§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing by standard industrial trade classification two-digit division the industries whose share of the United Kingdom market has increased(a) since 1973 and (b) since 1979.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing by SITC two-digit division the industries whose share of exports by the main manufacturing countries has declined since 1985.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested is given in the table.
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SITC divisions for which the United Kingdom share of main manufacturing countries' exports decreased between 1985 and 1991. SITC Code Description 00 Live animals 01 Meat, meat preparations 05 Vegetables and fruit 06 Sugar, surgical preparations, honey 07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices 09 Miscellaneous edible products etc. 12 Tobacco, tobacco manufactures 21 Hides, skins, furskins, raw 22 Oil seed, oleaginus fruit 24 Cork and wood 28 Metalliferous ore, scrap 29 Crude animal, vegetable material 32 Coal, coke, briquettes 33 Petroleum, petroleum products 34 Gas, natural, manufactured 43 Animal, vegetable fats, oils, nes 51 Organic chemicals 52 Inorganic chemicals 53 Dyes, colouring materials 55 Essential oils, perfume, etc. 57 Plastics in primary form 59 Chemical materials nes 61 Leather, leather goods 63 Cork, wood manufactures 65 Textile yarn, fabric, etc. 66 Non-metallic, mineral manufactures 69 Metals manufactures, nes 72 Special industrial machinery 73 Metal working machinery 74 General industrial machinery nes 77 Electrical mch. apparatus, parts nes 81 Prefabricated buildings, fittings etc. 82 Furniture, bedding, etc. 84 Clothing and accessories 87 Scientific equipment nes