§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what proportion of steel is produced by the basic oxygen, electric are and open hearth processes, respectively, in Wales, the United Kingdom and the EEC.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThe information is as follows:
sector and imports, respectively, during each of the years 1975 to 1978 and to date in 1979.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThe information is as follows:
of the European Community in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThe information is as follows:
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§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the origin and tonnage of steel imported into the United Kingdom at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThe information is as follows:
ORIGIN OF UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF STEEL INDUSTRY PRODUCTS '000 tonnes 1979 Jan-Sept Belgium/Luxembourg … … 363 Denmark … … 83 France … … 224 West Germany … … 515 Irish Republic … … 12 Italy … … 178 Netherlands … … 351 United Kingdom … … 11 Austria … … 88 Finland … … 79 Greece … … 5 Norway … … 87 Portugal … … 2 Spain … … 101 Sweden … … 199 Switzerland … … 2
PRODUCTION OF CRUDE STEEL '000 tonnes Country 1975 1976 1977 1978 Belgium … 11,583 12,145 11,256 12,601 Denmark … 559 722 686 863 France … 21,530 23,232 22,097 22,841 Federal Republic of Germany … 40,415 42,415 38,985 41,253 Irish republic … 82 58 47 66 Italy … 21,836 23,447 23,334 24,283 Luxembourg … 4,625 4,556 4,329 4,790 Netherlands … 4,823 5,190 4,927 5,590 United Kingdom … 20,098 22,274 20,411 20,311 Austria … 4,069 4,478 4,093 4,336 Finland … 1,618 1,644 2,196 2,333 Greece … 900 1,110 1,000* 1,000* Iceland … 0 0 0 0 Norway … 919 898 733 813 Portugal … 419 463 537 614 Spain … 11,242 11,086 11,168 11,339 Sweden … 5,611 5,140 3,968 4,325 Switzerland … 420 545 656 784 Turkey … 1,829 1,940 1,866 2,172 Yugoslavia … 2,916 2,750 3,182 3,456 Ceuta and Melilla … 0 0 0 0 Faroe Islands … 0 0 0 0 Canada … 13,026 13,136 13,631 14,898 USA … 105,945 116,069 113,169 124,004 Greenland … 0 0 0 0 Canary Islands … 0 0 0 0 Australia … 7,869 7,794 7,334 7,596 New Zealand … 185 222 218 225 Japan … 102,313 107,399 102,405 102,105 * Estimates. Source: Economic Commission for Europe.