HC Deb 03 April 1979 vol 965 cc624-5W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give his estimate of the Western world consumption of oil and the daily consumption attributable to (a) the United States of America, (b) Western Europe and (c) Japan; and what are the daily imports of these areas.

Dr. Mabon

The following figures relate to the year ended 30 September 1978:

Average daily oil consumption* million tonnes Average daily oil imports* million tonnes
Western World† 5.2 3.6‡
USA 2.3 1.2
Western Europe§ 1.9 1.8║
japan 0.7 0.7
* Crude oil, natural gas liquids, feedstocks and petroleum products. Oil for marine and aviation bunkers is included.
† OECD countries.
‡ Imports from non-OECD countries.
§ European OECD member-countries.
║ Excluding trade between European OECD member-countries.

Source: OECD Quarterly Oil Statistics.

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