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igneous rock (for graph, see Crushed rock)<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
great britain production of igneous rock by end-use and area of origin 2004<br />
Thousand tonnes<br />
Area of origin Building Roadstone Railway Concrete Other Other con- Armour- Industrial Total<br />
stone ballast aggregate screened structional stone & uses<br />
Sold For coating Uncoated Surface & graded uses gabion<br />
coated at remote dressing<br />
plants chippings<br />
North East 1 446 … … … … … … 239 … — 2 087<br />
East Midlands … 1 183 … 2 315 … … … … 1 931 44 2 13 169<br />
South West 8 327 168 530 … … 210 194 526 8 — 2 214<br />
West Midlands … 912 140 … — … … … … … 1 …<br />
North West … … … … … … … 4 … 1 — …<br />
england 12 2 868 1 473 3 722 938 1 779 2 623 3 493 3 203 60 3 20 174<br />
Wales 3 477 179 209 … … 357 … 391 10 — 2 295<br />
scotland 174 2 485 1 090 5 568 … … 2 107 … 4 552 92 — 23 724<br />
great britain 189 5 830 2 742 9 498 1 820 3 074 5 086 9 641 8 147 162 3 46 193<br />
england Wales scotland<br />
County Total County Total Region Total<br />
Northumberland … Powys … South of Scotland 926<br />
Durham … Dyfed … West Central Scotland 10 195<br />
Cumbria … Gwynedd … East Central Scotland 2 504<br />
West Midlands … Tayside and Fife 2 740<br />
Shropshire … Wales 2 295 North East Scotland 1 412<br />
Warwickshire … Highlands 5 662<br />
Leicestershire 13 169 Western Isles 158<br />
Somerset … Shetland 127<br />
Devon …<br />
Cornwall 1 341 scotland 23 724<br />
england 20 174<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
igneous rock – see also Building<br />
and dimension stone<br />
Production (a) 54 113 000 51 501 000 51 225 000 51 356 000 53 037 000<br />
Imports<br />
Granite–<br />
Unworked 865 710 1 781 220 1 656 235 1 145 887 1 643 091 36 452 28 908 29 447 30 386 39 649<br />
Worked 34 928 37 533 57 885 66 177 81 545 24 215 26 334 37 543 45 125 50 074<br />
Exports<br />
Granite–<br />
Unworked 1 594 1 558 931 1 369 1 804 331 370 252 251 224<br />
Worked 713 53 732 290 489 360 99 755 399 546<br />
(a) Excluding a small production of granite in Northern Ireland.<br />
54<br />
Source: Office for National Statistics.
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