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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will circulate a table in the Official Report showing (a) the average increase since 1972 in the £ sterling cost per ton in cash terms of crude oil used in United Kingdom refineries, (b) the corresponding figures for the wholesale price of the principal petroleum products including naphtha net of all taxes and (c) details of (a) and (b) for France and the Federal Republic of Germany.
Mr. Gray
Table 1 below shows
| TABLE 1 | |||||||||
| (i) CRUDE OIL | |||||||||
| Average cost £/ton | |||||||||
| Percentage increase | |||||||||
| 1972 | 1973 | Third quarter 1979 | From 1972 to third quarter 1979 | From 1973 to third quarter 1979 | |||||
| United Kingdom refinery acquisitions | … | … | … | … | 8·89 | 11·60 | 73·70 | 729 | 535 |
| Federal Republic of Germany imports cif | … | … | … | 9·08 | 12·89 | 76·20 | 739 | 491 | |
| France imports cif | … | … | 9·04 | 10·80 | 66·97 | 641 | 520 | ||
| (ii) Petroleum Products in the United Kingdom | |||||||||
| Manufacturers average net selling value £/ton | Percentage increase from 1973 to third quarter1979 | ||||||||
| 1973 | Third quarter 1979 | ||||||||
| Motor spirit | … | … | … | … | … | 25·0 | 134·7 | 439 | |
| Aviation kerosene | … | … | … | … | 17·4 | 107·6 | 518 | ||
| Burning oil | … | … | … | … | … | 16·9 | 127·5 | 654 | |
| Gas/Diesel oil | … | … | … | … | … | 18·0 | 114·9 | 538 | |
| Fuel oil | … | … | … | … | … | … | 9·4 | 58·0 | 517 |
| Bitumen | … | … | … | … | … | … | 12·5 | 65·3 | 422 |
| Naphtha | … | … | … | … | … | … | 13·4 | 121·0 | 802 |
| Table 2 | ||||||||||
| Overall ex-refinery netbacks | ||||||||||
| First quarter 1977 | Third quarter 1979 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | … | … | … | … | … | … | 100 | 146 | ||
| Federal Republic of Germany | … | … | … | … | 100 | 150 | ||||
| France | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 100 | 130 |
| N.B. Indices in National currencies converted to Sterling equivalent. | ||||||||||