Table 2. 9. 1 : Graphite,
natural
Exports
SITC Rev.3 : 278.22
HS : 25.04
| Quantity (thousand tons, actual weight) | Value (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 295.9 | 275.4 | 327.4 | 382.3 | 309.4 | 339.4 | 128.7 | 115.5 | 128.8 | 165.1 | 126.1 | 124.3 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 68.2 | 62.2 | 75.7 | 115.3 | 76.1 | 93.2 | 56.8 | 50.6 | 59.1 | 79.7 | 51.7 | 47.8 |
| AMERICA | 41.3 | 38.8 | 42.0 | 80.9 | 46.6 | 65.5 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 25.8 | 33.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Canada | 21.1 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 43.6 | 20.6 | 25.8 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 15.7 |
| United States | 20.2 | 17.4 | 20.3 | 37.3 | 26.0 | 39.7 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 17.9 | 14.6 | 20.5 |
| EUROPE | 24.6 | 21.1 | 29.6 | 30.7 | 26.1 | 24.5 | 22.4 | 17.2 | 20.8 | 29.1 | 21.7 | 20.4 |
| European Union 15 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 19.0 | 17.4 | 21.0 | 15.7 | 19.2 | 27.5 | 20.2 | 19.0 |
| Austria | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Denmark | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Finland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| France | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Germany | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 8.3 |
| Italy | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Netherlands | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Portugal | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spain | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Sweden | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| United Kingdom | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Other Europe | 3.5 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Norway | 3.5 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Switzerland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| ASIA | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 12.9 |
| Japan | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 12.9 |
| OCEANIA | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Australia | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 222.4 | 208.9 | 247.9 | 262.8 | 229.3 | 242.7 | 70.7 | 62.6 | 67.2 | 82.4 | 71.1 | 74.2 |
| AMERICA | 23.3 | 23.9 | 25.6 | 27.0 | 27.9 | 29.4 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 16.8 |
| Brazil | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 14.5 |
| Mexico | 14.3 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| AFRICA | 22.5 | 19.3 | 21.8 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
| North Africa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Egypt | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Morocco | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.5 | 19.3 | 21.8 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 10.0 |
| Madagascar | 10.7 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 11.8 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| ASIA | 176.5 | 165.7 | 200.5 | 210.1 | 175.6 | 187.9 | 46.8 | 40.5 | 45.1 | 55.2 | 45.3 | 47.3 |
| West Asia | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Other Asia | 176.3 | 164.6 | 199.5 | 209.0 | 169.6 | 181.9 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 45.0 | 55.1 | 44.7 | 46.7 |
| China | 154.9 | 145.4 | 181.8 | 193.6 | 158.4 | 170.8 | 40.9 | 35.1 | 40.1 | 50.4 | 41.2 | 43.4 |
| India | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Republic of | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Korea, Republic of | 11.6 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Malaysia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Singapore | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| EUROPE | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Croatia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| Czech Republic | - | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | - | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hungary | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Poland | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Romania | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Russian Federation | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 |