§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Energy which countries export coal to the United Kingdom; and what is the price per ton of coal from each country.
§ Mr. EadieInformation on such prices is not available. The average value per ton cif for imports of coal during 1975 for each country of consignment was as follows:
Country £/ton cif Federal Republic of Germany 41.6 Netherlands 30.6 Poland 24.2 South Africa 33.7 Australia 17.7 USA 26.1 Other countries 17.4
§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the grades of coal which were imported into the United Kingdom, giving the specific purpose for which they were imported, the price per ton of each grade and from which country each grade was imported.
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§ Mr. EadieCoal imported into the United Kingdom during the period January-November 1975 consisted of 100,000 tons of anthracite, 3,800,000 tons of steam coal and 600,000 tons of coking coal. Most of the imported anthracite was for the domestic use, steam coal for electricity generation and coking coal for the coke-ovens. The average cif value of anthracite was £36.57 per ton, of coking coal £30.62 per ton and of steam coal £18.65 per ton. Anthracite came mainly from the Federal Republic of Germany, South Africa and North Vietnam. About 90 per cent. of the total imported steam coal and coking coal were from the USA and Australia.
§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total cost of coal imported into the United Kingdom for the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what was the figure for each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. EadieStatistics on the annual cost of coal imported into the United Kingdom are published in Table 98 of the "Digest of UK Energy Statistics". For convenience the figures for 1970–74 together with the corresponding total for 1975 are given below:
Year £ million cif 1970 0.9 1971 39.3 1972 49.1 1973 21.4 1974 62.1 1975 105.6