§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the major producers of coal moving into the international market.
§ Mr. John MooreIn 1978, the latest year for which complete figures are available, the major exporters of coal were as follows:
HARD COAL EXPORTS (million tonnes) Poland 40 Australia 39 USA 37 USSR 26 West Germany 19 South Africa 15 Canada 14 The United States coal industry was seriously affected by a national strike during 1978. In 1977 the USA exported 49 million tonnes of hard coal.