HC Deb 16 October 1990 vol 177 cc772-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish a table showing the import penetration and export performance ratios for the electrical and electronic engineering industry as a group in 1968, 1973, 1977, 1985 and 1989 together with the import/export ratios by value and volume for the European Economic Community and for the rest of the world based on 1973 =100.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 15 October 1990]: The available information is in the table. The figures in the table are based on the NACE (1970) class 34. No information is available for years before 1975 for the European Community.

In 1987, the equivalent ratios for import penetration, export performance and import/export for the current membership of the EC were 16.4 per cent., 16.5 per cent. and 105.4 per cent. respectively.

No information is available for "the rest of the world". The figures in the table are based on current price data. There are no constant price data available.

Import Penetration, Export Performance and import/export ratios1

for the Electrical Engineering Industry2 within the European

Community percentages

Import Penetration Export Performance Import/Export
Year3
1975 8.8 15.5 52.8
1977 11.3 19.0 54.2
1985 17.7 20.6 82.5
1987 16.3 17.0 95.2
1 Figures are based on the extra-EC exports, extra-EC imports and EC production by those nine countries which were members of the European Community in 1980.
2 Electrical Engineering as defined by NACE (1970) class 34.
3 There are no data available for years before 1975. The latest year for which data are available is 1987.

Source: Eurostat

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish a table showing the import penetration and export performance ratios for the textile, clothing, leather and footwear industries as a group in 1968, 1973, 1977, 1985 and 1989 together with the import/export ratios by value and volume for the European Economic Community and for the rest of the world based on 1973 = 100.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 15 October 1990]: The available information is in the table. The figures in the table are based on the NACE (1970) class 43. No information is available for years before 1975 for the European Community.

In 1987, the equivalent ratios for import penetration, export performance and import/export for the current membership of the EC were 16.7 per cent., 16.0 per cent. and 105.4 per cent. respectively.

No information is available for "the rest of the world". The figures in the table are based on current price data. There are no constant price data available.

Import Penetration, Export Performance

and import/export ratios1 for the Textile, Clothing, Leather

and Footwear Industries2 within the EEC percentages

Year3 Import penetration Index Export performance Index Import/export ratio
1975 11.8 13.0 90.0
1977 14.1 14.1 99.7
1985 19.0 19.1 99.1
1987 18.3 16.8 110.8
1 Figures are based on the extra-EC exports, extra-EC imports and EC production by those nine countries which were members of the European Community in 1980.
2 Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear industries as defined by NACE (1970) class 43.
3 There are no data available for years before 1975. The latest year for which data are available is 1987.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish a table showing the import penetration and export performance ratios for the mechanical engineering industry less groups 320 and 329 in 1968, 1973, 1977, 1985 and 1989 together with the import/export ratios by value and volume for the European Economic Community and for the rest of the world based on 1973 = 100.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 15 October 1990]: The available information is in the table. The figures in the table are based on the NACE (1970) class 32 less the NACE group 352. No information is available for years before 1975 for the European Community.

In 1987 the equivalent ratios for import penetration, export performance and import/export for the current membership of the EC were 16.6 per cent., 33.1 per cent. and 40.0 per cent.

No information is available for the rest of the world.

Import penetration, export performance and import/export ratios1

for the mechanical engineering industry2 within the European

Community percentages

Year3 Import penetration index Export performance index Import/export ratio
1975 10.5 31.9 25.1
1977 11.7 34.5 25.2
1985 17.1 37.6 34.3
1987 16.1 33.4 38.3
1 Figures are based on the extra-EC exports, extra-EC imports and EC production by those nine countries which were members of the European Community in 1980.
2 Mechanical Engineering as defined by NACE (1970) class 32 less group 325.
3 There are no data available for years before 1975. The latest year for which data are available is 1987.

Source: Eurostat.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish a table showing the import penetration and export performance ratios for the motor vehicle industry in 1968, 1973, 1977, 1985 and 1989 together with the import/export ratios by value and volume for the European Economic Community and for the rest of the world based on 1973 = 100.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 15 October 1990]: The available information is in the table. The figures in the table are based on the NACE (1970) group 351. No information is available for years before 1978 for the European Community.

In 1987 the equivalent ratios for import penetration, export performance and import/export for the current membership of the EC were 8.8 per cent., 17.1 per cent. and 47.1 per cent. respectively.

No information is available for "the rest of the world". The figures in the table are based on current price data. There are no constant price data available.

Import penetration, export performance and import/export ratios1

for the motor vehicle industry2 within the European Community

percentages

Year3 Import penetration index Export performance index Import/export ratio
1978 13.5 33.3 31.2
1985 12.5 23.7 46.0
1987 9.1 18.1 45.5
1 Figures are based on the extra-EC exports, extra-EC imports and EC production by those nine countries which were members of the European Community in 1980.
2 The motor vehicle industry as defined by NACE (1970) group 351.
3 There are no data available for years before 1978. The latest year for which data are available is 1987.

Source: Eurostat.

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