HC Deb 01 May 1986 vol 96 cc450-1W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the tonnage of ships produced in each EEC country in each of the past five years together with the corresponding figures for 1972.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The following is the information requested, expressed in terms of compensated gross tonnage where available.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing output in United Kingdom and German shipbuilding yards in each year since 1976.

Mr. Butcher

In terms of merchant shipbuilding, output for which comparable figures are readily available, the information is as follows:

Tonnage of merchant ships completed (thousand compensated gross tonnes)
United Kingdom West Germany
1976 824 1,630
1977* 693 1,299
1978 709 1,059
1979 584 617
1980 513 618
1981 254 922
1982 418 764
1983 349 926
1984* 288 704
1985 262 782
* Because of revisions in 1977 and again in 1984 affecting the calculation of compensated gross tonnage, figures in these and subsequent periods are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Source: OECD, Department of Trade and Industry.