HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 cc248-9W
Mr. MacShane

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the ratio in percentage terms and the figures in tonnes of imported and United Kingdom produced steel for each year since 1979.

Mr. Page

The information is in the table:

UK steel1 production and imports
Year Production2(000 tonnes) Imports Imports as percentage of production
1979 16,816 3,859 23
1980 10,389 4,707 45
1981 12,689 3,399 27
1982 11,835 3,925 33
1983 12,259 3,429 28
1984 12,563 3,646 29
1985 13,073 3,865 30
1986 13,141 4,233 32
1987 15,011 4,391 29
1988 16,681 5,225 31
1989 16,879 5,497 33
1990 16,081 5,411 34

UK steel1 production and imports
Year Production2(000 tonnes) Imports Imports as percentage of production
1991 15,032 5,576 37
1992 14,902 5,465 37
1993 15,103 4,917 33
1994 15,669 n/a n/a

Source:

Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.

Notes:

Products of the steel industry as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (1980), groups 221, 222 and 223.

Includes deliveries to home market and exports.