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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a table showing the total annual production of coal for each of the 12 leading coal producers, on 1979 levels; and how these levels compare with output in 1967, including opencast coal and lignite production.
Mr. John Moore
The latest available figures are for 1978. These are tabulated below together with those for 1967.
| PRODUCTION OF COAL, LIGNITE AND BROWN COAL (million tonnes of coal and coal equivalent) | ||
| Country | 1967 | 1978 |
| China | 227 | 618 |
| USSR* | 507 | 603 |
| USA | 510 | 544 |
| Poland | 131 | 205 |
| Federal Republic of Germany | 142 | 127 |
| United Kingdom | 178 | 124 |
| India | 69 | 102 |
| Customs Union of South Africa | 49 | 89 |
| Czechoslovakia | 69 | 85 |
| Australia | 41 | 83 |
| German Democratic Republic | 74 | 79 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 20 | 42 |
| * Coal production includes low grade coal. | ||
Source: United Nations publications " World Energy Supplies " " Series J Nos. 19 and 22 ".