HC Deb 11 March 1993 vol 220 cc635-6W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the estimated annual tonnages of British Coal exports to(a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Ireland, (d) Spain, (e) the European Community total and (f) total world wide during 1990, 1991 and 1992.

Mr. Eggar

The figures requested are given in the table:

Thousand tonnes
1990 1991 19921
France 276 327 155
Germany 282 274 63
Ireland 198 154 107

1990 1991 19921
Spain 131 207 52
European Communities2 1,739 1,390 614
All countries 2,533 1,672 668
1 Provisional
2 Including France, Germany, Spain and Ireland

Source: British Coal