§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and industry what information he has for each of the last 10 years of the percentage of merchant shipping built for owners in the United Kingdom and the total tonnage of shipping built and the tonnage sourced, respectively, from (a) the United Kingdom, (b) other European Economic Community countries and (c) South Korea.
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§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following is the information:
Of which: Tonnage and share of newly completed United Kingdom flagged vessels built in: Tonnage of United Kingdom flagged merchant ships completed* United Kingdom Other EEC Countries† South Korea Units: 000's 000's share per cent. 000' s share 000's share per cent. 1976 1,282 560 44 471 37 10 1 1977 1,212 448 37 245 20 42 3 1978 1,024 460 45 209 20 60 6 1979 804 409 51 75 9 11 1 1980 542 262 48 119 22 0 0 1981 442 165 37 47 11 55 12 1982 644 339 53 119 18 33 5 1983 303 191 63 34 11 60 20 1984 373 169 45 23 6 70 19 1985 232 190 82 27 12 0 0
Tonnage of merchant vessels completed in: Units: 000's United Kingdom Other EEC Countries† South Korea 1976 898 4,878 349 1977 693 4,385 517 1978 709 3,553 504 1979 584 2,873 449 1980 513 2,447 445 1981 254 2,827 512 1982 418 2,721 880 1983 349 3,168 986 1984 288 2,469 1,068 1985 262 2,239 1,618 Notes:
Tonnage=Compensated tonnage, with figures from 1984 based on the new tonnage measurement system.
* Includes vessels owned by Commonwealth companies registered under the United Kingdom flag.
† Other EEC (12)
Source: Department of Trade and Industry, Lloyds, OECD.