The charts illustrate the steel industry in the UK and its staff between 1970 and 2000. Overall, the total demand and the UK production declined, while import of steel increased throughout the period. Notably, the number of workers worked in the steel industry experienced a gradual decrease over the period.
The UK witnessed both upward and downward trends in the steel industry. In 1970, the total demand of steel was 200 million tonnes with UK producing slightly lower amount of steel. However, in this year the UK was not importing steel to the country, because the tonnes of steel they producing were almost identical with the total demand. By 2000, both total demand and country’s own production declined significantly to about 100 million tonnes. As a result, the demand for the imported steel were increased in the country, showing 100 million tonnes of imported steel which was the same amount of total demand and UK production at the end of the period.
After the changes in production and importing, the number of the staff working in this industry dropped significantly. In 1970 the number of workers in the steel industry was about 50,000 which were the highest figure at the given period. Before witnessing the gradual decline between 1990 and 2000, the number of staff in the steel industry experienced a slight decrease to 40,000. Eventually, the people working in this industry fell under 20,000.