RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT IN HIGH AND MEDIUM-HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
Table 14 (e) - Percentage of turnover attributable to new/improved/novel products (2002-2004)1,2
Per Cent				GO Region/Country
Industry			United Kingdom	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
Mining and quarrying			1	*	4	2	1	5	9	3	2	0	1	6	1	2
Manufacturing of:
food, clothing, wood, paper, publishing and printing			13	12	12	20	12	13	4	13	18	6	12	18	16	6
fuels, chemicals, plastics metals & minerals			18	12	19	16	20	14	24	9	12	16	17	31	9	20
electrical and optical equipment			35	32	20	36	23	31	39	36	51	28	38	21	16	51
transport equipment			26	10	30	19	51	35	13	7	37	18	28	13	7	20
not elsewhere classified			15	8	6	22	22	10	24	23	14	28	15	11	15	24
Electricity, gas and water supply			0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*
Construction			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wholesale & commission trade (not cars & bikes)			7	3	8	4	19	11	1	7	9	12	7	1	12	4
Transport, storage and communications			14	5	25	9	10	3	12	8	22	18	15	5	10	3
Financial Intermediation			19	3	1	1	1	12	12	40	31	8	25	3	5	0
Real estate, renting and business activities.			7	17	28	3	3	22	2	4	4	1	8	4	5	6
Total			11	8	6	10	5	0	14	23	23	7	12	2	5	4
1 * : disclosive data
2 Figures have been calculated using employment weightings.
3 Figures indicate the proportion of total turnover for all enterprises, and not those who are product innovator only.
The turnover from product innovation for enterprises who are not product innovator is estimated at 0.
Source: Community Innovation Survey 4 (CIS4)