HC Deb 12 July 1993 vol 228 c344W
Mr. Whittingdale

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount in exports earned by the British music industry in 1992.

Mr. Needham

Exports of records, cassettes and compact discs as reported by Customs and Excise and shortly to be published by the British Phonographic Industry in its 1993 handbook were £211.9 million in 1992. BPI will also publish an estimate of invisible earnings in the form of royalties returning from overseas of £500 million in 1991.

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