§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total landed value of pig iron imports in each of the years from 1973; and what are the projections for 1979.
§ Mr. Parkinson[pursuant to his reply, 13 December 1979]: Following is the information for pig iron and cast iron, which are not separately identified in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics:
265W
£ thousand cif 1973 … … 4,143 1974 … … 6,382 1975 … … 6,094 1976 … … 11,399 1977 … … 11,443 1978 … … 11,899 Jan-Oct 1979 … … 10,248 Source: SITC (Rev 1 & 2) Sub-group 671.2 A continuation of imports at the rates applying in the first 10 months of 1979 would produce a figure of £12,298,000 cif for the year as a whole.