§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo 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. BaldryThe 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.