Constructional Steel

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asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was (a) the value and (b)

		Imports		Exports
		From EEC		To EEC		To other countries
		Thousand metric tons	£ million cif	Thousand metric tons	£ million fob	Thousand metric tons	£ million fob
Re-inforcing rods and bars
1970^*	…	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
January-November 1976†	…	52	7	16	2	222	24
Otherc constructional steel‡
1970	…	31	4	216	17	881	67
January-November 1976†	…	370	87	232	54	743	157
^* Not shown separately.
† Information for 1976 as a whole is not yet available.
‡ Includes (a) non-alloy steel-angles, shapes and sections of 80 mm or more, sheet piling and coated plates and sheets less than 3 mm thick, (b) tubes and pipes except those made of stainless steel. These items are used in construction but also have other applications.

the volume of United Kingdom imports from EEC countries in 1970 and 1976 of reinforcing rods, reinforcing bars and other constructional steel; and what were the corresponding export figures from the United Kingdom to the EEC and the rest of the world, respectively, in those years.

Following is the available information:

Volume 925: debated on Tuesday 1 February 1977