§ Mr. McCuskerasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will name the countries which are principal suppliers to the United Kingdom of surgical products;
(2) what is the total value of surgical products imported into the United Kingdom each year; and what is the total value of British-made surgical products which are exported.
£ per tonne January February March April 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1975 1975 1975 (a) all types of steel 79 76 110 146 154 162 155 61 (b) plates 107 66 106 139 141 140 131 138 (c) light rolled products 59 55 92 138 173 161 146 173 (d) sheets (coated and uncoated) 77 77 98 135 138 153 140 139 (e) tinplate 106 109 137 175 217 205 199 167 Official price indices which show changes in prices on 1970=100 for broadly comparable groups of steel commodities produced within the United Kingdom are available in Trade and Industry of 13th June 1975. Annual averages are shown for the years 1969 to 1974; monthly price indices for 1975 are published in the 23rd May issue of Trade and Industry.
Prices are published by the British Steel Corporation to any interested party, under the Common Market rules.