Table 2. 4. 1 : Natural
borates
Exports
SITC Rev.3 : 278.94
HS : 25.28
| Quantity (thousand tons, actual weight) | Value (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 733.3 | 708.9 | 753.1 | 828.7 | 855.2 | 925.7 | 169.5 | 149.9 | 154.3 | 177.8 | 191.6 | 217.9 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 64.3 | 51.6 | 52.0 | 69.7 | 65.6 | 101.1 | 30.0 | 18.3 | 19.2 | 28.6 | 27.8 | 44.4 |
| AMERICA | 22.6 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 29.2 | 20.6 | 35.5 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 23.6 |
| United States | 22.6 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 29.2 | 20.6 | 35.5 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 23.6 |
| EUROPE | 40.9 | 27.3 | 28.2 | 40.3 | 44.9 | 65.6 | 17.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 20.8 |
| European Union 15 | 40.9 | 27.3 | 28.2 | 40.3 | 44.9 | 65.6 | 17.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 20.8 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 19.1 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 23.6 | 28.5 | 35.9 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 12.2 |
| Finland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| France | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Germany | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Italy | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 20.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Netherlands | 13.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Spain | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Sweden | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| United Kingdom | 0.7 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ASIA | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Japan | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 669.0 | 657.3 | 701.0 | 759.0 | 789.6 | 824.6 | 139.5 | 131.6 | 135.0 | 149.2 | 163.8 | 173.5 |
| AMERICA | 44.6 | 55.9 | 78.2 | 75.0 | 89.6 | 124.1 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 18.8 | 28.4 |
| Argentina | 7.5 | 14.2 | 21.3 | 39.5 | 55.0 | 70.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 17.0 |
| Bolivia | 21.4 | 22.1 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 17.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| Chile | 9.0 | 11.6 | 21.9 | 17.6 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Peru | 6.7 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 20.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
| ASIA | 624.4 | 601.4 | 622.8 | 684.0 | 700.0 | 700.5 | 131.4 | 120.8 | 121.1 | 134.1 | 145.0 | 145.1 |
| West Asia | 623.0 | 600.0 | 622.3 | 683.6 | 700.0 | 700.0 | 130.9 | 120.5 | 120.9 | 133.8 | 145.0 | 145.0 |
| Turkey | 623.0 | 600.0 | 622.3 | 683.6 | 700.0 | 700.0 | 130.9 | 120.5 | 120.9 | 133.8 | 145.0 | 145.0 |
| Other Asia | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| China | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Singapore | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Czech Republic | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Russian Federation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |