HC Deb 09 July 1973 vol 859 cc247-8W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the largest steel groups in the EEC countries and indicate the percentage of the total market held by the leading group in steel production, (a) in the

Period
1st July 1971 to 31st December 1971 … …
1st January 1972 to 31st December 1972 …
1st January 1973 to 30th June 1973 (provisional)

domestic market and, (b) in the Community market, identifying the steel production of each in 1972.

Mr. Tom Boardman

No information is available on the deliveries of EEC steel groups to domestic or to EEC markets. The Britsh Steel Corporation is the largest single group in the Community being responsibe for about 17 per cent. of total EEC and United Kingdom output in 1971.