§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the prices, in each of the nine member States of the
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CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION million tonnes 1960 1965 1970 1975 1976 United Kingdom … 24.7 27.5 27.9 20.1 22.7 Belgium … 7.2 9.2 12.6 11.6 12.1 France … 17.3 19.6 23.8 21.5 23.2 Federal Republic of Germany … 34.1 36.8 45.0 40.4 42.4 Italy … 8.5 12.9 17.3 21.8 23.4 Luxembourg … 4.1 4.6 5.5 4.6 4.6 Netherlands … 1.9 3.1 5.0 4.8 5.2 Denmark … na 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 Republic of Ireland … na 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Total EEC countries … 98.1 114.0 137.6 125.5 134.4 United States of America … 91.9 119.0 119.1 106.0 116.3 Japan … 22.1 41.1 93.2 102.3 107.4 Rest of the world … 118.4 182.5 245.7 312.5 325.4 World Total … 330.5 456.6 595.6 646.3 683.5 Sources: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau. International Iron and Steel Institute. European Economic Communities "Eurostat". EEC, of the main categories of steel products covered by the Treaty of Paris.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldDetails of mandatory minimum prices for concrete reinforcing bars and guidance prices for certain steel products covered by the Treaty of Paris, over which the EEC Commission has taken anti-crisis measures, were published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, Volume 20, No. L 114 on 5th May 1977, copies of which are available in the Library. Prices charged by individual firms within the EEC are at the discretion of these firms in dealign wih their customers and are not readily available.