HC Deb 13 March 1980 vol 980 cc686-90W
Mr. Hill

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the percentage share of world output in cars, motorcycles, shipbuilding and steel produced by the United Kingdom, France, Italy, West Germany and Japan in each year from 1950 to the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Adam Butler

The following is the information—data on motor cycles are not available.

MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING 100 GROSS TONS AND OVER PERCENTAGE SHARES OF WORLD COMPLETIONS (BASED ON GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE)
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
United Kingdom 42.7 37.7 30.0 25.3 27.4 26.6 23.2 17.5 16.2 15.9
France 5.3 5.2 6.3 4.8 5.0 7.5 4.0 5.7 4.7 4.9
Italy 2.3 4.1 3.7 3.3 5.5 2.5 4.3 4.7 6.1 5.9
West Germany 2.5 7.5 11.8 14.4 16.1 19.4 17.2 15.2 15.0 14.3
Japan 7.1 12.1 12.2 14.8 7.9 11.3 24.4 28.4 24.7 19.9
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
United Kingdom 15.5 17.2 12.4 12.1 8.3 10.9 7.6 7.8 6.2 4.4
France 5.1 6.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 4.1 3.1 2.8 3.7 3.7
Italy 5.3 4.8 3.2 4.8 4.8 3.4 3.8 3.3 3.0 1.9
West Germany 13.4 12.9 11.8 11.6 8.5 8.8 8.2 6.9 7.2 9.5
Japan 21.9 21.3 25.3 25.1 38.7 41.5 46.0 47.6 49.6 48.9
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
United Kingdom 6.3 5.1 4.5 3.5 3.6 3.4 4.4 3.7 6.2 5.0
France 4.1 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.1 3.4 4.9 4.0 2.4 5.3
Italy 2.6 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.8 1.9 1.7
West Germany 6.3 8.1 5.2 6.3 6.4 7.3 5.5 5.8 4.6 3.1
Japan 48.1 45.6 48.1 48.5 50.4 49.7 46.8 42.5 34.7 34.0

Source: Lloyds Register of Shipping.

PERCENTAGE SHARE OF WORLD OUTPUT OF CRUDE STEEL
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
United Kingdom 8.7 7.5 7.9 7.6 8.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.4 6.8
France 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.4 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.7 6.3
Italy 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.3
West Germany 6.4 6.4 7.4 6.6 7.7 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.6
Japan 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.3 2.0 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.5 5.6
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
United Kingdom 7.4 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.2 6.0 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.7
France 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9
Italy 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.9
West Germany 10.2 9.5 9.0 8.2 8.6 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.8 7.9
Japan 6.6 8.0 7.6 8.1 9.2 9.1 10.1 12.5 12.6 14.4
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
United Kingdom 4.7 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.9
France 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1
Italy 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.2
West Germany 7.6 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.5 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.2
Japan 15.6 15.2 15.4 17.1 16.5 15.8 15.9 15.2 14.3 15.0

Sources:

Economic Commission for Europe.

International Iron and Steel Institute.