§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the volume of exports of steel and steel products during the first nine months of 1973 as recorded by Her Majestry's Customs and Excise and by the steel 14W industry, respectively ; and if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing corresponding figures for each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Emery: The figures are as follows :
INGOTS, SEMI-FINISHED AND FINISHED STEEL January–September 1973 Million tonnes Exports recorded by H.M. Customs and Excise 30.6 Deliveries for export reported by producers (provisional) 2.66 The following table shows figures for each of the previous 10 years :
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF INGOTS, SEMIFINISHED AND FINISHED STEEL Exports recorded by H.M. Customs and Excise Deliveries for exports reported by steel producers Million tonnes 1963 3.19 3.09 1964 3.50 3.34 1965 3.58 3.40 1966 3.33 3.34 1967 3.70 3.77 1968 4.10 4.03 1969 3.70 3.46 1970 3.84 3.32 1971 4.71 4.52 1972 4.45 4.32 Note : The lowness of the export figures compared with deliveries in 1966 and 1967 may have been caused by under-recording of exports in these years (see page 665 of the Board of Trade Journal, 10th September, 1969).