HC Deb 01 February 1980 vol 977 c795W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the difference in price between what the motorist pays for naphtha as a constituent of petrol and what the chemical industry pays for naphtha as a feedstock.

Mr. Gray

It is provisionally estimated that, in the third quarter of 1979,

Year 30 June 31 December
M F Total M F Total
1972 8,236 8,236 8,148 8,148
1973 7,241 7,241 6,743 334 7,077
1974 6,288 490 6,778 5,879 533 6,412
1975 5,597 605 6,202 5,634 600 6,234
1976 5,570 602 6,172 5,417 621 6,038
1977 5,306 638 5,944 5,163 645 5,808
1978 5,007 649 5,656 4,686 651 5,337
1979 4,405 618 5,023 4,294 590 4,884

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