Trading Checks (monopoly) |
|
|
Roadside Advertising Services (monopoly) |
|
|
Full line forcing and Tie-in sales (monopoly) |
|
|
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (monopoly) |
|
|
Concrete Roofing Tiles (monopoly) |
|
|
Ready Mixed Concrete (monopoly) |
|
|
CEGB (Competition Act S. 11) |
|
|
Severn-Trent Water Authority (Competition Act S.11) |
|
| 1982—11 |
BTR/Serck (merger) |
|
|
Nabisco Brands/Huntley and Palmer (merger) |
|
|
ICI/Arthur Holden (merger) |
|
|
GUS/Empire Stores (merger) |
|
|
Charter Consolidated/Anderson Strathclyde (merger) |
|
|
Reed International/Benham Newspapers Ltd. and St. Regis International plc (newspaper merger) |
|
|
Motor Car Spares (monopoly) |
|
|
Contraceptive Sheaths (monopoly) |
|
|
Sheffield Newspapers (Competition Act) |
|