HC Deb 13 February 1995 vol 254 cc482-3W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the levels of steel imports into the United Kingdom for each three-month period since January 1993 from(a) the United States of America, (b) France, (c) Germany, (d) Korea and (e) Japan.

Mr. Needham

The information is in the following table:

United Kingdom imports of steel1
000 tonnes
United States of America France Germany South Korea Japan
1993
Q1 10.0 83.7 312.6 0.3 14.2
Q2 12.7 79.6 354.7 0.3 14.3
Q3 8.9 94.1 315.9 3.4 17.5
Q4 11.8 415.3 358.8 0.2 16.9
1994
Q1 9.1 185.2 359.7 4.2 10.0
Q2 8.8 191.6 391.6 0.2 17.5
Q3 11.5 191.4 381.4 2.1 8.4

Source:

Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.

Note:

1 Products of the steel industry in the Standard Industrial Classification (1980), Groups 221, 222 and 223.

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