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Mr. Terry Fields
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to his answer of 17 December, Official Report, column 113, what assessment he has made of the production performance at (a) Llanwern and (b) Ravenscraig before the closing of the hot strip facility.
Mr. Leigh
None. This is a matter for the board of British Steel.
Mr. Terry Fields
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to his answer of 17 December,
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Steel stocks | March 1989 | June 1989 | September 1989 | December 1989 | March 1990 | June 1990 | September 1990 | December 1990 | March 1991 | June 1991 |
Plate1 held by: | ||||||||||
producers | 103 | 95 | 99 | 103 | 94 | 101 | 82 | 110 | 73 | 116 |
steel stockholders | 425 | 410 | 396 | 419 | 416 | 417 | 384 | 340 | 319 | 288 |
consumers | 121 | 136 | 150 | 150 | 165 | 156 | 151 | 156 | 156 | 149 |
Total | 649 | 641 | 645 | 672 | 675 | 674 | 617 | 606 | 548 | 553 |
Tubes and pipes held by: | ||||||||||
producers | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— | 2— |
steel stockholders | 126 | 119 | 111 | 112 | 92 | 83 | 88 | 114 | 81 | 60 |
consumers | 306 | 347 | 395 | 407 | 418 | 391 | 344 | 319 | 296 | 267 |
1 Plate in lengths, 3mm thick or over. | ||||||||||
2 Tonnage not available. |
Source: Producers' stocks information from the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau. Stockholders' and consumers' information from the Central Statistical Office's Business Bulletin on the Steel Stocks and Consumption Inquiry.