§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing shipbuilding production 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. Les HuckfieldThe information is as follows:
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COMPLETIONS OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF 100 GROSS TONS OR OVER, 1948–77 United Kingdom USA France West Germany Japan Million gross tons Percentage share of world Million gross tons Percentage share of world Million gross tons Percentage share of world Million gross tons Percentage share of world Million gross tons Percentage share of world 1948 1.2 49 0.2 7 0.1 3 ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ 1949 1.4 43 0.6 18 7 0.2 5 ֵ ֵ 0.1 3 1950 1.4 43 0.4 12 0.2 5 0.1 2 0.2 7 1951 1.3 38 0.2 4 0.2 5 0.3 7 0.4 12 1952 1.3 30 0.4 9 0.3 6 0.5 12 0.5 12 1953 1.2 25 0.6 12 0.2 5 0.7 14 0.5 12 1954 1.5 27 0.6 10 0.3 5 0.7 14 0.7 15 1955 1.3 27 0.1 2 0.4 7 0.9 16 0.4 8 1956 1.5 23 0.1 2 0.3 4 1.0 19 0.6 11 1957 1.4 18 0.3 4 0.5 6 1.1 17 1.5 24 1958 1.5 16 0.6 6 0.4 5 1.2 15 2.3 28 1959 1.4 16 0.8 9 0.4 5 1.4 15 2.2 25 1960 1.3 15 0.4 5 0.4 5 1.2 14 1.7 20 1961 1.4 17 0.4 5 0.5 7 1.1 13 1.8 22 1962 1.0 12 0.4 5 0.5 6 1.0 13 1.7 21 1963 1.1 12 0.4 5 0.5 6 1.0 12 2.1 25 1964 0.8 8 0.2 3 0.5 5 1.1 12 2.3 25 1965 1.3 11 0.2 2 0.5 4 0.8 9 3.8 39 1966 1.1 8 0.2 1 0.4 3 1.2 8 6.5 46 1967 1.2 8 0.2 1 0.4 3 1.0 7 7.2 48 1968 1.0 6 0.4 2 0.6 4 1.2 7 8.3 50 1969 0.8 4 0.5 2 0.7 4 1.8 10 9.2 49 1970 1.3 6 0.4 2 0.9 4 1.3 6 10.1 48 1971 1.2 5 0.5 2 1.1 4 2.0 8 11.1 46 1972 1.2 4 0.5 2 1.0 4 1.4 5 12.9 48 1973 1.1 4 1.0 3 1.2 4 1.9 6 14.8 49 1974 1.2 4 0.7 2 1.0 3 2.1 6 16.9 50 1975 1.2 3 0.5 1 1.2 3 2.5 7 17.0 50 1976 1.5 4 0.8 2 1.7 5 1.9 6 15.9 47 1977 1.0 4 1.0 4 1.1 4 1.6 6 11.7 43 Not available.
Source: Lloyds Register of Shipping
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