HC Deb 25 January 1988 vol 126 cc26-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total output of washing machines 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.

exported and the share of the domestic market taken by imports in 1958, 1965, 1970, 1975 and each year from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

What information is availbale is shown in the table.

1975 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 11987
Percentage share of United Kingdom market taken by imports
By value 46 54 48 48 48 50 46 43 46 47
By number 40 50 45 48 48 50 47 45 46 46
1 First 9 months only.

The sales data relate primarily to units in the United Kingdom with a minimum employment of 25 prior to 1983 and 100 for subsequent years.