asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the volume of steel imported and exported by the principal industrial countries in 1952, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1978 and 1979 to date together with the balance of trade.
The information is as follows:
TRADE IN STEEL PRODUCTS | thousand tonnes | |||||||||||
1952 | 1960 | 1967 | 1972 | 1978 | 1979 | |||||||
Jan-Sept. | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom | … | … | … | Exports | 1,858 | 2,820 | 3,701 | 4,439 | 4,235 | 3,278 | ||
Imports | 1,550 | 1,245 | 1,659 | 2,661 | 3.746 | 2,781 | ||||||
Balance | 308 | 1,575 | 2,042 | 1,778 | 489 | 497 | ||||||
Jan-June | ||||||||||||
West Germany | … | … | … | Exports | 1,776 | 7,837 | 11,922 | 13,831 | 18,416 | 8,874 | ||
Imports | 872 | 3,963 | 5,362 | 11,234 | 11.964 | 6,917 | ||||||
Balance | 904 | 3,874 | 6,560 | 2,597 | 6 452 | 1,957 | ||||||
USA | … | … | … | … | Exports | 3,688 | 2,787 | 1,732 | 2,898 | 2,348 | 1,216 | |
Imports | 1,118 | 2,738 | 10,116 | 15,662 | 18,834 | 6,934 | ||||||
Balance | 2,570 | 49 | -8,384 | -12,764 | -16,486 | -5722 | ||||||
Japan | … | … | … | … | … | Exports | 1 599 | 2,241 | 8,756 | 20,928 | 30,908 | 14,888 |
Imports | 26 | 243 | 385 | 103 | 349 | na | ||||||
Balance | 1,573 | 1,998 | 8,371 | 20,825 | 40559 | na | ||||||
Jan-March | ||||||||||||
France | … | … | … | … | … | Exports | 2,574 | 5,487 | 6,473 | 8,472 | 10,943 | 2,793 |
Imports | 88 | 3,013 | 5,071 | 7,908 | 7,273 | 1,805 | ||||||
Balance | 2,486 | 2,474 | 1,402 | 564 | 3,570 | 988 | ||||||
Italy | … | … | … | … | … | Exports | 133 | 1,127 | 2.084 | 3,802 | 8,275 | 1,808 |
Imports | 489 | 1,844 | 3,026 | 4,668 | 4,415 | 1,252 | ||||||
Balance | -356 | -717 | -942 | -866 | 3,860 | 556 | ||||||
Sources:
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Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau | ||||||||||||
Economic Commission for Europe |