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Mr. Michael Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the level of coal imports for each month since 1 January.
Mr. Parkinson
I have been asked to reply.The information is as follows:
| Thousands tonnes | |
| January 1979 | 159 |
| February 1979 | 203 |
| March 1979 | 141 |
| April 1979 | 281 |
| May 1979 | 337 |
| June 1979 | 194 |
| July 1979 | 371 |
| August 1979 | 468 |
| September 1979 | 384 |
| October 1979 | 616 |
| Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics (SITC(Rev 2) Sub-groups 322.1 and.2). | |
| NOTE: The effects of industrial action have led to distortions in the pattern of trade recorded in the first eight months of 1979 and the figures for individual months must be interpreted with particular caution. | |