Table 2. 4. 2 : Natural
borates
Imports
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 | 569.5 | 533.6 | 666.4 | 667.1 | 785.6 | 776.7 | 156.6 | 133.0 | 154.1 | 162.3 | 178.8 | 179.5 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 430.1 | 395.8 | 502.2 | 495.3 | 569.1 | 540.7 | 126.1 | 104.9 | 120.5 | 121.3 | 130.9 | 122.9 |
| AMERICA | 21.2 | 9.5 | 52.9 | 73.9 | 79.6 | 67.9 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 12.3 |
| Canada | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| United States | 20.5 | 8.7 | 52.6 | 73.4 | 79.5 | 67.6 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.8 | 12.2 |
| EUROPE | 351.3 | 340.3 | 389.3 | 362.7 | 417.4 | 398.6 | 94.3 | 76.6 | 88.5 | 87.7 | 96.4 | 86.1 |
| European Union 15 | 351.0 | 340.1 | 389.0 | 362.6 | 417.3 | 398.4 | 94.1 | 76.4 | 88.3 | 87.6 | 96.2 | 85.9 |
| Austria | 16.2 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 29.1 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 33.9 | 19.7 | 54.7 | 36.6 | 51.1 | 50.5 | 13.3 | 6.6 | 15.7 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 13.7 |
| Denmark | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Finland | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| France | 37.1 | 36.3 | 58.0 | 61.3 | 49.3 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 2.1 |
| Germany | 68.5 | 30.3 | 43.2 | 31.3 | 42.3 | 41.3 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 9.6 |
| Greece | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ireland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Italy | 98.2 | 119.6 | 105.7 | 96.0 | 104.4 | 119.2 | 24.0 | 25.4 | 22.6 | 24.3 | 25.8 | 25.6 |
| Netherlands | 16.6 | 13.0 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Portugal | 4.0 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Spain | 56.8 | 57.7 | 55.0 | 77.7 | 93.9 | 95.0 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 19.8 |
| Sweden | 3.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| United Kingdom | 12.9 | 22.1 | 25.5 | 14.3 | 28.0 | 22.0 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 4.2 |
| Other Europe | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Norway | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Switzerland | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| ASIA | 52.9 | 40.3 | 53.4 | 52.3 | 60.3 | 49.8 | 22.3 | 17.2 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 21.8 | 17.8 |
| Japan | 52.9 | 40.3 | 53.4 | 52.3 | 60.3 | 49.8 | 22.3 | 17.2 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 21.8 | 17.8 |
| OCEANIA | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 21.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 5.8 |
| Australia | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 21.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
| New Zealand | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 93.9 | 88.9 | 117.6 | 125.2 | 155.3 | 184.9 | 27.9 | 24.6 | 29.9 | 37.0 | 42.9 | 53.5 |
| AMERICA | 44.5 | 47.4 | 63.5 | 51.2 | 71.0 | 85.0 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 13.8 | 21.2 |
| Brazil | 36.6 | 35.4 | 44.4 | 36.5 | 57.2 | 73.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 18.4 |
| Chile | 1.4 | 6.9 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Colombia | 4.0 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Ecuador | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mexico | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Uruguay | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Venezuela | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| AFRICA | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| North Africa | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Tunisia | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| ASIA | 31.5 | 30.9 | 31.0 | 46.5 | 48.3 | 61.5 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 24.6 |
| Other Asia | 31.5 | 30.9 | 31.0 | 46.5 | 48.3 | 61.5 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 24.6 |
| China | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 12.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| Hong Kong, China | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| India | 14.7 | 12.3 | 7.1 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Indonesia | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Korea, Republic of | 3.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| Malaysia | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Singapore | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 7.8 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 7.5 |
| EUROPE | 17.6 | 10.1 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 35.3 | 37.7 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Slovenia | 17.6 | 10.1 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 35.3 | 37.7 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 45.5 | 48.9 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 61.2 | 51.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
| Bulgaria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Czech Republic | - | 5.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | - | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| Latvia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Poland | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Romania | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Russian Federation | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 55.2 | 46.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 |