§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing (a) the volume and value of iron and steeel products imported from and exported to the EEC Six and from and to other countries in each year from 1970 and this year to date, (b) the trade balance and (c) the general level of tariff on imports of iron and steel from the Six;
376Wand Japan, the EEC, Comecon countries, Norway and Sweden, respectively.
§ Mr. EyreThe information is as follows:
(2) if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the value and volume of iron and steel products traded between the United Kingdom and, respectively, the Six original EEC member States and the non-Six in each of the years 1970 to 1978 and the current year to date.
§ Mr. Eyre[pursuant to his reply, 15 November 1979, c. 769]: Details of United Kingdom trade in iron and steel with the EEC Six and the rest of the world are given in the tables below. There is 377W no single representative level of customs duties on iron and steel and their products. The duties in 1970 ranged from free to 25 per cent. according to the form in which the products were imported. This range applied throughout the period 1 January 1970 to 31
I. UNITED KINGDOM TRADE IN IRON AND STEEL BY VALUE EEC(6) (£ million Exports (f.o.b.) Imports (c.i.f.) Crude balance (exports valued f.o.b. minus imports c.i.f.) 1970 … … … … … … 43.6 58.3 - 14.7 1971 … … … … … … 42.4 69.2 - 26.9 1972 … … … … … … 43.2 91.7 - 48.5 1973 … … … … … … 67.0 170.0 - 103.0 1974 … … … … … … 96.7 421.8 - 325.1 1975 … … … … … … 121.9 462.4 - 340.5 1976 … … … … … … 172.6 542.3 - 369.7 1977 … … … … … … 213.2 553.1 - 399.9 1978 … … … … … … 248.1 592.9 - 344.8 January-September 1979 … … … 225.8 510.3 - 284.6 January-October 1979 … … … … 254.6 580.6 - 325.9
REST OF WORLD (£ million) Exports (f.o.b.) Imports (c.i.f.) Crude balance (exports valued f.o.b. minus imports c.i.f.) 1970 … … … … … … 304.6 164.1 + 140.6 1971 … … … … … … 360.4 137.2 + 223.2 1972 … … … … … … 333.2 160.4 + 172.8 1973 … … … … … … 366.2 203.3 + 162.9 1974 … … … … … … 455.8 294.5 + 161.3 1975 … … … … … … 560.0 361.5 + 198.5 1976 … … … … … … 650.8 423.4 + 227.4 1977 … … … … … … 803.3 431.5 + 371.8 1978 … … … … … … 857.6 463.2 + 394.4 January-September 1979 … … … 713.9 378.1 + 335.8 January-October 1979 … … … … 790.7 428.5 + 362.2
II. UNITED KINGDOM TRADE IN IRON AND STEEL BY VOLUME (Thousand tonnes) EEC(6) Rest of World Exports Imports Exports Imports 1970 … … … … 547 649 3,796 2,064 1971 … … … … 511 818 4,595 1,673 1972 … … … … 500 1,154 4,244 2,039 1973 … … … … 678 1,501 3,705 1,782 1974 … … … … 634 2,770 2,901 1,600 1975 … … … … 592 2,607 2,766 1,595 1976 … … … … 804 2,738 3,065 2,016 1977 … … … … 908 2,415 3,720 1,858 1978 … … … … 1,011 2,300 3,574 1,925 January-September 1979 … 825 1,790 2,713 1,454 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics: SITC(Rev 1/Rev 2) division 67. Note: Owing to changes in the classification of the trade statistics, the figures for 1978 and 1979 are not absolutely equivalent to those for earlier years but the differences are negligible.