HC Deb 25 January 1988 vol 126 cc27-8W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total output of domestic radio receivers, the percentage exported and the share of the domestic market taken by imports in 1958, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and each year from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

What information is available is shown in the table.

Radio Receivers1
Sales2 Export/Sales Import Penetration
Year £million Per cent. Per cent.
1973 16.4 8.9 71.6
1975 13.1 14.0 74.1
1979 18.9 35.9 90.1
1980 11.6 65.6 93.9
1981 11.6 32.2 84.6
1982 11.3 90.4 98.8
1983 8.2 111.2 100.9
1984 n/a n/a n/a
1985 n/a n/a n/a
1986 n/a n/a n/a
1 Radio receivers exclude those combined with record decks, cassette recorders (other than car radio-cassettes) or music centres. Tuners and tuner/amplifiers, sold as audio separates are included but

amplifiers on their own are excluded.
2 Sales data relate primarily to units in the United Kingdom with a minimum employment of 25.

n/a= Not available.