- Scottish consumers accounted for approximately one-third of
the final demand for Scottish domestic output. (Table 8A1)
- Scotland’s Gross Domestic Product stood at £54 billion
in 1996, and represented 8.6 percent of total UK GDP (excluding continental shelf). (Table 8A2)
- Growth, as measured by the output based GDP index was 2.1
per cent between 1995 and 1996. (Table
8A3)
- Personal disposable income per head was at 99.5 per cent of
the UK per head figure in 1996. (Table
8A4)
- In 1996, the provisional figure for food, drink and tobacco
represented 22 per cent of total consumers’ expenditure. (Table 8A6)
- Scottish Production Industries experienced a real growth of
7.5 percent between 1996 and 1997. (Table 8B1)
- The electrical and optical engineering sector has displayed
the highest growth within the manufacturing sector by almost tripling its contribution to
GDP between 1990 and 1997. (Table
8B1)
- The Gross Value Added by Scottish manufacturing industries
was £11 billion in 1995. (Table
8B3)
- Overseas owned companies accounted for 35 percent of
Scottish manufacturing GVA in 1995. (Table 8B4)
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