The graphs show the changes in the UK industry steel between 1970 and 2000. (million tonnes vs thousand)

The line graph compares the changes in the total

demand

for

steel

in the

UK

, its production and imports from 1970 to 2000,

while

the second graph shows the employment figures in

this

industry

during the same period.

Overall

,

while

the

demand

for

steel

and the production of

steel

in the

UK

both decreased,

steel

imports increased. In fact, there were some people working in

this

industry

between 1970 and 2000. In 1970, the total

demand

for

steel

in the

UK

was around 200,000, which was nearly ten times as high as the amount of

steel

it imported. Until the end of the graph, both the

demand

and the production of

steel

declined to about 50%,

while

the amount of

steel

increased significantly to around 75.000 from 10.000. The number of people employed in the

steel

industry

was 50.000 in 1970 when the

demand

for

steel

in the

UK

was high and the amount of

steel

imported was low.

Then

, the employment lines in the

steel

industry

continued to decrease to around 18,000 in the year 2000.