HC Deb 21 February 1984 vol 54 cc512-4W
Mr. Allen McKay

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the tonnage of imported coal, and from which country it was imported, by each quarter since 1 January 1979 and the total to date in the quarter January to March.

Mr. Giles Shaw

[pursuant to his reply, 13 February 1984. c. 2]: The following is the information:

United Kingdom Coal Imports*
thousand tonnes
1979
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
EEC countries
Federal Republic of Germany 42 69 55 63
Belgium 9 3 4 6
France — — — —
Netherlands 4 14 — 4
Republic of Ireland 16 20 3 16
Non-EEC countries
Australia 263 384 627 890
United States of America 44 112 280 595
Poland 96 181 212 169
South Africa 7 10 4 17
Morocco 3 8 7 15
China — — — 58

United Kingdom Coal Imports*
thousand tonnes
1980
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
EEC countries
Federal Republic of Germany 10 24 23 23
Belgium 2 2 9 1
France — — — —
Netherlands — 11 10 2
Republic of Ireland 24 6 7 4
Non-EEC countries
Australia 752 845 831 419
United States of America 334 1,148 1,202 969
Poland 18 238 79 111
South Africa 14 17 6 29
Morocco 15 15 12 9
China 32 17 18 —

United Kingdom Coal Imports*
thousand tonnes
1981
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
EEC countries
Federal Republic of Germany 33 17 40 42
Belgium 2 — 1 3
France — — —
Netherlands — 2 4 3
Republic of Ireland 1 1 3 —
Non-EEC countries
Australia 554 562 471 203
United States of America 502 241 491 721
Poland — 6 63 73
South Africa 22 23 16 19
Morocco 3 7 7 6
China — 1 — —
1981
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — — — 34
Others 73† 2 — 36†

United Kingdom Coal Imports*
thousand tonnes
1982
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
EEC countries
Federal Republic of Germany 91 67 97 79
Belgium 10 5 11 8
France 3 1 6 4
Netherlands 7 1 14 22
Republic of Ireland 1 — 1 1
Non-EEC countries
Australia 290 307 325 218
United States of America 648 630 459 255
Poland 32 160 9 117
South Africa 32 8 1 26
Morocco 7 8 4 3
China — 1 1 3
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 8 — — 4
Others 2 1 3 —

United Kingdom Coal Imports*
thousand tonnes
1983
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter
EEC countries
Federal Republic of Germany 83 141 172
Belgium 9 15 21
France 1 2 3
Netherlands 6 14 32
Republic of Ireland 1 — 1
Non-EEC countries
Australia 132 894 650
United States of America 253 298 391
Poland 37 121 108
South Africa 8 3 14
Morocco 5 5 2
China 1 1 3
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 2 6 8
Others 1 2 14
* Derived from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise returns on a "country of origin" basis. Data for the last quarter of 1983 and first quarter of 1984 are not yet available.
† Sweden is given as the "country of origin" of this coal. It had probably been mined in a third country but reprocessed to some degree in Sweden.