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 |
Last Updated on 15.01.99
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