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The following table shows the percentage of imported coal used in the UK in each year from 2000 until 2011.<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><TR><TD></TD><TD>Net imports(thousand tonnes)</TD><TD>Total supply (thousand tonnes)</TD><TD>Import dependency¹ (%)</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000²</TD><TD>22,786</TD><TD>59,838</TD><TD>38.1</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>34,992</TD><TD>63,530</TD><TD>55.1</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>28,149</TD><TD>58,639</TD><TD>48.0</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>31,349</TD><TD>62,865</TD><TD>49.9</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>35,531</TD><TD>60,567</TD><TD>58.7</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>43,433</TD><TD>61,780</TD><TD>70.3</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>50,085</TD><TD>67,340</TD><TD>74.4</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>42,821</TD><TD>62,903</TD><TD>68.1</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>43,276</TD><TD>58,219</TD><TD>74.3</TD></TR><TR><TD>2009</TD><TD>37,520</TD><TD>48,786</TD><TD>76.9</TD></TR><TR><TD>2010</TD><TD>25,806</TD><TD>51,429</TD><TD>50.2</TD></TR><TR><TD>2011³</TD><TD>32,119</TD><TD>51,213</TD><TD>62.7</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹Net imports divided by total supply, multiplied by 100. This is consistent with the EU definition.</td></TR><TR><td>² Between 2000 and 2010 the components of the import dependency percentages can be found in Table 2.7, Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2011.</td></TR><TR><td>³ The provisional 2011 statistics that have been provided are sourced from Table 2.1 of the quarterly statistical release, Energy Trends March 2012, which was published at 9.30 am on 29 March 2012. The statistics used to compile this table can be found on the DECC website:</td></TR><TR><td>http://decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/source/coal/coal.aspx</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |