§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the output of the steel industries of each EC member state in 1980 and in 1990.
§ Mr. LeighThe information requested is shown in the table. Output is given in terms of crude steel production; this is the basic output measure for which EC-wide statistics are available.
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Crude steel production in current EC countries, 1980 and 1990 (million tonnes) 1980 1990 Germany 43.8 41.8 Italy 26.5 25.5 France 23.2 19.0 United Kingdom 11l.3 17.9 Spain 12.6 12.7 Belgium 12.3 11.5 Netherlands 5.3 5.4 Luxembourg 4.6 3.6 Greece 0.9 1.0 Portugal 0.7 0.7 Denmark 0.7 0.6 Ireland 0.0 0.3
1980 1990 Total 141.9 140.0 1 1980 was an exceptional year for crude steel production in the United Kingdom because of strike action. Production in 1979 was 21.5 million tonnes and in 1981 was 15.3 million. Source: Eurostat, with additional information for 1980 for Spain, Portugal and Greece from the International Iron and Steel Institute.