§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report the production of steel in each of the member States of the EEC and EFTA in 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970 and the latest available year, respectively, expressing the production in millions of tons and in tons per head of population.
§ Mr. MeacherThe information is as follows:
and capacities of steel-making plants in each of the member States of the EEC and EFTA.
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§ Mr. MeacherFigures for effective steel-making capacity and the number of steel-making plants with a capacity above 1 million tonnes in 1973 are tabulated below. Data on the number of smaller steel-making plants are not readily available.
Effective steelmaking capacity million metric tons Number of plants with capacity above 1 million metric tons Belgium 17.3 8 Denmark 0.5 0 France 28.1 7 Irish Republic 0.2 0 Italy 28.1 5 Luxembourg 6.5 4
PRODUCTION OF TINPLATE Million metric tons 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1973 Belgium … … 0.01 0.09 0.13 0.19 0.27 0.29 France … … 0.13 0.32 0.60 0.54 0.80 0.85 Italy … … 0.05 0.04 0.17 0.25 0.33 0.37 Netherlands … N.A. 0.06 0.16 0.25 0.47 0.46 United Kingdom … 0.68 0.83 1.21 1.20 1.31 1.28 West Germany … 0.21 0.27 0.34 0.53 0.75 0.86 Norway … … N.A. N.A. N.A. 0.02 0.05 0.05 Portugal … … N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 0.05
PRODUCTION OF TINPLATE PER HEAD OF POPULATION Kilogrammes 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1973 Belgium … … 2 10 14 20 27 29 France … … 3 7 13 11 16 16 Italy … … 1 1 3 5 6 7 Netherlands … N.A. 6 14 20 36 34 United Kingdom … 13 16 23 22 23 23 West Germany … 4 5 6 9 12 14 Norway … … N.A. N.A. N.A. 5 12 14 Portugal … … N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 5 Irish Republic, Luxembourg, Denmark, Austria, Finland and Sweden produce either a negligible amount of, or no, tinplate; no information on tinplate production is available for Switzerland.