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united Kingdom production of sand and gravel 1983–2004
Gravel for
concrete
aggregate
Gravel for
other uses
Sand, gravel
and hoggin
for fill
Gravel,
coated
Building sand
for asphalt
Building sand
for mortar
Concreting
sand
Million tonnes
Year Land-based production Marine-dredged
Total
production
Great Northern Total For home For Total United For beach
Britain Ireland market export Kingdom replenish-
(a) (b) (a) (c) ment (c) (d)
1983 88.0 3.2 91.2 12.8 3.1 15.9 107.1 1.4
1984 87.1 3.5 90.6 12.6 2.8 15.4 106.0 1.2
1985 87.8 3.6 91.4 13.8 2.5 16.3 107.7 1.7
1986 90.2 4.2 94.4 15.3 2.3 17.6 112.0 2.2
1987 95.4 3.6 99.0 16.2 2.6 18.8 117.8 5.5
1988 110.5 3.9 114.4 19.6 2.4 22.0 136.4 3.9
1989 110.5 4.6 115.1 20.7 2.6 23.3 138.4 4.3
1990 99.0 4.0 103.0 17.2 3.8 21.0 124.0 2.3
1991 85.5 3.8 89.3 12.4 4.6 17.0 106.3 1.9
1992 78.3 3.7 82.0 10.6 6.3 16.9 98.9 1.3
1993 79.4 4.3 83.7 10.1 6.2 16.3 100.0 0.8
1994 86.3 5.1 91.5 11.3 6.6 18.0 109.4 1.3
1995 78.0 5.3 83.3 11.6 6.8 18.4 101.7 5.2
1996 70.5 5.3 75.7 11.5 6.7 18.2 93.9 7.2
1997 74.4 5.1 79.5 12.0 6.9 18.9 98.4 4.9
1998 73.0 5.3 78.3 13.0 7.0 20.0 98.3 2.4
1999 74.8 5.5 80.3 13.4 7.2 20.7 101.0 2.8
2000 74.9 5.1 80.0 14.4 7.3 21.7 101.6 2.4
2001 74.6 6.2 80.8 13.6 7.0 20.6 101.4 1.6
2002 69.9 5.5 75.4 12.8 6.2 19.0 94.4 1.5
2003 68.1 4.9 73.0 12.1 6.1 18.2 91.2 2.1
2004 73.1 5.1 78.1 13.0 6.1 19.2 97.3 1.8
Sources: (d) These figures for marine-dredged sand and gravel used for
(a) Office for National Statistics. beach replenishment and contract fill may be included in
(b) Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment. home market production, and have therefore not been
(c) Crown Estate Commissioners. included in the totals.
great britain production of sand and gravel by end-use 2004
(total production 97.3 million tonnes)
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