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Steel Production

Volume 201: debated on Friday 20 December 1991

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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.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to his answer of 17 December,

'000 tonnes
end of:
Steel stocksMarch 1989June 1989September 1989December 1989March 1990June 1990September 1990December 1990March 1991June 1991
Plate1 held by:
producers1039599103941018211073116
steel stockholders425410396419416417384340319288
consumers121136150150165156151156156149
Total649641645672675674617606548553
Tubes and pipes held by:
producers2222222222
steel stockholders1261191111129283881148160
consumers306347395407418391344319296267
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.