HC Deb 12 December 1990 vol 182 c407W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the percentage increase in investment each year since 1979 in real terms in(a) chemicals, (b) man-made fibres, (c) textiles, (d) clothing,

United Kingdom demand: percentage changes
Per cent.
1980–1979 1981–1980 1982–1981 1983–1982 1984–1983 1985–1984 1986–1985 1987–1986 1988–1987
(a) Chemicals (SIC 25) -2 +7 +7 +14 +12 +4 +2 +13 +11
(b) Man-made Fibres (SIC 26) -28 +4 -3 +8 +11 +7 +14 +15 -1
(c) Textiles (SIC 43) -11 +2 +7 +15 +12 +8 +6 +7 +6
(d) Clothing (SIC 453) 0 -1 +9 +8 +15 +10 +9 +5 +8
(e) Footwear (SIC 451) 0 +3 +7 +9 +12 +9 +10 +6 +7
(f) Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (SIC 35) -11 -5 +21 +16 +7 +16 +14 +18 +24
(g) Mechanical Engineering (SIC 32) 0 -4 +13 +12 +8 +8 +6 +10 +18
United Kingdom output: percentage changes on 1979
Per cent.
1980–1979 1981–1979 1982–1979 1983–1979 1984–1979 1985–1979 1986–1979 1987–1979 1988–1979
(a) Chemicals (SIC 25) +3 +9 +15 +28 +43 +53 +56 +72 +88
(b) Man-made Fibres (SIC 26) -18 -29 -36 -25 -15 -13 -10 -3 +2
(c) Textiles (SIC 43) -8 -12 -8 0 +10 +20 +24 +31 +36
(d) Clothing (SIC 453) 0 -5 +2 +10 +22 +37 +46 +50 +56
(e) Footwear (SIC 451) +2 -4 -2 +2 +10 +24 +35 +40 +47
(f) Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (SIC 35) -3 -9 -4 0 +9 +26 +36 +69 +98
(g) Mechanical Engineering (SIC 32) +6 +3 +12 +13 +22 +32 +36 +45 +62
Import penetration from the E.C. and the rest of the world
1980 1988
Import Penetration Import Penetration
E.C. per cent. Rest of World per cent. E.C. per cent. Rest of World per cent.
(a) Chemicals (SIC 25) 18 10 30 11
(b) Man-made Fibres (SIC 26) 36 20 53 13
(c) Textiles (SIC 43) 18 17 27 21
(d) Clothing (SIC 453) 9 19 14 26
(e) Footwear (SIC 451) 22 13 20 28
(f) Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (SIC 35) 30 9 37 14
(g) Mechanical Engineering (SIC 32) 18 11 26 13

Notes:

1. The sectors are defined in terms of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), and the code references are shown in brackets.

2. United Kingdom demand is defined in terms of output (i.e. United Kingdom manufacturers' product sales) plus imports, less exports.

3. The import penetration figures are defined as imports from the E.C., or the Rest of the World, as a percentage of United Kingdom demand. Both 1980 and 1988 E.C. figures relate to imports from the current 11 member states (i.e. including Spain and Portugal). 1980 figures are given, as 1979 figures are not available in this form.

4. The percentage changes in demand and output are in current price terms.

Source: Department of Trade and Industry.