Table 2. 2. 3 :
Asbestos-cement
Exports
SITC Rev.3 : 661.83
HS : 68.11
| Quantity (thousand tons, actual weight) | Value (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 753.2 | 772.3 | 773.7 | 788.3 | 861.2 | 928.6 | 337.1 | 290.8 | 312.8 | 340.6 | 366.9 | 377.7 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 469.5 | 431.1 | 406.5 | 415.0 | 458.6 | 494.6 | 265.6 | 212.3 | 220.6 | 249.6 | 261.7 | 262.7 |
| AMERICA | 12.6 | 14.2 | 16.7 | 22.7 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| Canada | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| United States | 9.5 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 17.7 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| EUROPE | 435.4 | 395.8 | 362.7 | 349.1 | 385.5 | 439.1 | 245.1 | 190.0 | 197.4 | 218.2 | 224.7 | 231.2 |
| European Union 15 | 430.8 | 392.8 | 358.7 | 346.1 | 384.1 | 436.1 | 240.4 | 186.7 | 192.9 | 214.3 | 222.7 | 228.0 |
| Austria | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 117.9 | 94.7 | 105.4 | 102.7 | 111.1 | 136.5 | 80.9 | 63.3 | 71.2 | 82.2 | 81.2 | 88.2 |
| Denmark | 28.7 | 33.8 | 39.2 | 32.0 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 9.6 | 8.7 |
| Finland | 14.9 | 18.0 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 7.9 |
| France | 53.7 | 48.8 | 44.0 | 40.2 | 46.7 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 22.9 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 22.6 | 9.4 |
| Germany | 26.4 | 19.6 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 15.4 | 20.3 | 19.4 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 13.2 |
| Greece | 5.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Ireland | 12.4 | 21.5 | 39.0 | 36.7 | 32.1 | 14.5 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 6.6 |
| Italy | 98.5 | 105.4 | 55.2 | 49.1 | 88.9 | 132.3 | 41.6 | 31.8 | 24.2 | 22.2 | 38.7 | 51.8 |
| Netherlands | 36.0 | 29.5 | 10.7 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 6.0 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 1.7 |
| Portugal | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Spain | 16.2 | 10.8 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 20.8 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Sweden | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| United Kingdom | 15.4 | 5.0 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 20.5 | 47.1 | 12.6 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 28.8 |
| Other Europe | 4.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| Norway | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Switzerland | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| ASIA | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Japan | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| OCEANIA | 13.5 | 16.1 | 20.9 | 37.4 | 52.7 | 38.4 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 16.7 | 22.4 | 18.5 |
| Australia | 12.5 | 15.1 | 19.7 | 36.2 | 52.2 | 37.9 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 15.1 | 20.4 | 16.5 |
| New Zealand | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 208.0 | 274.5 | 281.8 | 279.7 | 289.1 | 310.8 | 58.7 | 65.7 | 75.1 | 74.3 | 82.9 | 87.2 |
| AMERICA | 74.3 | 138.2 | 101.6 | 118.8 | 141.7 | 155.2 | 18.8 | 26.6 | 26.7 | 30.6 | 34.9 | 41.4 |
| Argentina | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Brazil | 33.4 | 85.5 | 39.8 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 43.9 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| Chile | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Colombia | 18.1 | 25.8 | 25.0 | 30.5 | 28.0 | 34.9 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.8 |
| Costa Rica | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Ecuador | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| El Salvador | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Guatemala | 0.2 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Mexico | 11.7 | 11.2 | 19.6 | 25.6 | 49.7 | 48.7 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 14.1 | 13.5 |
| Nicaragua | 2.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Panama | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Peru | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Uruguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Venezuela | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| AFRICA | 8.8 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| North Africa | 5.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Morocco | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Tunisia | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.2 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Kenya | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Senegal | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 2.5 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| ASIA | 109.6 | 117.2 | 145.9 | 126.6 | 114.3 | 139.5 | 31.7 | 33.2 | 39.2 | 33.9 | 37.4 | 40.9 |
| West Asia | 53.1 | 54.8 | 55.3 | 26.9 | 21.6 | 41.3 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 14.2 |
| Jordan | 2.9 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Oman | 7.5 | 19.1 | 21.4 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 2.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5.4 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Turkey | 37.3 | 23.4 | 24.3 | 17.6 | 9.3 | 23.1 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 7.5 |
| Other Asia | 56.5 | 62.4 | 90.6 | 99.7 | 92.7 | 98.2 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 22.5 | 26.0 | 29.9 | 26.7 |
| China | 9.2 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 2.8 |
| India | 4.6 | 22.2 | 20.6 | 27.1 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Indonesia | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Korea, Republic of | 8.0 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Kyrgyystan | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Malaysia | 17.6 | 10.7 | 33.5 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| Singapore | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 1.0 |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Thailand | 5.5 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 29.2 | 30.0 | 42.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
| EUROPE | 15.3 | 11.4 | 25.4 | 22.3 | 22.6 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 2.1 |
| Croatia | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Slovenia | 13.7 | 10.7 | 23.2 | 19.6 | 14.6 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 75.7 | 66.7 | 85.4 | 93.6 | 113.5 | 123.2 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 22.3 | 27.8 |
| Czech Republic | - | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 24.7 | - | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 9.7 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 18.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hungary | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Latvia | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Lithuania | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Moldova, Republic of | 0.2 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Poland | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Romania | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Russian Federation | 50.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 50.1 | 47.0 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Slovakia | - | 6.0 | 12.4 | 15.3 | 19.9 | 12.2 | - | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| Ukraine | 1.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |