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(I'npublished ion was not available on the value of imports of automatic machine tools. is not available ligure 10 Exports of NC Machine Tools, 1971-77 to 11.24% in 1977 (a rise value from £2.8 million €14.4 million).

UK production of NCs fell sharply in the slump of 1972 and although production more than doubled in value from 1972-6 the manufacturers increasingly failed to keep pace with rising demand (see fig 8):

On the export side between 1972-76, NC exports almost halved as a percentage of the value sold to advanced countriesdropping from 80% to 46% Bias seems to have been placed on exporting to the developing countries and the deformed workers This trend is also repeated, with emphasis on the developing countries when we look at the percentage of total exports of non NC machine tools.

These figures show a drop from 64% to 58% for the advanced capitalist countries, and a rise from 15% to 28% for the developing countries.

The reason for this concentration is that the developing countries will take the traditional designs. However these markets are smaller and likely to be short lived.

The developing countries Total Mac hining Ce ntres fm 10.5 15.1 Asso lion' (ta)

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Em Em Ein Im Em Im Em 'To Unit is truction (SIS) . le value 81 1 Ma 1971 85.4 32.5 68.5 11.9 15.5 12.2 16.0 76.6 00.0 ire 8 Tools, Physi Chem ical • 10 ine Tor 1972 80.5 sbyd 1972 47.8 64.5 14.8 19.9 11.6 15.7 74.2 100.0 tivity. 197.

6Y.x 23.6 51. 64.8 14.8 18.8 13.0 78.9 00.0 t4 15.9 22.7 25. .5 13.5 6m 58.6 69.4 10.3 17.2 20.3 84.5 00.0 Im 53.5 60.9 74.3 89.0 66.5 21.5 83.2 61.1 20.7 15.2 32.3 23.7 36.2 00.0 Not els where specifie 88.4" 80": 87.57 60.1 54.8 55.2 69.3 1976 14.0 46.8 10.5 35.1 18.1 30.0 18.1 78.6 58.0 18.4 13.6 38.5 28.4 35.6 00.0 otal 46.4 65.5 89.0 34.7 1977 60.2 13.5 23. 25.3 change. 1977 89.6 58.1 20.5 13.3 44.2 28.7 154.3 100.0 rising under -dn met job to to the are the of the the Act titthe stated. should Further

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