§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of average profit margin in the last five years of(a) audio-visual equipment manufacturers and (b) consumer electronics manufacturers. [38126]
§ Mr. WilsonInformation on profit margins at industry level is not available.
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the contribution to gross domestic product of (a) audio-visual equipment manufacturers and (b) consumer electronics manufacturers. [38127]
§ Mr. WilsonInformation is not available in the precise form requested. The nearest equivalent to audio-visual equipment manufacture within the Standard Industrial Classification is SIC 32.3 (Manufacture of television and radio receivers, sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus and associated goods). This 1583W industry is estimated by ONS to have contributed 0.1 per cent. of economic activity (in terms of Gross Value Added at basic prices) in 1999, the latest year for which data are available.
It is not possible to distinguish between manufacture for the consumer and business markets of many electronics products within the Standard Industrial Classification.