Table 2. 1. 1 : Natural abrasives n.e.s.
Exports and Imports
SITC Rev.3 : 277.2
HS : 25.13 & 71.05

  Exports (million US $) Imports (million US $)
  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
WORLD (b) 464.1 497.0 564.1 565.7 553.0 495.3 791.0 774.1 878.2 880.6 809.9 848.7
DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES 402.1 420.8 470.2 456.0 431.7 391.4 598.8 582.2 675.8 677.6 617.6 662.1
AMERICA 147.4 163.1 162.0 120.3 120.3 134.2 94.3 102.7 110.8 106.3 123.0 139.2
Canada 2.7 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 8.7 9.9 10.9 12.7 12.1 13.7
United States 144.7 161.2 160.4 118.5 118.8 132.7 85.6 92.8 99.9 93.6 110.9 125.5
EUROPE 182.7 194.9 265.7 271.5 263.7 209.3 371.9 349.8 423.0 443.5 385.9 409.1
European Union 15 118.4 121.8 190.5 199.3 197.9 136.6 307.6 277.5 348.7 371.7 315.1 325.4
Austria 0.2 0.4 0.4 2.6 1.0 0.4 13.9 14.1 13.0 12.4 11.0 11.9
Belgium-Luxembourg 23.9 23.1 27.4 37.8 48.9 44.5 45.5 46.6 46.9 55.0 44.3 55.6
Denmark 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.8 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.0
Finland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
France 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.9 1.4 2.4 14.4 13.2 14.6 15.0 10.9 12.2
Germany 48.6 61.0 108.1 105.3 95.2 41.8 80.2 63.1 96.0 120.4 85.5 55.6
Greece 9.2 6.7 8.6 9.5 7.8 7.0 8.9 7.8 9.2 9.9 8.9 9.4
Ireland 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.3 2.5 2.0 3.2 9.3 27.3 23.3 14.7 37.5
Italy 12.0 10.3 11.8 12.0 14.7 6.8 74.5 65.1 74.7 75.5 77.9 80.1
Netherlands 3.1 4.4 3.9 5.0 6.1 4.2 5.8 5.5 5.0 7.8 8.9 7.9
Portugal 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 8.4 6.6 6.7 5.6 4.5 3.4
Spain 0.9 3.0 5.3 3.5 1.6 1.6 16.5 13.2 14.6 12.1 17.5 18.0
Sweden 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 6.1 6.6 7.6 7.5 5.6 6.7
United Kingdom 16.6 6.9 20.9 17.8 18.2 25.1 28.2 24.9 30.9 25.0 22.9 24.3
Other Europe 64.3 73.1 75.2 72.2 65.8 72.7 64.3 72.3 74.3 71.8 70.8 83.7
Iceland 1.4 1.3 6.9 10.0 5.3 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Norway 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.1
Switzerland 62.9 71.8 68.3 62.2 60.5 68.2 63.0 71.3 73.1 70.6 69.3 82.6
SOUTH AFRICA 58.4 46.0 23.0 37.4 23.8 24.0 9.2 7.8 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.5
ASIA 11.8 13.4 14.9 20.0 16.8 17.5 119.8 118.2 131.0 117.2 98.2 102.2
Israel 0.9 1.8 2.2 4.3 2.0 0.8 4.0 8.0 10.4 10.2 9.3 12.8
Japan 10.9 11.6 12.7 15.7 14.8 16.7 115.8 110.2 120.6 107.0 88.9 89.4
OCEANIA 1.8 3.4 4.6 6.8 7.1 6.4 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.8 4.0 5.1
Australia 1.8 3.4 4.5 6.7 7.0 6.3 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.2 4.3
New Zealand 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES 47.3 58.0 75.1 94.5 105.7 88.6 185.0 184.9 196.0 196.3 185.1 179.3
AMERICA 4.4 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.3 12.5 12.8 14.4 12.2 13.3 14.2
Argentina 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6
Brazil 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 6.6 7.9 8.5 6.9 7.0 8.3
Chile 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3
Colombia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Costa Rica 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Ecuador 2.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Guadeloupe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guatemala 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Honduras 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mexico 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.2
Paraguay 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0
Peru 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5
Trinidad and Tobago 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1
Uruguay 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Venezuela 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3
AFRICA 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.7 4.6 4.2
North Africa 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 4.2 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.1 3.1
Algeria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
Egypt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Morocco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.2
Tunisia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.5
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.1
Congo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenya 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mauritius 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.0
Reunion 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zimbabwe 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
ASIA 42.7 55.8 73.0 93.1 104.5 87.2 166.4 165.4 174.6 177.3 165.5 159.4
West Asia 12.9 11.4 11.2 12.5 13.0 9.5 7.3 6.2 6.2 7.7 9.1 8.2
Cyprus 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Qatar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Saudi Arabia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5
Turkey 12.9 11.4 11.2 12.5 13.0 9.5 3.7 3.3 2.1 3.5 5.2 4.3
United Arab Emirates 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Other Asia 29.8 44.4 61.8 80.6 91.5 77.7 159.1 159.2 168.4 169.6 156.4 151.2
Bangladesh 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
China 10.5 11.9 13.3 28.2 14.4 14.2 6.3 5.8 5.5 6.9 10.4 11.8
Hong Kong, China 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.3 28.0 25.9 31.2 21.4 21.8
India 6.2 8.1 10.3 12.9 18.7 5.1 2.3 5.8 6.2 8.9 11.4 9.8
Indonesia 8.3 9.3 8.7 7.5 8.1 3.1 1.7 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.6
Korea, Republic of 1.6 11.7 22.3 27.0 45.3 46.2 67.8 68.9 76.2 75.9 67.9 68.5
Macau 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Malaysia 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.7 3.3 4.0 3.7 4.0
Pakistan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7
Philippines 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8
Singapore 1.3 2.2 2.8 2.4 3.3 5.7 3.0 4.4 4.1 6.3 7.5 9.2
Sri Lanka 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.6 1.0 0.8 1.0
Taiwan, Province of China 0.8 0.4 3.0 1.3 1.5 3.2 41.6 33.6 36.7 25.8 24.2 17.1
Thailand 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.1 10.7 7.4 7.5 8.3 7.3 5.6
EUROPE 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.5
Croatia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Malta 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
Slovenia 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.5
COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE 14.7 18.2 18.8 15.2 15.6 15.3 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.7 7.2 7.3
Bulgaria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Czech Republic - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 - 2.6 2.4 1.9 2.2 1.9
Czechoslovakia (former) 0.1 - - - - - 3.0 - - - - -
Estonia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0
Hungary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.1
Poland 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.3
Romania 4.3 3.1 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3
Russian Federation 10.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Slovakia - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2


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