Table 2. 6. 2 : Phosphate
rock, ground or not
Imports
SITC Rev.3 : 272.3
HS : 25.10
| Quantity (thousand tons, actual weight) | Value (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 30036.1 | 24748.6 | 28091.7 | 29564.5 | 30072.8 | 30632.5 | 1732.8 | 1284.6 | 1371.4 | 1532.7 | 1584.4 | 1674.7 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 17324.3 | 13287.3 | 14098.5 | 14768.7 | 14631.7 | 15031.4 | 874.1 | 667.0 | 656.4 | 727.2 | 734.0 | 768.5 |
| AMERICA | 2699.1 | 1741.7 | 1799.5 | 1893.7 | 1582.6 | 1987.6 | 102.9 | 77.9 | 69.8 | 77.7 | 67.1 | 85.0 |
| Canada | 1169.0 | 1207.3 | 1168.3 | 1182.9 | 1006.9 | 1083.4 | 46.7 | 45.6 | 38.3 | 39.2 | 33.9 | 40.1 |
| United States | 1530.1 | 534.4 | 631.2 | 710.8 | 575.7 | 904.2 | 56.2 | 32.3 | 31.5 | 38.5 | 33.2 | 44.9 |
| EUROPE | 11239.3 | 8315.3 | 8731.0 | 9261.7 | 9826.7 | 9669.1 | 547.3 | 381.1 | 381.7 | 426.5 | 463.2 | 495.5 |
| European Union 15 | 10647.0 | 7627.2 | 8105.4 | 8656.6 | 9144.9 | 9001.2 | 514.0 | 344.1 | 347.0 | 391.0 | 418.6 | 451.1 |
| Austria | 608.6 | 240.9 | 224.9 | 213.7 | 221.0 | 238.3 | 29.2 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 11.0 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 2068.8 | 1555.4 | 1609.0 | 1475.9 | 1626.8 | 1866.7 | 102.6 | 75.5 | 74.4 | 71.1 | 79.4 | 99.3 |
| Denmark | 87.0 | 90.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Finland | 65.7 | 43.9 | 57.0 | 83.0 | 125.0 | 81.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| France | 2231.9 | 1452.3 | 1559.9 | 1652.2 | 1706.0 | 1557.5 | 101.7 | 58.6 | 62.2 | 68.6 | 65.1 | 72.2 |
| Germany | 551.3 | 425.7 | 301.8 | 288.9 | 258.5 | 284.8 | 30.3 | 20.9 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 13.7 | 15.8 |
| Greece | 340.4 | 260.5 | 287.8 | 480.0 | 626.3 | 525.6 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 19.4 | 30.2 | 30.1 |
| Ireland | 11.2 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Italy | 530.1 | 224.5 | 255.3 | 271.4 | 231.7 | 142.2 | 27.0 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 6.9 |
| Netherlands | 1875.2 | 1780.3 | 1563.2 | 2094.7 | 1998.5 | 1945.0 | 83.0 | 74.6 | 61.8 | 88.6 | 88.0 | 94.5 |
| Portugal | 123.2 | 107.1 | 148.1 | 147.4 | 132.5 | 137.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Spain | 1808.1 | 1340.5 | 1901.0 | 1805.0 | 2107.9 | 2100.0 | 88.6 | 62.0 | 86.1 | 83.8 | 98.7 | 100.0 |
| Sweden | 121.4 | 61.0 | 103.8 | 74.6 | 61.0 | 66.8 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| United Kingdom | 224.1 | 42.2 | 74.8 | 52.2 | 27.5 | 38.5 | 13.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
| Other Europe | 592.3 | 688.1 | 625.6 | 605.1 | 681.8 | 667.9 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 34.7 | 35.5 | 44.6 | 44.4 |
| Iceland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Norway | 591.9 | 687.9 | 625.1 | 605.1 | 680.9 | 667.8 | 33.2 | 37.0 | 34.6 | 35.5 | 44.5 | 44.4 |
| Switzerland | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 318.7 | 320.0 | 625.0 | 460.0 | 495.6 | 500.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 16.3 | 17.6 |
| ASIA | 1453.2 | 1395.1 | 1194.1 | 1332.6 | 1178.2 | 1030.8 | 116.5 | 112.5 | 97.3 | 113.2 | 100.6 | 88.7 |
| Israel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Japan | 1453.2 | 1395.1 | 1194.1 | 1332.6 | 1178.2 | 1030.8 | 116.4 | 112.5 | 97.3 | 113.2 | 100.6 | 88.7 |
| OCEANIA | 1614.0 | 1515.2 | 1748.9 | 1820.7 | 1548.6 | 1843.9 | 99.9 | 87.1 | 90.5 | 95.8 | 86.8 | 81.7 |
| Australia | 771.8 | 680.0 | 955.0 | 1028.5 | 828.2 | 999.0 | 41.7 | 30.1 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 35.7 | 44.5 |
| New Zealand | 842.2 | 835.2 | 793.9 | 792.2 | 720.4 | 844.9 | 58.2 | 57.0 | 52.5 | 54.8 | 51.1 | 37.2 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 9594.4 | 8200.8 | 10132.2 | 10518.3 | 10984.7 | 11222.2 | 702.3 | 454.5 | 525.0 | 584.2 | 599.2 | 643.3 |
| AMERICA | 1113.2 | 1123.2 | 1917.4 | 2144.4 | 2655.3 | 2687.7 | 54.3 | 49.2 | 87.9 | 98.9 | 124.8 | 152.4 |
| Argentina | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Brazil | 304.8 | 404.3 | 563.0 | 532.7 | 998.5 | 788.3 | 14.5 | 19.2 | 27.8 | 28.9 | 41.2 | 47.5 |
| Chile | 21.4 | 25.3 | 31.8 | 53.8 | 34.3 | 19.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| Colombia | 81.4 | 72.9 | 56.9 | 87.5 | 50.5 | 80.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| Costa Rica | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Cuba | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Ecuador | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| El Salvador | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Guatemala | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Honduras | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Jamaica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mexico | 583.9 | 544.9 | 1177.7 | 1377.6 | 1487.3 | 1729.6 | 23.5 | 18.8 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 67.2 | 89.2 |
