Mr. Leeasked the Minister of Power whether he will give the quarterly output of sheet steel since 1950, with the quarterly imports and exports by tons and values over the same period.
§ Mr. GeorgeThe information asked for is given in the following table which has been compiled from figures provided by the Iron and Steel Board and from the Trade and Navigation Accounts. There have been some changes in definition and coverage during the period but the figures are broadly comparable throughout.
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SHEET STEEL — — UNITED KINGDOM PRODUCTION UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS '000 tons '000 tons '000 £ '000 tons '000 £ 1950 … I 393 Not available 63 3,270 II 390 Not available 70 3,562 III 351 Not available 69 3,644 IV 391 Not available 62 3,385 YEAR 1,525 58 Not available 264 13,861 1951 … I 389 14 619 54 2,926 II 423 12 602 59 3,224 III 390 17 908 50 3,009 IV 396 19 1,109 43 2,890 YEAR 1,598 62 3,238 206 12,049 1952 … I 409 21 1,439 54 3,573 II 414 30 1,829 54 4,150 III 397 14 1,059 43 3,372 IV 482 11 672 78 5,976 YEAR 1,702 76 4,999 229 17,251 1953 … I 445 3 444 62 4,741 II 443 — 18 83 5,508 III 423 2 132 97 6,232 IV 480 3 186 99 6,983 YEAR 1,792 13 780 341 23,464 1954 … I 510 44 2,394 96 6,728 II 526 29 1,626 92 6,605 III 461 53 3,090 92 6,767 IV 542 48 2,674 91 6,691 YEAR 2,039 174 9,784 371 26,791 1955 … I 593 91 5,089 112 7,939 II 574 128 7,050 88 6,319 III 508 128 7,324 96 7,109 IV 573 110 6,617 108 7,787 YEAR 2,248 457 26,080 404 29,154 1956 … I 586 92 5,673 94 6,980 II 532 74 4,582 107 7,894 III 458 21 1,305 91 6,802 IV 522 13 815 113 8,289 YEAR 2,099 200 12,375 405 29,965 1957 … I 559 17 1,060 149 10,580 II 548 12 805 141 10,084 III 529 56 3,867 128 8,989 IV 583 79 5,417 130 9,054 YEAR 2,219 164 11,149 548 38,707 1958 … I 588 82 5,222 99 7,206 II 538 60 4,001 94 6,940 III 522 29 1,902 86 6,440 IV 602 28 1,675 117 8,502 YEAR 2,250 199 12,800 396 29,088 1959 … I 586 31 1,940 87 6,537 II 629 68 4,317 96 7,203 III 601 69 4,301 97 6,910 IV 668 92 5,978 115 8,332 YEAR 2,484 259 16,536 395 28,982