Table 2. 2. 4 : Asbestos-cement
Imports
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 637.7 618.4 669.6 699.8 769.0 821.2 315.9 246.9 264.8 310.1 322.0 341.0
DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES 448.1 313.6 340.9 343.4 391.7 423.1 235.5 162.6 176.5 189.9 204.2 205.2
AMERICA 16.2 25.4 23.8 32.2 71.2 45.4 10.9 15.7 13.7 17.2 30.6 19.6
Canada 2.4 5.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 1.6 3.3 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.9
United States 13.8 20.1 20.7 28.9 68.0 42.1 9.3 12.4 11.9 15.2 28.8 17.7
EUROPE 417.1 275.6 300.2 292.0 301.9 363.2 213.0 136.5 150.8 159.4 158.7 172.3
European Union 15 408.9 266.9 292.1 284.5 293.3 352.3 204.7 129.0 143.8 152.8 152.1 165.2
Austria 15.5 17.6 17.2 18.5 14.8 13.0 9.6 9.2 9.5 11.7 9.3 12.0
Belgium-Luxembourg 62.5 58.8 54.4 52.3 43.2 46.1 25.0 23.1 20.1 24.2 18.8 19.3
Denmark 5.0 3.2 7.9 9.6 15.3 21.0 5.0 3.2 7.9 5.2 7.2 7.8
Finland 4.3 3.7 3.0 2.2 1.5 2.5 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.5
France 135.0 65.1 72.6 81.2 97.2 158.4 48.6 24.8 29.0 36.0 46.2 66.9
Germany 31.9 19.8 21.5 24.3 20.9 24.6 25.6 14.3 15.5 19.4 17.2 16.7
Greece 5.0 0.6 0.5 1.2 3.1 0.9 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.9 0.6
Ireland 15.2 6.5 10.5 5.8 3.4 3.3 8.1 3.7 5.3 4.0 3.1 1.6
Italy 12.2 7.2 7.4 4.6 16.8 9.8 6.3 3.6 4.0 3.8 7.2 4.5
Netherlands 51.4 27.8 30.0 29.7 26.0 24.6 31.8 15.7 16.3 18.4 15.8 13.6
Portugal 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.9 4.8 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.6
Spain 2.5 2.5 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.0
Sweden 11.5 10.6 10.2 8.4 7.9 7.4 7.0 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.6 4.6
United Kingdom 71.2 59.9 71.3 62.7 52.4 52.0 41.3 31.6 36.2 32.4 25.5 26.5
Other Europe 8.2 8.7 8.1 7.5 8.6 10.9 8.3 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.6 7.1
Faeroe Isl. 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Iceland 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Norway 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.2
Switzerland 6.3 6.9 5.9 6.3 7.2 9.5 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.8
SOUTH AFRICA 2.0 1.6 4.0 5.3 6.4 5.0 0.8 0.5 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.0
ASIA 12.3 10.8 12.6 13.6 11.3 8.4 10.0 9.5 9.8 10.6 9.6 7.7
Israel 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Japan 11.5 10.7 12.5 13.6 11.3 7.5 9.4 9.5 9.8 10.6 9.6 7.1
OCEANIA 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.9 3.3 3.6
Australia 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.8 2.1
New Zealand 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.5 1.5
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES 115.1 119.8 134.6 170.6 176.2 250.7 66.0 61.1 61.5 88.0 81.0 103.1
AMERICA 18.1 23.3 38.2 51.2 57.1 89.3 12.1 8.7 12.1 15.0 18.3 23.6
Argentina 0.7 1.4 0.3 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.4
Barbados 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Belize 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Bolivia 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4
Brazil 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.9 2.0 5.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.7
Chile 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9
Colombia 0.1 0.7 1.3 2.7 3.2 5.8 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.9 1.5
Costa Rica 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.5
Ecuador 0.2 0.3 7.6 11.9 18.6 28.8 0.1 0.1 2.3 3.0 4.6 6.0
El Salvador 2.3 3.1 6.6 9.4 11.0 10.7 0.7 1.0 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.2
French Guiana 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Guadeloupe 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Guatemala 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6
Honduras 0.3 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3
Jamaica 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Martinique 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mexico 2.2 0.7 3.0 2.0 1.5 3.0 1.6 0.6 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.4
Nicaragua 0.2 3.3 1.6 8.2 5.4 15.3 4.0 0.9 0.5 1.3 1.3 3.3
Panama 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8
Paraguay 2.2 2.8 6.5 3.3 2.7 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8
Peru 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3
Suriname 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Uruguay 1.4 2.3 4.1 4.0 2.9 4.5 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0
Venezuela 4.7 3.7 2.0 2.2 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
AFRICA 23.0 15.0 13.5 14.6 14.0 12.0 15.7 9.1 8.6 11.3 8.6 7.3
North Africa 5.4 3.2 2.3 3.6 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.5 1.9 3.7 2.0 2.0
