§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total volume of oil imported into 153W the United Kingdom in 1971–72; and what percentage of the total was derived, respectively, from each of the oil producing countries.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanThe total volume of oil imported into the United Kingdom in 1971 and 1972 was as follows:
'000 ton 1971 1972 Crude and process oils 107,639 105,565 Products 19,726 20,516 Grand Total 127,365 126,081
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND PROCESS OILS, 1971 AND 1972 Percentage of Total 1971 1972 Middle East Abu Dhabi 2.6 4.3 Qatar 4.3 4.2 Dubai Sharjah 1.0 1.0 Muscat and Oman 0.4 0.3 Kuwait✶ 22.5 20.8 Iraq .6 3.3 Iran 9.9 12.5 Saudi Arabia 19.5 19.8 United Arab Republic 0.7 0.1 Total 64.5 66.3
Western Hemisphere Venezuela 6.;0 4.9 Netherlands Antilles 0.3 0.3 Peru 0.1 0.1 Total 6.4 5.3
Africa Algeria … … 0.4 1.0 Libya … … 18.8 14.0 Nigeria … … 8.2 10.1 Angola … … — 0.1 Tunisia … … 0 .1 0 .1 Gabon … … Sudan … … Total … … 27.5 25.3
All others Belgium … — 0.1 France … 0.2 0.3 West Germany … 0.4 0.4 Italy … 0.2 0.3 Netherlands … 0.4 0.8 Norway … 0.1 0.6 Sweden … 0.1 0.1 Australia … — 0.1 USSR … 0.1 0.2 Indonesia … — 0.1 Total … 1.6 3.1 Grand Total … 100.0 100.0 ✶ Kuwait figures include imports via the Irish Republic. The origin of the crude oil used to produce the petroleum products which are 154W imported is not known. The available information, summarised in the following table, shows the principal areas from which petroleum products were imported in 1971 and 1972:
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS 1971 AND 1972 1971 1972 Percentage EEC 64.7 74.3 Rest of Europe 12.3 9.6 Africa 0.5 1.5 Middle East 11.3 7.1 Far East 0.1 0.2 North America 1.1 2.2 Latin America and Caribbean 9.3 4.7 Other countries 0.7 0.4 Total 100.0 100.0