HC Deb 09 November 1989 vol 159 cc762-3W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list for each year since 1979 the tonnage and country of origin of the five principal sources of coal imported into the United Kingdom.

Mr. Wakeham

The information is as follows:

Thousand tonnes in 1988
United States of America 4,261
Australia 3,536
Poland 1,270
Colombia 574
Canada 553

Source: Customs and Excise. Overseas Trade Statistics as published in D. Energy, Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics.