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Asbestos Imports |
Tonnage of asbestos imported into the UK from 1940
|
Crocidolite |
Amosite |
Chrysotile |
Anthophyllite |
Total |
1940 |
2655 |
4522 |
88500 |
|
95177 |
1946 |
967 |
2673 |
50722 |
|
54362 |
1947 |
|
|
|
|
72630 |
1948 |
|
|
|
|
94155 |
1949 |
|
|
|
|
97355 |
1950 |
5267 |
8190 |
110000 |
|
123457 |
1951 |
|
|
|
|
135194 |
1952 |
|
|
|
|
137164 |
1953 |
|
|
|
|
112925 |
1954 |
|
|
|
|
126600 |
1955 |
6822 |
12308 |
122965 |
|
142095 |
1956 |
|
|
|
|
149687 |
1957 |
|
|
|
|
139679 |
1958 |
|
|
|
|
133801 |
1959 |
|
|
|
|
135945 |
1960 |
4006 |
23539 |
142000 |
|
169545 |
1961 |
|
|
|
|
169680 |
1962 |
|
|
|
|
147712 |
1963 |
|
|
|
|
160419 |
1964 |
|
|
|
|
186946 |
1965 |
3425 |
22582 |
147265 |
78 |
173350 |
1966 |
|
|
|
|
170900 |
1967 |
|
|
|
|
152070 |
1968 |
|
|
|
|
159510 |
1969 |
|
|
|
|
145920 |
1970 |
563 |
21565 |
132500 |
|
154628 |
1971 |
|
|
|
|
150180 |
1972 |
|
|
|
|
150300 |
1973 |
|
|
|
|
183100 |
1974 |
|
|
|
|
153100 |
1975 |
Nil |
19219 |
119741 |
225 |
139185 |
1976 |
|
14900 |
130000 |
|
144900 |
1977 |
|
|
|
|
127200 |
1978 |
|
|
|
|
117700 |
1979 |
|
|
|
|
116700 |
1980 |
|
500 |
94180 |
|
94680 |
1981 |
|
260 |
67530 |
|
67530 |
1982 |
|
20 |
52240 |
|
52260 |
1983 |
|
nil |
45150 |
|
45150 |
1984 |
|
|
41560 |
|
41560 |
1985 |
|
|
37640 |
|
37640 |
1986 |
|
|
26770 |
|
26770 |
1987 |
|
|
24100 |
|
24100 |
1988 |
|
|
24700 |
|
24700 |
1989 |
|
|
15110 |
|
15110 |
1990 |
|
|
|
|
|
1991 |
|
|
10740 |
|
10740 |
1992 |
|
|
10269 |
|
10269 |
1993 |
|
|
9681 |
|
9681 |
1994 |
|
|
11467 |
|
11467 |
1995 |
|
|
10164 |
|
10164 |
1996 |
|
|
7099 |
|
7099 |
1997 |
|
|
4820 |
|
4820 |
1998 |
|
|
1840 |
|
1840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
5,318,851
|
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