HC Deb 24 June 1991 vol 193 cc396-7W
Sir Richard Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage share of the United Kingdom market for manufacturing goods was filled by imports from the EEC in 1970; and what was the percentage share in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr. Sainsbury

My Department does not make regular estimates of import penetration ratios for particular groups of trading partners. Estimates broadly comparable to the published statistics for the percentage share of the United Kingdom market for manufacturing goods filled by imports are as follows:

EC imports as a proportion of home demand (manufacturing):
percentage
1970 5
1990 20