HC Deb 14 May 1986 vol 97 c473W
37. Mr. Cunliffe

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the level of manufacturing over the last 12 months.

United Kingdom steel imports: 1984 and 1985*—main products and country of origin
1,000 tonnes
Belgium/ Luxembourg France Federal Republic of Germany Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden Other countries All countries
1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985 1984 1985
Ingots, blooms, billets and slabs 10 8 13 9 73 64 9 7 97 92 9 7 17 13 38 40 266 240
Bars and rods 41 42 73 67 76 80 39 40 30 34 45 32 69 72 98 110 471 476
Heavy sections and sheets piling 44 40 8 9 3 6 4 * * 6 4 23 11 1 1 68 85 156 155
Hot rolled strip 59 93 50 46 396 403 30 29 48 55 1 * * 6 7 74 136 663 769
Uncoated plate 47 40 29 21 52 29 3 10 7 8 8 19 53 49 110 143 308 319
Uncoated sheet 97 96 37 59 147 180 36 47 131 133 10 16 12 15 104 110 572 656
Coated plate and sheet 76 90 37 64 68 86 5 11 12 13 9 12 21 35 33 44 261 355
Tinplate including TFS 10 8 22 28 32 40 5 4 60 66 4 5 * * * * 24 26 158 176
Cold rolled strip 15 13 19 21 58 61 4 4 1 1 * * * * 4 5 14 12 115 118
Tubes and pipes 20 15 47 16 85 82 50 60 40 55 2 1 16 17 124 74 385 318
Other 16 14 15 15 27 26 49 31 1 2 28 27 10 10 41 44 187 168
Total 434 460 348 353 1,017 1,055 235 242 432 463 140 130 210 222 727 823 3,543 3,749

Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Burean—United Kingdom Trade: Table 45.

Notes:

a. Import are vauled cif.

b. Due to rounding, the sum of the columns an rows may not exactly equal the totals.

* Provisional.

* * Figures are less than 0.5 of the last digit shown.