Iranian Oil (Imports)

HC Deb 19 December 1985 vol 89 cc249-50W

Mr. Best

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will state the amount in millions of barrels of oil per day imported from Iran for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The published annual volumes ofOverseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom give imports from Iran in tonnes. These figures converted to millions of barrels per day, are as follows:

Oil imports from Iran
	Million barrels per day
1975	0.34
1976	0.39
1977	0.25

	Million barrels per day
1978	0.18
1979	0.06
1980	0.02
1981	0.02
1982	0.03
1983	0.01
1984	0.04