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UK television trade deficit soars above 500m [pounds sterling]: modest increase in exports...

* UK television exports increased two per cent in 2002 to a new record high

* But imports jumped by 23 per cent, leading to a record deficit of over 0.5bn [pounds sterling]

* Euro weakness saw EU exports drop to little more than those to North America

* European exports were boosted by a near 10-fold increase in sales to Russia

* Exports to Japan fell. Asia is now worth less than Germany to UK TV exporters

* Australian imports increased by 32 per cent; now a bigger destination than France

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