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http://www.google.com.vn/url?sa=t&s...ulR1mF3zmT8QpaWlw&sig2=cztlAaoibusmqFTxNV8KHgimports of foreign steel to the UK ceased with the introduction of tariffs in the 1930's so it was indeed sufficient to meet domestic demand. The production of Armoured Steel was insufficient to meet the demand of rearmament in the late 1930's but that was the same for every other country in the world.
At the end of the paper, there is a table measure British steel trade. Even if we subtract iron ore, by 1938 Britain was a net importer of steel.