The graphs show changes in employment and steel production in the UK from 1970 to 2000, with units in people and tonnes.
Overall, both the number of workers and the amount of steel produced in the UK decreased a lot over 30 years, while the amount of steel imported increased. The total need for steel in the UK also went down but not as much as production.
In the first graph, the number of workers in the UK steel industry dropped from 50,000 in 1970 to about 10,000 in 2000. This drop was gradual, but there was a big decrease between 1980 and 1990.
The second graph shows that the total demand for steel in the UK went from about 200,000 tonnes in 1970 to around 100,000 tonnes in 2000. UK production also went down from around 170,000 tonnes to just over 50,000 tonnes in the same time. At the same time, imports grew a lot from nearly nothing in 1970 to about 50,000 tonnes in 2000, which was the same as the amount produced domestically.
