HC Deb 27 June 1978 vol 952 cc482-4W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing coal output in the United Kingdom for every year since 1948 together with the percentage share of world output this represents and the comparative figures for the United States of America, France, West Germany and Japan.

Mr. Eadie

The following table shows the figures for each year from 1950. Details of world coal output in 1948 and 1949 are not readily available but production in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, West Germany and Japan was:

Million tones
1948 1949
United Kingdom 212 218
USA 596* 436*
France 43 51
West Germany 101 121
Japan 34 38
* Including lignite.

COAL OUTPUT* IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. USA, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY AND JAPAN AND PERCENTAGE SHARES OF WORLD OUTPUT
United Kingdom USA France West Germany Japan
Share world output Share world output Share world output Share world output Share world output
Output million tones Per cent. Output million tones Per cent. Output million tones Per cent. Output million tones Per cent. Output million tones Per cent.
1950 219 15.3 505 35.1 51 3.5 129 9.0 38 2.7
1951 226 14.9 520 34.3 53 3.5 140 9.2 43 2.9
1952 229 15.2 458 30.5 55 3.7 145 9.7 43 2.9
1953 227 15.2 440 29.4 53 3.5 146 9.7 47 3.1
1954 227 15.4 379 25.6 54 3.7 150 10.2 43 2.9
1955 226 14.1 442 27.6 55 3.5 154 9.6 42 2.6
1956 226 13.4 478 28.2 55 3.3 158 9.3 47 2.8
1957 228 13.1 468 26.9 57 3.3 156 8.9 52 3.0
1958 220 12.2 389 21.5 58 3.2 154 8.5 50 2.7
1959 210 11.2 390 20.7 58 3.1 147 7.8 47 2.5
1960 198 10.1 392 19.9 56 2.8 148 7.5 51 2.6
1961 195 10.9 379 21.1 52 2.9 148 8.3 54 3.0
1962 203 11.0 396 21.5 52 2.9 147 8.0 54 3.0
1963 200 10.5 430 22.6 48 2.5 148 7.8 52 2.7
1964 198 10.0 455 23.0 53 2.6 148 7.5 51 2.6
1965 192 9.5 475 23.5 52 2.6 141 7.0 50 2.5
1966 179 8.7 493 24.0 50 2.5 132 6.4 51 2.5
1967 178 9.1 508 26.0 48 2.4 117 6.0 47 2.4
1968 170 8.4 501 24.8 42 2.1 117 5.8 47 2.3
1969 156 7.5 513 24.9 41 2.0 117 5.7 45 2.2
1970 147 6.8 550 25.4 38 1.7 117 5.4 40 1.8
1971 149 7.0 503 23.5 34 1.6 117 5.5 33 1.6
1972 122 5.6 537 24.8 31 1.4 107 4.9 28 1.3
1973 132 6.0 530 24.0 26 1.2 104 4.7 22 1.0
1974 110 4.9 539 24.0 24 1.1 101 4.5 20 0.9
1975 129 5.5 568 24.1 24 1.0 99 4.2 19 0.8
1976 124 5.1 590 24.3 22 0.9 96 4.0 18 0.7
1977 122 ֵ ֵ ֵ 21 ֵ 91 ֵ ֵ ֵ
*Hard coal, excluding lignite.
ֵNot available.

Sources:

United Nations.

Statistical Office of the European Communities