§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will tabulate in the Official Report the tonnage, and value, of all solid fossil fuels, by category and in total, including coke, coking coal, coal, and coal for electricity generation exported from and imported in to the United Kingdom between 1 January and 1 July comparing this with the figures for the previous five six-month periods.
§ Mr. Tebbit[pursuant to his reply, 4 August 1980, c. 5]: The available information is as follows:
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III. UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS BY WEIGHT Thousand tonnes July-December January-June July-December January-June July-December January-June 1977 1978 1978 1979 1979 1980 Anthracite … … … … 318 244 289 366 481 467 Steam coal … … … … 583 652 937 554 837 874 Coking coal … … … * 47 40 62 31 4 Gas coal … … … … 23 30 24 6 3 — Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal … … … … 62 72 74 106 69 50 Lignite, whether or not agglomerated … … … … — — * * — * Coke and semi-coke (i) of coal … … … 285 409 491 327 408 680 (ii) of lignite … … … — 4 * — * — TOTAL … … … 1,271 1,458 1,856 1,421 1,828 2,075
IV. UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS BY VALUE £ million fob July-December January-June July-December January-June July-December January-June 1977 1978 1978 1979 1979 1980 Anthracite … … … … 8.7 7.3 8.8 12.0 16.8 17.3 Steam coal … … … … 11.6 13.0 17.8 11.6 18.8 21.8 Coking coal … … … 1 1.4 1.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 Gas coal … … … … 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 — Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal … … … … 3.0 3.5 3.6 5.6 3.9 2.8 Lignite, whether or not agglomerated … … … … — — 1 1 — 1 Coke and semi-coke (i) of coal … … … 12.7 14.7 16.7 12.4 16.1 32.8 (ii) of lignite … … … — 0.2 1 — 1 — TOTAL … … … 36.9 41.3 49.0 43.7 56.7 74.8 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics (SITC (Rev 2) Group 322, Sub-group 322.3 and Items 323.11, 12, 21 and 22 (part) and corresponding items under S1TC (Rev 1)). Notes: (a) Coal for electricity generation is not separately identified in the overseas trade statistics. It is believed, however, that United Kingdom imports of steam coal are mainly for this purpose. (b) — nil trade, * trade less than 500 tonnes, 1 trade less than £0.5 million.