§ 79. Mr. J. Silvermanasked the President of the Board of Trade the average monthly total of exports of unfinished and semi-finished steel for the last six months of 1950; and also for the most recent period of six months for which figures are available.
§ Mr. HopkinsonThe following is the answer
United Kingdom exports of unfinished steel (i.e., ingots as recorded in the trade returns) averaged 5 tons, value £377, a month in July-December, 1950, and a negligible quantity, value £2, a month in August, 1951-January 1952. Exports of semi-finished steel (i.e., steel blooms, billets, slabs, sheet bars and tinplate bars as recorded in the trade returns) averaged 559 tons, value £19,489, a month in July-December, 1950, and 48 tons, value £4,574, a month in August, 1951-January, 1952.