§ Mr. C. S. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the total quantities of coal exported by Western Germany in the past 12 months: to which countries this coal was exported; what was the total steel production in Western Germany in the last 12 months; and to which countries steel is exported.
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§ Mr. Ernest DaviesWestern Germany exported 23,793,000 tons of hard coal and coke in the year 1950. The following are the main countries to which these exports were consigned: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (including the Saar), Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, North Africa, Portugual, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. The total Western German steel production in the same period amounted to 12,121,156 tons. Of this, approximately 1,500,000 tons was exported in the form of rolled products, and some 100,000 tons as ingot steel. Deliveries were made to practically every country in the world, including the United Kingdom. The largest purchasers were the United States, the Netherlands and Sweden.