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Dr. Marek
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what figures he has available for the latest period for engineering steel exports; and what were the comparable figures one year previously.
Mr. Leigh
[holding answer 25 January 1991]: "Engineering steel" has no precise definition within United Kingdom product classifications. It has been approximated in the table by the tariff codes 72.13–72.15, 72.28.30 and 72.28.60:
Engineering Steel Exports
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Tonnes '000s
| £ million
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| January to November 1989 | 1,012 | 302 |
| January to November 1990 | 1,231 | 376 |
| Increase (per cent.) | 21·6 | 24·6 |