Algeria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Egypt 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 2.1 0.3 0.4
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Morocco 3.4 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 17.6 11.8 11.2 11.0 11.3 9.7 13.0 6.6 6.7 7.6 6.6 5.3
Cameroon 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
Ethiopia 4.4 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.2 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.3 1.3
Gabon 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.6
Ghana 3.9 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 5.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7
Madagascar 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Mauritius 1.5 1.7 0.5 0.3 3.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 1.7 0.5
Reunion 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Senegal 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Togo 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9
Zimbabwe 2.3 0.1 0.3 1.4 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.2 0.5 2.0 0.2 0.2
ASIA 70.9 79.3 79.1 98.5 89.2 130.1 37.1 42.8 39.8 59.8 50.3 67.5
West Asia 48.9 47.1 38.9 45.8 37.3 44.5 21.6 19.7 14.8 21.5 12.9 14.5
Bahrain 1.7 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Cyprus 6.2 2.5 0.7 4.3 1.6 2.8 4.3 1.9 0.4 2.3 0.8 1.2
Jordan 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kuwait 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.1
Oman 12.6 17.7 10.2 9.9 12.6 13.8 3.7 4.8 2.5 2.2 3.0 3.4
Qatar 3.4 1.4 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7
Saudi Arabia 4.5 2.5 4.9 7.4 2.4 2.4 4.3 2.0 4.2 8.5 2.0 2.0
Syrian Arab Republic 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.5 12.0 12.0 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.2 4.2
Turkey 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 5.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0
United Arab Emirates 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8
Other Asia 22.0 32.2 40.2 52.7 51.9 85.6 15.5 23.1 25.0 38.3 37.4 53.0
Brunei Darussalam 0.9 1.2 5.1 5.0 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.0 3.2 3.2 1.5 1.5
Bhutan 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
China 1.1 3.9 2.8 3.2 2.5 3.0 1.1 3.0 1.7 4.4 3.7 2.0
Hong Kong, China 3.8 10.1 7.3 8.2 6.6 9.6 2.7 5.6 5.8 7.0 7.0 11.2
India 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Indonesia 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.2 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.9
Korea, Republic of 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.4 1.3 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.4 3.6
Kyrgyzstan 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3
Malaysia 3.8 4.5 6.2 8.6 9.0 9.0 2.3 5.2 4.1 7.4 8.3 8.0
Mongolia 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Pakistan 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
Philippines 0.1 0.4 0.4 2.0 5.9 34.5 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.6 2.9 15.7
Singapore 1.6 1.8 3.9 6.5 2.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 2.6 4.0 1.4 0.8
Sri Lanka 1.7 2.0 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7
Taiwan, Province of China 5.2 4.1 12.1 16.7 19.1 20.5 1.8 1.9 4.3 7.3 8.0 8.6
Thailand 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.0
EUROPE 3.1 2.2 3.8 6.3 15.9 19.3 1.1 0.5 1.0 1.9 3.8 4.7
Croatia 2.8 1.9 3.2 4.9 4.5 5.8 1.0 0.4 0.8 1.5 1.2 1.4
Slovenia 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.4 3.1 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.7
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.3 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.6
COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE 74.5 185.0 194.1 185.8 201.1 147.4 14.4 23.2 26.8 32.2 36.8 32.7
Albania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Czech Republic - 1.1 3.0 3.0 3.4 6.0 - 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.8 1.9
Czechoslovakia (former) 1.5 - - - - - 0.9 - - - - -
Estonia 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3
Hungary 4.0 7.5 9.6 10.2 8.5 5.2 2.6 4.0 5.7 7.8 9.0 6.4
Latvia 0.1 0.5 2.1 5.4 2.3 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4
Lithuania 0.0 2.0 12.9 7.3 9.8 13.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.1 1.7
Moldova, Republic of 2.0 5.0 10.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 0.3 0.8 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.8
Poland 25.0 79.4 81.2 58.8 37.7 36.2 6.0 9.5 10.3 11.8 12.0 12.1
Romania 0.5 57.6 43.4 43.8 73.1 57.5 0.2 4.1 3.3 3.2 5.2 4.1
Russian Federation 40.0 30.0 30.0 50.0 58.7 19.9 3.5 2.6 2.6 4.4 5.2 3.7
Slovakia - 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 - 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1


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