HC Deb 25 January 1988 vol 126 c27W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total output of television sets in Britain, 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.

Television Sets1
Year Sales2 Exports/Sales Import Penetration
£ million Percentage Percentage
1973 326 2.4 27.0
1975 286 14.3 17.6
1979 393 15.2 22.4
1980 395 18.5 24.6
1981 405 14.2 33.5
1982 431 13.3 33.3
1983 508 11.9 36.0
1984 494 19.9 38.6
1985 494 23.8 34.8
19863 516 30.0 40.9
19873 4 265 37.0 37.0
1 Video monitors are included with television sets.
2 Sales refer to those of United Kingdom manufacturers with a minimum employment of 25.
3 Provisional.
4 First 6 months only.

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