Table 2. 6. 8 : Natural potassium salts
Imports
SITC Rev.3 : 272.4
HS : 3104.10

  Quantity (thousand tons) Value (million US $)
  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
WORLD 389.0 202.0 141.7 187.5 351.2 237.1 35.6 14.0 13.9 20.0 36.8 24.9
DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES 113.3 71.6 88.9 122.1 139.0 108.6 10.3 4.7 6.9 12.2 14.8 9.3
AMERICA 0.6 7.0 4.5 4.3 33.2 30.5 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 3.5 2.1
Canada 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United States 0.6 6.8 4.5 4.3 33.2 30.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 3.5 2.1
EUROPE 112.7 64.6 84.4 117.7 105.8 78.1 10.3 4.1 6.4 11.7 11.3 7.2
European Union 15 112.2 64.5 84.4 117.2 103.8 74.7 10.2 4.1 6.4 11.6 11.0 6.7
Austria 11.4 3.0 13.3 15.8 7.1 5.1 1.2 0.3 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.2
Belgium-Luxembourg 34.3 35.6 32.2 33.1 27.3 28.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.3
Denmark 0.4 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
France 45.8 0.2 9.5 38.1 40.3 12.7 5.4 0.0 1.1 5.6 5.4 1.4
Germany 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ireland 1.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italy 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
Netherlands 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.3 2.4 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Sweden 3.0 2.7 4.0 2.5 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0
United Kingdom 12.1 18.2 22.5 24.4 26.4 25.4 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.5
Other Europe 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 2.0 3.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5
Norway 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Switzerland 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 2.0 3.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5
SOUTH AFRICA 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES 10.4 13.7 38.6 52.9 188.4 125.3 2.8 1.6 6.3 7.4 21.5 15.5
AMERICA 7.9 12.7 6.8 11.8 6.8 10.6 1.8 1.3 2.3 3.0 1.8 2.7
Costa Rica 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ecuador 4.2 12.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.7 1.9 1.0 0.9
Nicaragua 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 3.1 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5 1.5
Suriname 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3
Trinidad and Tobago 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AFRICA 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
North Africa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Egypt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ASIA 2.5 1.0 31.8 40.8 173.4 113.9 1.0 0.3 4.0 4.4 18.8 12.7
West Asia 2.0 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2
Bahrain 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oman 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Saudi Arabia 1.9 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Other Asia 0.5 0.5 30.2 40.4 172.8 113.3 0.2 0.1 3.5 4.2 18.6 12.5
China 0.1 0.0 0.0 40.1 172.5 110.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.2 18.6 11.8
India 0.0 0.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indonesia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Sri Lanka 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwan, Province of China 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1
Croatia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE 265.3 116.7 14.2 12.5 23.8 3.2 22.5 7.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.1
Czech Republic - 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czechoslovakia (former) 0.5 - - - - - 0.1 - - - - -
Poland 263.3 115.0 11.9 11.5 23.5 3.2 22.1 7.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1
Russian Federation 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0
Slovakia - 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


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