Gramophone Records

HC Deb 01 March 1988 vol 128 cc514-5W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total domestic output of gramophone records (898.31,32), the percentage exported and the share of the domestic market taken by imports in each year since 1975.

Mr. Atkins

The available information is as follows:

£ million
	Gramophone Records
	1Sales	Imports (cif)	Exports (fob)
1975	91	12	23
1976	90	12	33
1977	93	13	43

	Gramophone Records
	1Sales	Imports (cif)	Exports (fob)
1978	93	22	44
1979	107	23	34
1980	94	26	30
1981	78	26	31
1982	69	22	34
1 Sales data relate primarily to units in the United Kingdom with a minimum employment of 50.