§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give for each year since 1979(a) the United Kingdom share of world trade in manufactured goods and (b) United Kingdom companies' share of domestic consumption in manufactured goods.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe United Kingdom's share of main manufacturing countries' exports of manufactured goods is published by the Central Statistical Office in table E1 of "The Monthly Review of External Statistics".
Information on non-United Kingdom based companies' share of domestic consumption in manufactured goods up to 1987 is published in table 12.2 of the CSO's "Annual Abstract of Statistics". Data for more recent periods are available in table 15.10 of the CSO's "Monthly Digest of Statistics". Figures for 1989 and 1990 are not available because of lack of data on principal product sales, but estimates based on available data suggest United Kingdom-based companies' share of consumption of manufactured goods is 62 to 63 per cent. in 1989 and 1990.
All publications referred to in this answer are held in the Library of the House.