HC Deb 21 November 1990 vol 181 c126W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the amount exported by the machine tool industry for each year from 1979 to 1989.

Mr. Sainsbury

The information is as follows:

United Kingdom Exports of Metal Working Machine Tools1 1979–1989
Year £ million
1979 291
1980 367
1981 355
1982 353
1983 283
1984 320
1985 372
1986 379
1987 426
1988 524
1989 526
1 Activity Heading 3221 of the Standard Industrial Classification (Revised 1980).