§ Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the amount of coal imported and the places of origin for each quarter for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. David Hunt[pursuant to the reply, 7 July 1986, c. 28]: Following is the information:
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United Kingdom Coal Imports (thousand tonnes) 1979 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 EC Countries Federal Republic of Germany 42 69 55 63 Netherlands 4 14 — 4 Belgium 9 3 4 6 Irish Republic 16 20 3 16 France — — — — Others — — — — Non-EC Countries Australia 263 384 627 890 United States 44 112 280 595 Poland 96 181 212 169 South Africa 7 10 4 17 Canada — — — — Columbia — — — — USSR 11 20 16 18 German Democratic Republic — — — — China — — — 58 Sweden — — — — Bulgaria — — — — Others 3 8 7 15
1980 1981 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Sweden — — — — 73 — — 36 Bulgaria — — — — — — — — Others 15 15 12 9 3 7 7 6
1982 1983 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 EC countries Federal Republic of Germany 91 67 97 79 83 141 172 87 Netherlands 7 1 14 22 7 13 31 34 Belgium 10 5 11 8 9 15 21 18 Irish Republic 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 France 3 1 6 4 1 2 3 1 Others — — — 2 — — — — Non-EC countries Australia 291 307 325 218 132 905 651 299 United States 647 691 459 255 252 297 391 202 Poland 32 163 9 117 37 120 108 244 South Africa 32 8 1 26 8 3 14 32 Canada — — — — — — 1 — Columbia — — — — — — — — USSR 8 — — 4 2 6 8 7 German Democratic Republic — — — — 1 — 11 29 China — 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 Sweden 1 — — — — — 1 — Bulgaria — — — — — — — — Others 8 9 4 4 5 5 3 29
1984 1985 1986 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 EC Countries Federal Republic of Germany 137 228 291 304 217 183 207 139 120 Netherlands 47 93 71 94 64 45 83 113 56 Belgium 20 52 54 106 50 55 43 18 43 Irish Republic 2 6 5 4 5 3 2 2 3 France 1 17 58 154 17 7 3 1 3 Others 4 4 4 1 4 — — — — Non-EC Countries Australia 385 318 423 733 968 1,490 1,483 1,448 1,008 United States 320 875 1,064 1,086 1,183 839 503 620 763 Poland 183 509 226 441 416 363 237 371 296 South Africa 43 13 59 143 157 240 136 191 155 Canada — 8 16 93 55 116 69 159 121 Columbia — — — — — 5 66 17 35 USSR 2 1 3 5 — 7 5 11 18 German Democratic Republic 28 12 17 17 15 19 3 — 7 China 2 3 7 10 5 10 18 — 6 Sweden 26 — — 2 1 2 2 17 6 Bulgaria — — — — — — 23 58 — Others 4 16 34 13 18 4 13 8 3 Notes:
1. Derived from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise returns on a "country of origin" basis. Data for the second quarter of 1986 are not yet available.
2. The figures for 1984 and 1985 are affected by the strike by some sections of the coal industry.