§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give by year for each year from 1979 the value of coal imported(a) in cash and (b) in real terms into the United Kingdom showing in his answer (i) the port the coal was unloaded at and (ii) the country of origin of the coal.
§ Mr. Wakeham[holding answer 4 February 1992]: The figures for coal imports, including the costs of insurance and freight, are shown in the tables:
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Country 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Poland 19 13 5 13 20 69 76 50 41 42 38 41 26 Soviet Union 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 10 6 17 26 Germany2 12 6 11 29 44 90 74 44 26 18 24 24 21 China 2 2 — 1 1 2 4 2 11 16 23 3 13 Other countries1 6 6 8 10 13 65 41 26 37 28 33 16 32 Total 138 215 158 182 215 493 678 443 368 418 470 605 703
Table 3: Coal imports in real terms3 by port of entry, 1979 to 1991 Value of imports £ million (base year 1990) Port of entry 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Immingham 7 7 0 1 1 18 42 60 27 36 50 85 105 London (including Tilbury) 34 68 24 28 49 16 95 25 27 36 37 80 94 Port Talbot 44 37 59 75 52 127 119 80 84 74 93 112 87 Middlesbrough 62 65 67 44 39 87 149 132 105 90 103 104 89 Medway 16 44 17 17 18 8 42 37 28 28 31 41 74 Greenock 0 23 32 34 52 64 111 59 50 40 40 37 37 Liverpool 26 56 26 — 2 3 22 8 7 1 14 36 32 Belfast 3 5 10 11 14 45 48 17 12 13 15 21 21 Cardiff 9 23 0 — 0 0 6 14 11 15 10 17 19 Swansea 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 8 6 15 Hull — — — — 0 0 1 1 1 — 2 4 13 Trent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 21 17 15 12 10 Other ports 101 66 26 71 87 319 258 88 76 122 83 52 62 Total 303 395 261 280 313 688 894 564 447 476 501 605 658
Table 4: Coal imports in real terms3 by country of origin, 1979 to 1991 Value of imports £ million (base year 1990) Country 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 United States of America1 78 195 120 125 69 223 219 177 128 168 195 255 271 Australia1 132 141 94 69 123 118 333 190 140 121 94 152 160 Colombia1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15 24 37 44 67 South Africa 3 5 6 5 5 22 52 15 8 13 15 14 25 Canada 0 0 — 0 — 8 25 21 14 18 27 38 24 Poland 43 24 9 20 29 96 101 64 50 48 41 41 24 Soviet Union 6 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 11 7 17 24 Germany2 27 11 18 44 64 125 97 57 31 20 25 24 20 China 3 3 — 1 1 3 5 3 13 19 24 3 12 Other countries1 11 11 12 15 19 90 55 33 45 32 35 16 29 Total 303 395 261 280 313 688 894 564 447 476 501 605 658 1 Some imports previously recorded by Customs and Excise as originating in the Netherlands have been re-allocated to the other countries indicated or, where revised country of origin data is not available, included in the residual entry, "Others". This re-allocation has been carried out for 1991 and estimates of such imports previously classified to the Netherlands have been included for 1990. Figures for earlier years have not been re-allocated to individual countries. 2 Includes imports previously recorded separately for the German Democratic Republic. 3 Real terms is defined as cash figures adjusted to 1990 price levels by excluding the effect of general inflation as measured by the Gross Domestic Product deflator. An estimated value for the Gross Domestic Product deflator has been used for 1991. Due to rounding the sum of the constituent items may not equal the totals. — = Less than £0.5 million.
Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.