The graphs below show the changes in the UK steel industry between 1970 and 2000.

The two graphs illustrate the value and employment changes in UK steel industry between 1970 and 2000.

Overall, the values of total UK demand and UK production continued to decrease, and then 1remainedretained stable, whereas the value of import kept rising. At the same time, the employments status in UK steel industry continued to drop to different extents during the period.

The value of demand was approximately 200,000 in 1970, the highest value during the period. 3The value of demand dropped in the first decade, then declined faster in the next decade, from nearly 180,000 to 110,000. At last, it declined to around 100,000. 4Furthermore,What's more, the value of production also 5declined substantiallyfell a lot, from approximately 170,000 in 1970 to 6around 80,000nearly 70,000 in 2000. However, the value of import continued to increase from around 10,000 in 1970 to 7approximately 75,000nearly 60,000 in 2000.

9DeleteDue to the increase of steel import value and the decrease of steel demand and production values, the 10number of employeesdemand for the employees declined significantly. In 1970, there were about 50,000 people 11in the steel industryin steel industry. However, 12Deletewith the decrease of steel demand, 13the number of workers fellthe employments status dropped. 14The decline during the second decade was about twice as large as that during the first decade, 10,000 people decreased in the first decade from 50,000 to 40,000, while nearly 20,000 people dropped in the second decade from 40,000 to about 20,000. At last, it fell to approximately 18,000 in 2000.