HC Deb 02 May 1960 vol 622 cc44-6W
Mr. Lee

asked 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. George

The 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.

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