Dr. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of 10 July, at column 289, if he has any
United Kingdom coal imports '000 tonnes from: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Australia 2,164 2,847 1,791 1,143 1,987 1,859 5,390 3,822 United States of America 1,031 3,653 1,954 2,053 1,142 3,344 3,145 3,560 Poland 658 446 142 320 509 1,359 1,387 1,217 Canada — — — — — 117 399 449 Federal Republic of Germany 229 80 132 334 482 959 746 439 South Africa 38 66 80 67 58 257 725 312 Netherlands 22 23 8 43 86 304 306 218 Belgium 22 14 7 34 63 232 167 169 Bulgaria — — — — — — 81 144 Colombia — — — — — — 89 56 USSR 65 46 34 12 23 11 23 48 China 58 66 — 5 8 22 34 26 German Democratic Republic — — — — — 74 37 23 France — — 1 14 7 229 28 21 Irish Republic 55 41 5 3 4 17 12 11 Others 33 52 136 34 87 110 66 39 TOTAL 4,375 7,334 4,290 4,062 4,456 8,894 12,635 10,554 £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Value of imports 138 214 158 182 215 493 674 443 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Average per tonne 31.45 29.23 36.75 44.86 48.20 55.44 53.34 41.95