| Uruguay | 36.8 | 12.2 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 30.8 | 18.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Venezuela | 69.3 | 49.8 | 59.0 | 67.4 | 44.0 | 40.0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| AFRICA | 22.5 | 22.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 30.2 | 96.1 | 92.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| North Africa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 26.8 | 90.8 | 90.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
| Egypt | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 26.8 | 90.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.5 | 22.4 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Kenya | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Liberia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Reunion | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 18.0 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ASIA | 7786.3 | 6483.2 | 7710.4 | 7849.5 | 7823.6 | 7896.0 | 510.8 | 369.3 | 408.6 | 454.7 | 444.1 | 453.6 |
| West Asia | 1123.4 | 1166.0 | 1115.3 | 1145.3 | 1212.1 | 1552.8 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 39.5 | 39.1 | 41.6 | 63.3 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 197.2 | 195.5 | 229.0 | 250.0 | 280.0 | 280.0 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.0 |
| Jordan | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lebanon | 215.0 | 230.0 | 267.0 | 270.0 | 280.0 | 280.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Turkey | 706.1 | 736.5 | 615.6 | 620.7 | 645.8 | 986.8 | 28.0 | 28.8 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 42.5 |
| Other Asia | 6662.9 | 5317.2 | 6595.1 | 6704.2 | 6611.5 | 6343.2 | 465.9 | 324.6 | 369.1 | 415.6 | 402.5 | 390.3 |
| Bangladesh | 143.4 | 122.4 | 140.0 | 133.2 | 84.6 | 85.0 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| China | 128.7 | 112.3 | 137.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| India | 2230.9 | 1922.7 | 2540.1 | 2443.8 | 2038.2 | 2571.8 | 176.9 | 122.0 | 149.1 | 156.4 | 134.4 | 170.2 |
| Indonesia | 793.0 | 133.3 | 489.2 | 591.1 | 955.8 | 680.0 | 73.0 | 9.3 | 32.1 | 35.9 | 57.7 | 37.7 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Republic of | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Korea, Republic of | 1671.0 | 1646.2 | 1681.3 | 1658.8 | 1630.5 | 1645.5 | 101.7 | 93.2 | 89.9 | 94.3 | 95.1 | 93.3 |
| Malaysia | 433.2 | 351.6 | 465.5 | 538.9 | 650.0 | 520.0 | 26.2 | 30.2 | 25.6 | 30.4 | 36.9 | 29.0 |
| Pakistan | 270.8 | 278.3 | 256.9 | 261.5 | 212.3 | 163.5 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 11.1 |
| Philippines | 608.0 | 418.6 | 519.1 | 685.8 | 707.3 | 331.3 | 34.3 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 50.7 | 39.1 | 20.2 |
| Singapore | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 380.5 | 325.3 | 353.0 | 373.9 | 313.6 | 265.2 | 22.5 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 23.2 | 19.7 | 16.8 |
| Thailand | 1.0 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 79.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| EUROPE | 672.4 | 572.0 | 498.6 | 522.0 | 475.6 | 542.4 | 45.2 | 34.9 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 32.5 |
| Croatia | 292.9 | 240.5 | 220.0 | 259.3 | 248.0 | 279.8 | 23.8 | 15.6 | 11.4 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 16.9 |
| Slovenia | 35.6 | 42.3 | 17.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| TFYR Macedonia | 50.0 | 89.2 | 61.4 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of | 293.9 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 165.8 | 200.9 | 14.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 3117.4 | 3260.5 | 3861.0 | 4277.5 | 4456.4 | 4378.9 | 156.4 | 163.1 | 190.0 | 221.3 | 251.2 | 262.9 |
| Albania | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Bulgaria | 190.6 | 237.9 | 275.2 | 267.8 | 437.1 | 521.8 | 16.8 | 21.7 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 48.0 |
| Czech Republic | - | 87.1 | 76.1 | 96.6 | 74.3 | 78.8 | - | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 5.6 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 10.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Hungary | 0.0 | 2.7 | 30.9 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| Latvia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lithuania | 150.0 | 200.0 | 295.3 | 412.2 | 468.7 | 539.8 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 12.8 | 23.2 | 30.0 | 34.3 |
| Poland | 1114.6 | 929.8 | 1425.9 | 1706.7 | 1790.5 | 1751.6 | 49.4 | 37.6 | 54.3 | 68.2 | 78.5 | 84.9 |
| Romania | 938.6 | 989.7 | 830.8 | 733.3 | 683.2 | 480.3 | 42.0 | 39.2 | 34.6 | 31.8 | 32.6 | 25.5 |
| Russian Federation | 100.0 | 100.0 | 113.4 | 107.3 | 37.8 | 84.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Slovakia | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Ukraine | 600.0 | 700.0 | 800.0 | 890.0 | 900.0 | 900.0 | 36.0 | 43.0 | 50.0 | 58.0 | 59.0 | 60.0 |