§ Mr. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many (a) television sets, (b) television tubes, (c) refrigerators and (d) typewriters were produced in the United Kingdom; and what this was as a percentage of total world production, by volume and by value, in each year from 1960 to the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. David Mitchell[pursuant to his reply, 13 March 1980]: Information for television tubes is not available. With respect to the other products, percentages of world production by value are obtainable only at disproportionate cost.
The available information is as follows: —
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TELEVISION SETS Year United Kingdom sales (thousands)* United Kingdom as percentage of world production† 1960 … … 1,856 9 1961 … … 1,553 7½ 1962 … … 1,490 6½ 1963 … … 1,731 7 1964 … … 1,960 7 1965 … … 1,759 6 1966 … … 1,365 4 1967 … … 1,398 4 1968 … … 1,931 5 1969 … … 1,884 4½ 1970 … … 2,209 5 1971 … … 2,417 5 1972 … … 2,919 5½ 1973 … … 3,138 5½ 1974 … … 2,616 4½ 1975 … … 2,124 4 1976 … … 2,108 3½ 1977 … … 2,175 3½ 1978 … … 2,417 N.A. * Source: Business Monitor P78 and PQ 365/2. † These estimates are based on statistics of production published by the United Nations in various editions of "The Growth of World Industry" and the "United Nations Yearbook of Industrial Statistics".
REFRIGERATORS Year United Kingdom sales (thousands)*‡ United Kingdom as percentage of world production† 1960 … … 1,047 8½ 1961 … … 882 6½ 1962 … … 836 5½ 1963 … … 879 5 1964 … … 960 5 1965 … … 1,074 5½ 1966 … … 984 4½ 1967 … … 920 4 1968 … … 1,085 4 1969 … … 1,101 4 1970 … … 1,118 4 1971 … … 1,013 3½ 1972 … … 1,047 3 1973 … … 1,205 3½ 1974 … … 1,094 3 1975 … … 1,109 3½ 1976 … … 1,371 3½ 1977 … … 1,321 3½ 1978 … … 1,170 N.A. * Source: Business Monitor P28 and PQ 368. † These estimates are based on statistics of production published by the United Nations in various editions of "The Growth of World Industry" and the "United Nations Yearbook of Industrial Statistics". ‡ United Kingdom sales include combined refrigerator/freezers.
TYPEWRITERS Year United Kingdom sales (thousands)* ‡§ United Kingdom as percentage of world production†║ 1960 … … N.A. N.A. 1961 … … N.A. N.A. 1962 … … 413 10 1963 … … 334 7½ 1964 … … 260 5½ 1965 … … 280 5 1966 … … 315 5½ 1967 … … 330 5½ 1968 … … 370 6 1969 … … 450 7 1970 … … 406 5½ 1971 … … 393 5½ 1972 … … 487 6½ 1973 … … 567 7 1974 … … 500 6 1975 … … 455 5½ 1976 … … 393 4½ 1977 … … 377 4 1978 … … 343 N.A. * Source: Business Monitor P23 and PQ 338. † These estimates are based on statistics of production published by the United Nations in various editions of "The Growth of World Industry" and the "United Nations Yearbook of Industrial Statistics". ‡ United Kingdom Manufacturers' Deliveries 1960–71. United Kingdom Manufacturers' Sales 1972–78. § The United Kingdom statistics up to 1967 are not completely comparable with the figures for 1968 onwards. ║ Excluding United States production of portable machines.