HC Deb 22 November 1928 vol 222 cc1944-5W
Mr. W. THORNE

asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of production of steel in Great Britain for the years 1925, 1926, and 1927, respectively, and the number of tons of pig iron produced for the same periods?

Mr. H. WILLIAMS

The quantities of steel ingots and castings and of pig iron produced in Great Britain in 1925, 1926, and 1927, as shown in the publications of the National Federation of Iron arid Steel Manufacturers, were:

Year. Steel Ingots and Castings. Pig Iron.
Tons. Tons.
1925 … … 7,385,400 6,261,700
1926 … … 3,596,100 2,458,200
1927 … … 9,098,900 7,293,600

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