§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the present cost per ton of coal mined in Great Britain and coal imported from every country from which coal is imported into Great Britain.
§ Mr. EadieThe National Coal Board estimates that the operating cost of all 591W coal produced by it during the year ending March 1979 will be approximately £24 a tonne.
UNITED KINGDOM COAL IMPORTS 1978 From: Quantity (thousand tonnes) Unit value cif (£/tonne) Australia … … … … 1,025 25.71 United States of America … … … … 422 37.26 Poland … … … … 416 30.73 Federal Republic of Germany … … … … 260 49.63 Soviet Union … … … … 106 45.20 Irish Republic … … … … 53 26.42 South Africa … … … … 26 31.78 Morocco … … … … 24 49.80 Belgium-Luxembourg … … … … 17 54.05 Netherlands … … … … 2 36.65 France … … … … 1 47.59 Spain … … … … 0 68.25 Norway … … … … 0 40.00 Source: HM Customs and Excise.
0 = Less than 500 tonnes.