HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 145 c232W
39. Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on(a) the market share and (b) export performance of the British-based commercial vehicle manufacturing industry.

Mr. Atkins

In 1988 British commercial vehicle manufacturers took 60 per cent. of the United Kingdom market. In the first 11 months of 1988 they produced over 76,000 vehicles for the export market, compared with some 56,000 vehicles in the corresponding months of 1987.

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