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Mr. Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state the up-to-date comparative figures of percentage manpower and capacity cuts taken by other European companies/countries concerning steel capacity.
Mr. Giles Shaw
the most recent figures available from the Commission are as follows:
| Hot rolled capacity (maximum possible production, thousand tonnes-year) | |||
| MPP 1980 | MPP 1 January 1986 | Percentage change | |
| FRG | 51,883 | 45,192 | -12·9 |
| Belgium | 16,028 | 13,098 | -18·3 |
| France | 26,869 | 21,502 | -20·0 |
| Italy | 36,877 | 30,389 | -17·6 |
| Luxembourg | 5,215 | 3,920 | -24·8 |
| Netherlands | 7,597 | 5,865 | -22·8 |
| United Kingdom | 22,840 | 18,064 | -20·9 |
| Denmark | 941 | 875 | -7·0 |
| Ireland | 57 | 333 | +484·0 |
| Greece | 4,317 | 5,016 | +16·0 |
| Total EC(10) | 172,624 | 144,254 | -16·4 |
Source: European Commission.
Changes in employment levels in ECSC production, thousand
| |||
1980
| 1984
| Percentage change
| |
| FRG | 197·4 | 152·5 | -22·7 |
| Belgium | 45·2 | 37·2 | -17·7 |
| France | 104·9 | 85·1 | -18·9 |
| Italy | 99·6 | 75·6 | -24·1 |
| Luxembourg | 14·9 | 12·7 | -14·9 |
| Netherlands | 21·0 | 18·7 | -10·9 |
| United Kingdom | 112·1 | 61·9 | -44·8 |
| Denmark | 2·2 | 1·5 | -31·8 |
| Ireland | 0·7 | 0·7 | — |
| Total EC(9) | 598·0 | 445·9 | -25·4 |
Source: European Commission, General Objectives Steel 1990.
No breakdown for individual companies is available.