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Old 03-01-2012, 12:21 PM
lane lane is offline
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Originally Posted by Glider View Post
I think its worth remembering that consumption in May-July averaged 10,000 tons a month. So imports between 1 June and 31 August must have been approx 140,000 tons (stocks plus consumption) and consumption was about 21.5% of imports. By the same token on the 11th July pretty much the peak of the fightng the UK had a stockpile of just under 3 years.
That's very interesting. Thank you Glider for taking the time to sort through the numbers and put them in perspective.