§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list, for each port of entry, the amount of coal imported from Poland in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. David MitchellIn 1983, the imports of coal from Poland have supplied under ½ per cent. of total United Kingdom requirements and have been delivered as indicated in the table following.
Most of the coal (80 per cent. in 1983) has been high quality coking coal for the British Steel Corporation.
Coal, coke and briquettes imports from Poland: 1979–1983* '000 tonnes 1979 1980 1981 1982 †1983 Middlesborough 578 403 131 155 272 Port Talbot — — — 126 70 Sunderland — — — 17 68 Inverness — — — 5 31 Southampton 18 10 3 13 11 Scunthorpe 10 — — — 11 Medway 15 6 — — 10 Peterhead — — — 2 10 Dover 18 15 5 3 5 Other Portst‡ 19 12 3 8 38 All UK Ports 658 446 142 329 526 Source: HM Customs and Excise
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- * Figures for imports of coal alone are not readily available for 1983, but in in 1982 coal accounted for 97 per cent. of coal, coke and briquettes imports.
- † The 1983 figures are provisional.
- ‡Ports handling less than 10 thousand tonnes in each year.