§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing(a) the current degree of import penetration and (b) that in December 1978 for (i) radios, (ii) black and white televisions, (iii) video recorders, (iv) colour televisions, (v) telephone receivers, (vi) refrigerators, (vii) passenger motor vehicles, (viii) microwave ovens, (ix) calculators, (x) desk top computers, (xi) computer printers, (xii) word processors, (xiii) microchips, (xiv) irons, (xv) commercial vehicles, (xvi) x-ray machines, (xvii) dental instruments and appliances, (xviii) shoes, (xix) sewing machines, (xx) excavators, (xxi) lawn mowers, (xxii) public transport type motor vehicles, (xxiii) burglar alarms, (xxiv) built-in-ovens, (xxv) hovercraft, (xxvi) lasers, (xxvii) vending machines, (xxviii) dishwashers, (xxix) medical instruments and appliances, (xxx) paper, (xxxi) wallpaper, (xxxii) printed matter and (xxxiii) furniture.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe import penetration ratios given in the table refer to the activity heading to which the individual products are classified. Ratios for the individual products are either not available or not readily available.
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Activity Heading Product included in activity heading Year to 1978 19882 1989Q12 3302 Electronic data processing equipment Word processors 88 90 93 Computer printers Dest top computers 3433 Alarms and signalling equipment Burglar alarms 12 31 31 3441 Telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment Telephone receivers 10 28 28 3443 Radio and electronic capital goods X-Ray apparatus 28 40 40 3453 Active components and electronic sub-assemblies Microchips 76 118 119 3454 Electronic consumer goods and other electronic equipment Video recorders Radios 46 72 74 Black and white television Colour television 3460 Domestic-type electric appliances Irons 30 42 43 Microwave ovens Dishwashers Built-in ovens Refrigerators 3510 Motor vehicles and their parts Public service Passenger cars Commercial vehicles 41 51 51 3540 Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing Hovercraft 35 63 N/A 3720 Medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances Dental instruments and appliances 59 83 82 Medical instruments and appliances 3732 Optical precision instruments Lasers 53 70 N/A 4510 Footwear Shoes 30 48 49 4671 Wooden and upholstered furniture Furniture 9 18 18 4710 Pulp, paper and board Paper 53 63 64 4721 Wall coverings Wallpaper 6 9 8 4750 Printing and Publishing Printed matter 6 7 7 Source: Business Monitor MQ12
1Entrepot trade causes ratio to exceed 100.
2Provisional.