Steel Exports and Imports

HC Deb 18 December 1980 vol 996 cc250-1W

Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Trade, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Northampton, North, 11 December, if he will now provide, in respect of the last 12 months, a month-by-month breakdown of the figures he provided relating to steel exports and imports in his earlier reply.

Mr. Parkinson

Following is the information:

United Kingdom Trade in Finished Steel (October 1979–September 1980)
'000 tonnes
	Imports from	Exports to
	EEC	Non-EEC	Total	EEC	Non-EEC	Total
October 1979	234	140	374	131	198	329
November 1979	216	131	347	143	264	407
December 1979	159	115	274	133	250	383
January 1980	135	121	256	101	222	323
February 1980	181	141	322	69	48	117
March 1980	246	100	346	33	39	72
April 1980	515	198	713	55	54	109
May 1980	453	149	602	105	89	194
June 1980	373	199	572	113	162	275
July 1980	307	160	467	114	155	269
August 1980	198	82	280	59	156	215
September 1980	188	109	297	115	139	254
Total	3,205	1,645	4,850	1,171	1,776	2,947

Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.