§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many tons of tinplate were imported into the 434W United Kingdom for each year from 1970 to 1980; and if he will identify the source country and the quantity of imports in 1980.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe available information is as follows:
I. Imports of Tinplate, 1970–1980 (Thousand tonnes) Sheets and Plates Strip Total 1970 50 N/A N/A 1971 65 N/A N/A 1972 48 N/A N/A 1973 1 N/A N/A 1974 51 1 53 1975 57 2 58 1976 136 3 138 1977 109 3 112 1978 113 2 115 1979 129 3 131 1980 302 4 306
II. Imports of Tinplate in 1980 (Thousand tonnes) Sheets and Plates Strip Total Total 301.6 4.3 305.9 of which consigned from:— USA 100.0 0.6 100.6 Netherlands 76.1 0.2 76.3 Federal Republic of Germany 46.7 3.2 49.8 France 34.8 0.3 35.1 Belgium-Luxembourg 23.2 0.1 23.3 Norway 13.5 — 13.5 Singapore 2.3 — 2.3 Irish Republic 1.3 0.1 1.4 Canada 1.3 — 1.3 Italy 1.0 — 1.0 Others 1.2 — 1.2 Notes:
(a) figures correspond to code numbers 7313-6400 and 7312-5100 (ex SITC/R2 Items 674.70 and 675.01 respectively) in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics for 1978–80, and equivalent code numbers for the earlier years.
(b) because of rounding, totals in some cases differ slightly from the sum of the constituent figures.
(c) N/A=not available..