§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will set out, both in terms of value and volume, the proportion of United Kingdom imports of steel from the European Economic Community that have been covered by exports for each of the last eight years, ending at the month for which the figures are most recently available.
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§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 18 November 1982; c. 276]: Information as is readily available for comparable periods is as follows:
Steel industry Products: United Kingdom exports to European Community as a percentage of United Kingdom imports from European Community percentage By value By quantity 1974 28 28 1975 31 27 1976 41 40 1977 51 53 1978 53 58 1979 60 66 1980* 35 35 1981† ‡51 49 1982 January-August ‡46 45
Crude Steel Production Million tonnes 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Jan.-Sep. Belgium/Luxembourg 22.7 16.2 16.7 15.6 17.4 18.4 16.9 16.1 10.6 Denmark 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 France 27.0 21.5 23.2 22.1 22.8 23.4 23.2 21.3 14.3 Greece 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 †0.7 Irish Republic 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Italy 23.8 21.8 23.4 23.3 24.3 24.3 26.5 24.8 18.5 Netherlands 5.8 4.8 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.5 3.4 United Kingdom 22.3 19.8 22.4 20.5 20.3 21.5 *11.3 15.3 11.0 West Germany 53.2 40.4 42.4 39.0 41.3 46.0 43.8 41.6 28.7 European Community Total 156.5 125.9 134.9 126.9 133.5 141.2 128.9 126.1 †87.7 Sources: EUROSTAT; International Iron and Steel Institute.
* Affected by the impact of the steel dispute.
† Estimated figure.
Note: Index numbers based on unrounded data.
Index of Crude Steel Production 1974=100 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Jan.-Sep. Belgium/Luxembourg 100 71 74 69 77 81 75 71 62 Denmark 100 104 135 128 161 150 137 114 107 France 100 80 86 82 85 87 86 79 71 Greece 100 72 77 82 101 108 130 98 †102 Irish Republic 100 74 53 43 62 65 2 30 47 Italy 100 92 99 98 102 102 111 104 104 Netherlands 100 83 89 84 96 99 90 94 78 United Kingdom 100 89 100 92 91 96 *51 69 66 West Germany 100 76 80 73 78 87 82 78 72 — — — — — — — — — European Community Total 100 80 86 81 85 90 82 81 †75 Sources: EUROSTAT; International Iron and Steel Institute.
* Affected by the impact of the steel dispute.
†Estimated figure.
Note: Index numbers based on unrounded data.