Table 2. 2. 2 : Asbestos
Imports
SITC Rev.3 : 278.4
HS : 25.24
| Quantity (thousand tons, actual weight) | Value (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 1176.4 | 1141.4 | 1194.9 | 1259.3 | 1195.8 | 1053.4 | 605.9 | 555.2 | 546.3 | 562.3 | 524.8 | 459.4 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 442.2 | 364.9 | 356.2 | 336.3 | 292.9 | 250.1 | 220.7 | 178.4 | 166.6 | 164.4 | 143.3 | 126.6 |
| AMERICA | 32.9 | 31.7 | 26.8 | 22.2 | 30.8 | 21.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Canada | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| United States | 31.6 | 30.8 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 30.4 | 20.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| EUROPE | 151.9 | 110.0 | 116.6 | 111.0 | 72.2 | 42.5 | 91.2 | 65.1 | 61.3 | 60.2 | 42.6 | 24.8 |
| European Union 15 | 151.3 | 109.6 | 116.5 | 111.0 | 72.2 | 42.5 | 90.6 | 64.8 | 61.2 | 60.2 | 42.6 | 24.8 |
| Austria | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 13.4 | 9.6 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| Denmark | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| France | 35.9 | 34.6 | 34.9 | 48.2 | 20.5 | 0.1 | 20.2 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 23.5 | 11.7 | 0.1 |
| Germany | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Greece | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Ireland | 3.8 | 4.5 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 |
| Italy | 36.2 | 17.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Netherlands | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Portugal | 11.3 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Spain | 25.4 | 23.4 | 32.6 | 25.4 | 27.0 | 25.0 | 15.8 | 13.9 | 18.9 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.0 |
| Sweden | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| United Kingdom | 10.3 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
| Other Europe | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Switzerland | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| ASIA | 246.2 | 212.5 | 201.4 | 193.7 | 179.4 | 176.0 | 111.8 | 99.7 | 92.7 | 93.1 | 88.4 | 89.6 |
| Israel | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Japan | 242.3 | 209.8 | 199.8 | 191.5 | 177.9 | 176.0 | 108.9 | 97.8 | 91.5 | 91.3 | 87.2 | 89.6 |
| OCEANIA | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Australia | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 643.7 | 697.9 | 741.1 | 799.8 | 791.0 | 737.0 | 358.1 | 358.1 | 360.9 | 376.3 | 358.8 | 317.3 |
| AMERICA | 118.6 | 133.1 | 124.3 | 125.0 | 111.9 | 116.5 | 83.3 | 80.9 | 73.8 | 73.6 | 67.3 | 67.4 |
| Argentina | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| Bolivia | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Brazil | 16.0 | 34.6 | 32.8 | 43.5 | 31.9 | 38.9 | 10.5 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 26.4 | 19.3 | 22.4 |
| Chile | 13.4 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| Colombia | 19.8 | 26.8 | 17.8 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 16.7 | 14.1 | 17.8 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 9.6 |
| Cuba | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Ecuador | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| El Salvador | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Guatemala | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Martinique | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mexico | 35.3 | 25.5 | 35.3 | 19.2 | 29.3 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 14.1 | 20.8 | 10.8 | 17.0 | 16.3 |
| Nicaragua | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Panama | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Paraguay | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Peru | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Uruguay | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Venezuela | 1.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| AFRICA | 62.4 | 54.4 | 56.3 | 52.0 | 65.1 | 44.2 | 40.7 | 33.2 | 33.6 | 30.3 | 31.5 | 25.8 |
| North Africa | 40.2 | 32.0 | 34.2 | 30.9 | 48.9 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 22.3 | 22.9 | 20.2 | 26.4 | 20.6 |
| Algeria | 12.2 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 7.1 |
| Egypt | 13.5 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 29.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 13.3 | 7.0 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Morocco | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Tunisia | 8.9 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.2 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.1 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Ghana | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Kenya | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Nigeria | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Senegal | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Zambia | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| ASIA | 449.7 | 498.4 | 548.7 | 613.9 | 606.2 | 570.1 | 226.6 | 237.7 | 248.3 | 268.5 | 256.3 | 221.5 |
| West Asia | 82.6 | 83.3 | 82.6 | 86.8 | 89.5 | 95.6 | 37.3 | 37.0 | 36.4 | 37.9 | 29.1 | 32.9 |
| Cyprus | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 39.6 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 |
| Kuwait | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Oman | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Turkey | 25.1 | 20.7 | 19.1 | 25.5 | 26.9 | 33.8 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 15.8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Other Asia | 367.1 | 415.1 | 466.1 | 527.1 | 516.7 | 474.5 | 189.3 | 200.7 | 211.9 | 230.6 | 227.2 | 188.6 |
| Bangladesh | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| China | 5.1 | 28.0 | 48.3 | 68.3 | 78.0 | 103.3 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 18.7 |
| Hong Kong, China | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| India | 50.0 | 73.9 | 85.5 | 91.9 | 84.4 | 70.2 | 35.1 | 40.4 | 45.3 | 49.0 | 44.9 | 38.0 |
| Indonesia | 30.6 | 38.9 | 43.6 | 50.2 | 48.3 | 41.8 | 15.9 | 21.2 | 23.6 | 28.0 | 27.2 | 21.6 |
| Korea, Republic of | 95.5 | 82.9 | 83.3 | 88.7 | 77.1 | 45.0 | 37.8 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 33.1 | 29.2 | 17.2 |
| Malaysia | 26.0 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 28.2 | 19.6 | 20.0 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 15.6 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Mongolia | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Pakistan | 10.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Philippines | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Singapore | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Sri Lanka | 6.5 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 10.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Thailand | 128.1 | 148.2 | 164.0 | 181.7 | 190.2 | 177.1 | 66.1 | 76.4 | 79.6 | 84.4 | 90.7 | 72.0 |
| EUROPE | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
| Croatia | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Slovenia | 5.5 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 |
| TFYR Macedonia | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Yugoslavia, Fed.Rep. of | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 90.5 | 78.6 | 97.6 | 123.2 | 111.9 | 66.3 | 27.1 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 15.5 |
| Albania | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Czech Republic | - | 7.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | - | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Hungary | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Latvia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Lithuania | 7.7 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Moldova, Republic of | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Poland | 34.4 | 22.2 | 33.5 | 31.3 | 15.7 | 22.9 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 5.0 |
| Romania | 19.7 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 27.5 | 39.1 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 1.8 |
| Russian Federation | 4.5 | 10.0 | 17.8 | 41.4 | 31.4 | 17.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| Slovakia | - | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 | - | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 |