HC Deb 22 February 1994 vol 238 c175W
Mr. Jenkin

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will produce a table to show the value of United Kingdom iron and steel exports and the proportion thereof exported to the rest of the EC single market for each of the last 10 calendar years.

Mr. Needham

The information is provided in the table.

United Kingdom exports of iron and steel
Year EC total (£ millions) World total (£ millions) Proportion exported to the EC percentage
1983 531.9 1,330.7 40.0
1984 636.8 1,528.9 41.7
1985 824.2 1,856.2 44.4
1986 917.9 1,866.5 49.2
1987 994.3 2,153.4 46.2
1988 1,230.3 2,392.0 51.4
1989 1,679.3 2,893.8 58.0
1990 1,805.1 3,036.0 59.5
1991 1,771.5 3,011.3 58.8
1992 1,857.4 3,004.4 618

Source: Business Monitor MA20, overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom.