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Mr. Skeet
asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what is his estimate of the tonnage of merchant ships produced annually by Common Market countries; and what percentage of total capacity in each state these figures represent;(2) what is the United Kingdom capacity for building merchant shipping; and
| '000 Gross Registered Tons | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,198 | 1,170 | 1,500 | |
| Belgium | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 256 | 201 | 211 |
| Denmark | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,076 | 969 | 1,034 |
| France | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,046 | 1,150 | 1,673 |
| Germany (F.R.) | … | … | … | … | … | … | 2,142 | 2,499 | 1,874 | |
| Italy | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 953 | 792 | 715 |
| Netherlands | … | … | … | … | … | … | 942 | 1,028 | 634 | |
| Republic of Ireland | … | … | … | … | … | 0·4 | 30·5 | 29 | ||