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<br /><p>Steel has been sourced by our contractors from a range of UK and international
suppliers, reflecting the need to ensure a competitive price and delivery at the required
time and quality, and UK suppliers have made a significant contribution to this.</p><p>Supply
chains are complex and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold a complete, centralised
record of steel procurement for projects and equipment, either in terms of quantity
or country of origin, over the past six years. But for the largest defence procurement
project during this period, construction of the two Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft
Carriers, some 77,000 tonnes out of a total of 82,000 tonnes of steel used was manufactured
in the UK.</p><p>Our new Government guidelines, which have been implemented in the
MOD, will help UK steel suppliers to compete effectively for future defence projects.</p><br
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