§ Mr. Phillip Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total annual value of video cassette recorders sold in the United Kingdom over the last five years.
§ Mr. ButcherThe available information is as follows:
Estimated sales in United Kingdom of video recorders 1980–84 £ million 1980 96 1981 275 1982 523 1983 534 1984 375 Source: Business Monitors PQ 365.2 & PQ 3454.
Notes:
1980–83: Estimate = imports less exports; United Kingdom production thought to be negligible for 1980–82 and is omitted for 1983 92W owing to the risk of disclosing information about individual enterprises.
1984: Estimate = United Kingdom production plus imports less exports.
§ Mr. Phillip Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who were the major manufacturers of video cassette recorders sold in the United Kingdom; and what were their shares of the United Kingdom market for each year since 1978.
§ Mr. ButcherThis information is not available on overseas producers of VCRs. The United Kingdom producers of these machines are J2T; Sanyo, Mitsubishi; Toshiba and Sharp. Hitachi plan to begin production in the United Kingdom later this year.