HC Deb 07 December 1976 vol 922 cc105-6W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his latest estimate of EEC coal imports from third countries; and what is the current level of United Kingdom coal exports to the EEC.

Mr. Eadie

The latest details of imports from third countries are reported in "Eurostat No. 11/76" as follows:

Thousand tones January-August
1975 1976
Federal Republic of Germany … 5,780 3,038
France … 10,921 8,325
Netherlands … 2,848 2,350
Belgium … 2,404 2,498
Luxembourg … 47 60
United Kingdom … 4,952 1,936
Denmark … 4,120 2,188*
Eire … 499 ..
Italy … 9,560 ..
41,131 ..
* For January-July 1976.
.. Not available.

United Kingdom collieries to revise the table set forth in The Mining Magazine of June 1976, page 503.

Mr. Eadie

The output by age of United Kingdom collieries, as of March 1976, was as follows:

Details of United Kingdom exports are published in the Overseas Trade Statistics available in the Library of the House. For convenience the following information is given:

Thousand tonnes
1975 … … 1,971
Jan.-Aug. 1976 … … 752
Jan.-Oct. 1976 … … 989