HC Deb 15 June 1994 vol 244 c602W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the principal import and export competing industries; what was the output(a) in 1990, (b) at its peak together with the year, of that peak since 1964 and (c) at the latest available date.

Mr. Needham

Detailed information on industrial production prior to 1978 is not readily obtainable on current classifications. The available information, for those industries where total United Kingdom overseas trade—imports plus exports—exceeded £5 billion in 1992, is given in the table:

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