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The index of industrial production for the
b. Coal.
year 1947 was 108; with 1946 being 100. That
Large deposits of good grade coal, which
for 1948 stands at 120. However, the com-
could be cheaply mined and transported, have
bined index actually climbed to 124 in Novem-
in the past not only constituted the base of
ber of 1947, and, with the exception of a brief
Britain's industrial structure (since indige-
upswing in October and November of 1948, has
nous supplies of other fuels are insignificant),
since that time remained virtually stationary.
but have also furnished the chief exportable
The flattening out of the curve indicates that
commodity. The export of coal, amounting
the initial rise in production was owing to im-
in prewar years to as high as 20 percent of
mediate postwar readjustments, including the
production, was valuable both for itself and
return of manpower from the armed forces,
also because it provided a bulky outward
and that the major adjustments had been
freight for the shipping industry and thus re-
completed by the last quarter of 1947. Fur-
ther increase in production will have to come
duced transportation costs for imported food
principally through an increase in industrial
and raw materials. The coal production pro-
gram can therefore be considered to be the
efficiency; this will be a slow process.
center of all British recovery plans.
The interim index of industrial production
for 1947 and 1948 respectively is shown in the
The principal coal producing areas of the
following table:
United Kingdom are three: the northern
fields, located near Edinburgh and Glasgow
Interim Index of Industrial Production
and in the counties of Northumberland, Dur-
(1946=100)
ham, and Cumberland; the central fields of
Monthly Averages
Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Wales and the
1947
1948
All industries
108
121
northerly Midland counties; and the southern
Mining and quarrying
102
110
fields of South Wales, the Forest of Dean, Bris-
Total manufacturing industries
109
123
tol, and Kent. The coal is mainly bitumi-
Non-metalliferous mining
industries
nous, with some high grade anthracite in
China and earthenware
117
141
Wales, and is principally deep-mined. In an
Glass
107
122
effort to increase production, strip-mining was
Bricks, cement, etc.
128
150
Chemicals and allied trades
105
120
introduced in 1942 with good results and it
Metals engineering and vehicle
now accounts for about 5 percent of over-all
trades
112
127
production.
Metal manufacturesFerrous
102
116
Non-ferrous
113
115
During the last quarter of the 19th century
Engineering, shipbuilding, and
electrical goods
116
136
and the first years of the 20th, production of
Vehicles
111
121
coal in the United Kingdom showed a steady
Metal goods not inc. elsewhere
104
111
Precision instruments, jewelry,
expansion, the peak being reached in 1913
etc.
114
128
when over 297 million long tons were mined,
Textiles and clothing
107
121
of which over 73 millions were exported. Be-
Textiles
107
126
Clothing
107
112
tween the two world wars, however, increasing
Leather, leather goods, and fur
104
101
world production of coal, the growing use of
Food, drink, and tobacco
101
109
Food
other fuels such as petroleum, and the world
102
112
Drink and tobacco
101
106
wide depression of the 30's greatly reduced
Manufactures of wood and cork
97
107
the foreign demand for British coal, and
Paper and printing
106
111
Other manufacturing industries
brought about a steady decline in production
125
150
Building and contracting
111
122
and widespread unemployment in the in-
Gas, electricity, and water
103
109
dustry.
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