HC Deb 10 April 1989 vol 150 cc338-9W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will give the projected figure for the import of coal from the Soviet Union for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement;

(2) if he will give figures for levels of coal imports from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Coal imports from the USSR since 1984 have been as follows:

thousand tonnes
1984 11
1985 23
1986 48
1987 89
1988 375

Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

In 1988 these imports accounted for 0.3 per cent. of the United Kingdom market for coal. The Government do not make projections of these coal imports.