HC Deb 14 March 1978 vol 946 cc163-4W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the annual level of United Kingdom coal exports to the European Community at the nearest available date.

Mr. Eadie

The latest information available for a 12-month period is for poration's region and the actual consumption level.

The following table illustrates both of these factors, the towns having been selected to reflect the range of prices that existed in Great Britain during the period concerned.

February 1977 to January 1978 inclusive, when 1,883,000 tonnes of coal valued at £39,994,000 fob were exported from the United Kingdom to other member States of the European Community.