asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will identify the leading tungsten producers by country; whether any international cartel exists to adjust the supply of the metal to demand; and if he will identify the nations which are members of the Tungsten Committee of UNCTAD and the quantity of metal produced by each.

Tungsten is produced and traded in the form of ores and concentrates which are processed for a variety of end-uses. There is no international cartel regulating supplies or prices, although a Primary Tungsten Association has recently been formed by important producer companies in a number of countries. The table below lists the available information published in UNCTAD Tungsten Statistics relating to the production of ores and concentrates by substantial producers in 1973.The present membership of the UNCTAD Tungsten Committee is Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; China; Cyprus; Germany, Federal Republic of; France; Gabon; Italy; Japan; Mexico; Nether-

lands; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Republic of Korea; Romania; Rwanda; Spain; Thailand; Turkey; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; United States of America.