§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish a table showing(a) the 714W current degree of import penetration and (b) that in December 1978 for (1) radios, (2) black and white televisions, (3) video recorders, (4) colour televisions, (5) telephone receivers, (6) refrigerators, (7) passenger motor vehicles, (8) microwave ovens, (9) calculators, (10) desk top computers, (11) computer printers, (12) word processors, (13) microchips, (14) irons, (15) commercial vehicles, (16) x-ray machines, (17) dental instruments and appliances, (18) shoes, (19) sewing machines, (20) excavators, (21) lawn mowers, (22) public transport type passenger motor vehicles, (23) burglar alarms, (24) built-in ovens, (25) hovercraft, (26) lasers, (27) vending machines, (28) dishwashers, (29) medical instruments and appliances, (30) paper, (31) wallpaper, (32) printed matter and (33) furniture, respectively.
§ Mr. ForthThe information available is shown in the table.
Import penetration by product Import penetration1 per cent.
Product 1978 January to September 1988 Black and white televisions 248 104 Video recorders n/a 81 Colour televisions 18 40 Telephone receivers 2 641 Refrigerators 46 51 Cars3 49 456 Microwave ovens n/a 60 Irons 15 65 Commercial vehicles3 22 440 X-ray machinery n/a 33 Dental instruments and appliances n/a 30 Footwear 30 547 Domestic sewing machines 37 n/a Excavators 102 64 Lawn mowers 10 n/a Buses and coaches3 3 438 Burglar alarms (including fire alarms) 6 33 Vending machines and parts 44 54 Dishwashers n/a 78 Medical instruments and appliances 47 57 Pulp, paper and board 53 563 Wallcoverings 6 511 Printed matter 10 511 Wooden furniture and upholstery 11 20 1 Unless otherwise stated, import penetration is defined as imports divided by home demand where home demand is estimated as United Kingdom manufacturers' sales plus imports minus exports. The figures are evaluated in value terms and may exceed 100 per cent, in products subject to a substantial degree of entrepot trading. 2 Fourth quarter only. 3 Based on vehicle registration data. Import penetration is defined as numbers of imported vehicles registered divided by total registrations. 4 1988 data 5 1987 data. 6 Subscribers' telephone apparatus.