§ 2. Mr. G. HALLasked the Secretary for Mines if he will state the production
| Production of coal in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United states during the years 1913, and 1921 to 1932. | |||||||||||||
| Country. | 1913 (Postwar territory). | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. (a) |
| Million Statute Tons. | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom (including Ireland). | 287.4 | 163.3 | 249.7 | 276.1 | 267.2 | 243.3 | 126.4 | 251.3 | 237.6 | 258.0 | 244.0 | 219.5 | 208.8 |
| Germany | 138.5 | 134.0 | 127.9 | 61.3 | 116.9 | 130.5 | 143.0 | 151.1 | 148.4 | 160.8 | 140.4 | 116.8 | 103.1 |
| France | 43.2 | 27.8 | 30.6 | 37.1 | 43.3 | 46.3 | 50.6 | 51.0 | 50.5 | 52.9 | 53.0 | 49.2 | 45.5 |
| Saar | 13.0 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 10.3 |
| Belgium | 22.5 | 21.4 | 20.9 | 22.6 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 24.9 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 27.0 | 26.6 | 21.1 |
| Netherlands | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| Poland | 40.3 | 29.4 | 34.1 | 35.5 | 31.8 | 28.6 | 35.2 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 45.5 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 28.4 |
| Soviet Union (Russia) (b). | 28.0 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 23.1 | 29.4 | 31.7 | 38.8 (a) | 44.4 (a) | 51.9 (a) | 56.3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 14.0 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 10.9 |
| Spain | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Rest of Europe | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Total Continental Europe. | 307.3 | 252.8 | 254.9 | 204.8 | 271.8 | 283.2 | 321.8 | 341.7 | 344.4 | 375.7 | 350.9 | 328.9 | 297.6 |
| United States | 508.9 | 452.0 | 425.7 | 587.4 | 510.4 | 519.5 | 587.3 | 533.8 | 514.4 | 543.6 | 479.5 | 394.5 | 317.0 |
§ (a) Provisional and subject to correction.
§ (b) Tears ended 30th September up to and including 1928. Figures include Asiatic Russia.