asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will state for each industrial sector working party since it was set up the changes in the index of output, and the penetration of home and overseas markets and employment, stating the standard industrial classification minimum list headings covered by each working party.
The information in the following table relates to standard industrial classification groupings that correspond as closely as possible to the coverage of the sector working parties. Information about the penetration of overseas markets is not available.
Annual percentage changes in:
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Sector Working Party(or EDC)
| Approximate SIC coverage
| Nearest corresponding Minimum List Headings
| Out put(a) | Employment(b) | Import penetration(c) | |
| Food and drink | 211 to 239 | 211 to 239(d) | Food and drink | +1½ | -¼ | -¾ |
| Specialised organic chemicals | Part of 271 | 271 | General chemicals | +4 | +1 | +3 ½ |
| Petrochemicals | Parts of 271, 276 | 271 and 276 | General chemicals and synthetic resins | +4¼ | +1 | +3¼ |
| Pharmaceuticals | 272 | 272 | Pharmaceutical chemicals and preparations | +8 | -½ | + ¼ |
| Iron and steel | 312, part of 311 | 311 and 312 | Iron and steel (general) and steel tubes | +2 ¾ | 3 ¼ | -1 |
| Ferrous foundries | Parts of 311, 313 | 313(e) | Iron castings, etc | -l ¼ | -2 ¾ | - |
| Non-ferrous foundries | Parts of 321,322,323 | 21,322,323 | Non-ferrous metals | +4 ¼ | - | +1 ¼ |
| Machine tools | Parts of 332, 339 | 332 | Metal-working machine tools | -4 | -& ½ | + ½ |
| Pumps and valves | Part of 333 | 333 | Pumps, valves and compressors | +4 | + ¼ | -¼ |
| Fluid power equipment | Part of 333 | |||||
| Diesel engines | Part 334 and others | 334 | Industrial engines | —1 ¾ | +2 ½ | - |
| Textile machinery | 335 | 335 | Textile machinery and accessories | 28 ¼ | 8 ½ | -5 ¼ |
| Construction equipment and mobile cranes | 336, part of 337 | 336 | Construction and earth-moving equipment | -5 | +1 ½ | +8 ½ |
| Industrial trucks | Part of 337 | 337 | Mechanical handling equipment | -1 ½ | +½ | 1 ¼ |
| Other mechanical handling equipment | Part of 337 | |||||
| Office machinery | 338, part of 351 | 338 | Office machinery | -13 ¼ | -2 ½ | +14 |
| Mining machinery | Part of 339 | |||||
| Printing and bookbinding machinery | Part of 339 | 339 | Other machinery | + ½ | - | +1 |
| Heating, ventilating etc. equipment | Part of 339 | |||||
| Food and drink processing and packaging Machinery | Parts of 339, 341 | |||||
| Constructional steelwork | Part of 341 | 341 | Industrial Plant and steelwork | 2 ¼ | -1 ½ | - ½ |
| Process plant fabrication | Part of 341 | |||||
| Automation and instrumentation | 353 and 354 | 353 and 354 | Surgical, scientific and industrial instruments | +3 ¼ | -½ | +¼ |
| Heavy electrical machinery | Part of 361 | 361 | Electrical machinery | +1¾ | -1 | +2½ |
| Industrial electrical equipment | Part of 361,369 | |||||
Annual percentage changes in:
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Sector Working Party(or EDC)
| Approximate SIC coverage
| Nearest corresponding Minimum List Headings
| Output(a) | Employment(b) | Import penetration(c) | ||
| Telecommunications | … | 363 | 363 | Telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment | -13¼ | -8¼ | 1½ |
| Electronic components | … | 364 | 364 | Electronic components | +13 | +1 | +2 ¾ |
| Electronic consumer goods | … | Part of 365 | 365 | Broadcast receiving and sound reproducing equipment | +5 | -2 | +2 |
| Electronic computers | … | 366 | 366 | Electronic computers | +21 ¼ | +3 | +4 ½ |
| Radio, radar and electronic capital goods | … | 367 | 367 | Radio, radar and electronic capital goods | +7 | +2 | + ¼ |
| Domestic electrical appliances | … | Part of 368 | 368 | Electric appliances primarily for domestic use | +2 ¾ | -¼ | +1 |
| Gauges and tools | … | 390 | 390 | Engineers' small tools and gauges | + ½ | +5 ¼ | - |
| Man-made fibres | … | 411 | 411 | Production of man-made fibres | -1 ½ | -4 ¼ | +3 |
| Wool textiles | … | Part of 414 | 414 | Woollen and worsted | +2 ¼ | -2 ¼ | + ¾ |
| Hosiery and knitwear | … | 417 | 417 | Hosiery and other knitted goods | +1 | + ½ | +1 |
| Clothing | … | 441 to 445 and 449 | 441 to 445, 449 | Clothing | +3 ¾ | -1 ½ | + ½ |
| Footwear | … | 450 | 450 | Footwear | +3 ¼ | - | +1 ½ |
| Paper and board | … | 481 | 481 | Paper and board | +5 | -l ½ | -½ |
| Rubber processing | … | 491 | 491 | Rubber | +7 ¼ | - | +1 ¾ |
| Plastics processing | … | Part 496 and others | 496 | Plastics products not elsewhere specified | +8 ½ | +2 ½ | + ½ |
Notes:
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| (a)Based on Index of Industrial Production (1975=100), seasonally adjusted. Change from 4th quarter 1975 to 3rd quarter 1978, expressed at an annual rate | |||||||
Source:Central Statistical Office. | |||||||
| (b)Employees in employment, Great Britain. Change from October 1975 to October 1978, expressed at an annual rate.Source: Department of Employment. | |||||||
| (c)Imports (cif) as a percentage of United Kingdom demand, i.e. United Kingdom manufacturers' sales, plus imports (cif) less exports (fob), in current value terms. Annual number of percentage points change from year ending June 1976 to year ending September 1978.Source: Departments of Industry, Trade and Prices and Consumer Protection. | |||||||
| (d) Measure (c) relates to MLH's 211 to 232, suitable sales data for MLH 239 "Other drink industries" not being available. | |||||||
| (e)Measure(c)shows the annual change up to the year ending December 1977 only, suitable overseas trade data not being available for 1978. | |||||||