HC Deb 03 July 1974 vol 876 c213W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (I) what percentage of total mineral production, excluding oil, derives from the Third World;

(2) what percentage of total mineral production, including oil, derives from the Third World.

Mr. Deakins

It is estimated that of the total 1972 world production of minerals—listed as ISIC items 210001 to 290919 inclusive in the Commodities Index to the UN publication Growth of World Industry 1972—approximately 24 per cent. by value, including oil, or 6 per cent. by value, excluding oil, was produced by the countries classified as "developing market economies" in the UN Statistical Year Book for 1972.

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