HC Deb 27 March 1990 vol 170 cc120-1W
Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are the annual tonnages by port of coal imported from non-United Kingdom sources in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990(a) in England, (b) in Wales and (c) in Scotland.

Mr. Baldry

The latest available information on coal imports is as follows:

1Thousand tonnes
Port2 1987 1988 1989 3January 1990
(a) England
Middlesbrough 2,501 2,570 2,812 329
Immingham 669 999 1,268 214
London (including Tilbury) 538 743 782 167
Medway 556 565 652 1
Trent 335 386 338 24
Sunderland 198 418 287 21
Liverpool 65 31 286 3
Goole 236 286 109 5
Avonmouth 60 86 103
Hartlepool 354 314 89 26
King's Lynn 117 117 88 5
Portsmouth 59 92 74
Colchester 91 71 63
Grimsby 88 11
Others 158 164 197 4
Total England 5,938 6,931 7,159 798
(b) Wales
Port Talbot 1,958 1,997 2,610 174
Cardiff 222 294 229 48
Newport (Gwent) 5 116 135 22
Swansea 92 134 15
Others 3
Total Wales 2,184 2,499 3,111 260
(c) Scotland
Greenock 1,216 1,164 1,162 90
Glasgow 46 204 140
Grangemouth 40 276 118 3
Inverness (including Wick) 31 85 17 9
Leith (including Granton) 4 84 23
Others 36 84 68 5
Total Scotland 1,373 1,896 1,529 107

Source:

Her Majesty's Customs & Excise (port of entry basis).

1Figures are rounded independently and totals may therefore differ from the sum of their constituent parts.

2Customs trade ports through which imports have been 50,000 tonnes or more in any year.

3Figures for the whole of 1990 are not available.