§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table from international sources available to him showing the volume of steel consumed per capita of population in each of the EEC countries, and in Sweden, Japan and the United States of America, for the most recent convenient year.
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§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe information for 1976 is as follows:
Kgs per capita* West Germany 590 France 430 Italy 390 Netherlands 370 Belgium and Luxembourg 470 United Kingdom 410 Ireland 150 Denmark 450 United States of America 600 Sweden 740 Japan 530 * Defined as apparent consumption of steel per head of population. Apparent consumption=production plus imports minus exports, all expressed in crude steel equivalents. No allowance is made for variations in stock levels. Source: United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe, Steel Market Review.