World exports and imports by country and region

Table 1.1
World exports and imports of minerals and metalsª by country and region

  Exports (fob) Imports (cif)
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
(million US$)
WORLD (b) 117'841 110'062 125'817 164'926 156'091 164'506 131'052 121'256 142'668 186'661 171'750 183'795
DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES 77'657 70'943 80'260 102'964 97'478 102'258 94'557 83'465 100'814 128'964 115'965 123'886
AMERICA 19'596 18'041 20'292 27'187 25'078 26'485 16'964 17'161 21'042 26'098 24'985 27'296
Canada 9'657 8'718 9'807 12'754 12'309 12'827 3'493 3'613 4'333 5'419 5'161 5'575
United States 9'939 9'324 10'485 14'433 12'769 13'658 13'471 13'548 16'709 20'679 19'824 21'722
EUROPE 42'149 38'232 44'283 56'492 51'814 54'414 59'664 49'345 60'829 78'328 69'552 73'770
European Union 15 37'520 34'254 39'404 50'572 46'177 48'257 56'322 45'990 56'903 73'611 65'058 68'666
Austria 1'259 1'070 1'278 1'960 1'719 1'942 1'877 1'571 2'144 2'505 2'261 2'622
Belgium-Luxembourg 4'305 3'946 4'556 5'964 5'038 5'401 5'779 4'612 5'832 7'363 6'236 6'719
Denmark 376 332 418 605 468 473 657 538 678 878 825 857
Finland 896 825 967 1'218 1'258 1'461 1'105 998 1'314 1'632 1'700 1'769
France 5'479 4'712 5'668 6'810 6'272 6'019 7'701 5'802 7'190 9'537 8'166 8'658
Germany 10'275 9'247 10'472 13'393 11'877 12'527 14'948 10'987 14'237 18'221 14'999 16'102
Greece 622 592 621 691 801 819 404 448 479 580 719 831
Ireland 436 439 443 491 502 560 449 451 564 690 641 662
Italy 2'230 2'043 2'500 3'254 3'200 3'089 7'543 6'140 7'766 10'120 8'901 9'163
Netherlands 3'297 3'320 3'562 4'866 4'132 4'349 3'579 3'362 3'951 5'609 4'697 4'959
Portugal 395 318 346 421 329 328 552 403 510 694 623 673
Spain 1'620 1'519 1'728 2'139 2'389 2'600 3'003 2'504 3'395 4'447 4'174 4'200
Sweden 1'790 1'556 1'777 2'310 2'198 2'314 1'636 1'437 1'945 2'366 2'076 2'118
United Kingdom 4'542 4'337 5'068 6'451 5'994 6'377 7'090 6'737 6'898 8'970 9'040 9'334
Other Europe 4'629 3'978 4'880 5'920 5'637 6'157 3'342 3'356 3'926 4'717 4'495 5'105
Faeroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 3 3 3
Iceland 150 133 176 217 202 234 62 51 54 80 82 65
Norway 2'845 2'482 2'899 3'641 3'435 3'455 1'648 1'510 1'938 2'203 2'251 2'225
Switzerland 1'635 1'363 1'805 2'062 2'000 2'468 1'629 1'792 1'932 2'431 2'158 2'812
SOUTH AFRICA 3'056 2'975 3'110 3'791 4'380 4'574 295 306 340 638 614 590
ASIA 3'094 3'246 3'687 4'951 4'725 5'124 16'721 15'760 17'536 22'648 19'621 21'013
Israel 178 175 212 267 253 268 382 385 457 629 568 599
Japan 2'916 3'071 3'476 4'684 4'472 4'855 16'338 15'375 17'079 22'019 19'053 20'413
OCEANIA 9'762 8'448 8'888 10'543 11'481 11'662 914 892 1'067 1'252 1'193 1'217
Australia 9'332 8'016 8'380 9'883 10'875 11'080 556 505 648 764 711 782
New Zealand 430 432 507 660 606 582 358 387 418 489 482 435
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES 32'364 30'574 35'100 46'857 43'585 47'723 32'578 33'919 37'876 51'954 49'511 53'296
AMERICA 14'798 13'642 15'517 20'779 19'539 21'267 3'965 3'887 4'482 5'923 5'563 6'673
Antigua & Barbuda 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Argentina 143 152 208 342 278 407 432 387 457 548 613 654
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3
Bahamas 22 22 23 25 22 22 2 2 2 3 3 3
Barbados 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 5 6 9 9 10
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1
Bolivia 376 309 318 371 351 381 14 25 30 36 27 29
Brazil 4'302 4'129 4'209 4'785 4'798 5'020 1'009 1'007 1'203 1'840 1'505 1'797
Chile 4'513 3'912 4'800 7'493 6'926 7'831 113 141 172 331 208 233
Colombia 139 114 145 66 63 62 250 271 302 325 330 377
Costa Rica 17 20 21 28 33 33 48 51 54 60 49 50
Cuba 290 266 220 350 400 415 80 75 65 60 60 60
Dominica 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dominican Republic 181 130 184 227 220 200 30 28 28 32 29 30
Ecuador 5 5 8 9 9 8 44 37 54 78 59 68
El Salvador 15 20 20 23 22 26 40 40 41 47 43 40
French Guiana 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 3 3
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Guadeloupe 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 7 11 15 15 15
Guatemala 4 6 6 9 11 13 31 32 31 39 33 50
Guyana 97 91 76 83 87 89 2 2 2 2 2 2
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Honduras 20 7 7 3 15 31 20 20 17 21 21 29
Jamaica 607 553 620 712 697 738 19 18 20 25 23 25
Martinique 1 1 2 3 2 2 9 9 11 11 10 10
Mexico 1'308 1'316 1'412 2'277 1'938 2'072 1'251 1'241 1'491 1'706 1'956 2'620
Netherlands Antilles 11 10 10 12 10 12 6 6 6 7 6 7
Nicaragua 3 14 8 4 6 7 4 4 5 6 7 13
Panama 3 3 4 15 9 11 23 25 33 57 36 36
Paraguay 1 1 2 3 3 5 15 17 24 23 22 23
Peru 1'478 1'365 1'739 2'270 2'209 2'408 29 35 44 63 56 51
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 3 3
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Suriname 285 308 413 357 371 375 8 8 11 7 8 8
Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 2 6 9 12 60 34 76 94 91 89
Uruguay 8 7 10 14 11 18 28 28 32 34 39 46
Venezuela 965 877 1'047 1'290 1'034 1'062 363 317 239 425 284 280
AFRICA 4'846 4'177 4'158 4'571 4'368 4'341 1'733 1'568 1'587 1'966 1'827 1'812
North Africa 957 678 884 928 977 1'045 1'156 950 999 1'288 1'211 1'154
Algeria 43 31 28 43 76 75 190 154 140 155 123 96
Egypt 381 167 284 241 210 194 291 270 320 441 475 457
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 110 92 97 90 90
Morocco 479 423 507 546 600 705 344 240 248 346 285 285
Sudan 2 2 3 4 2 2 8 8 8 9 8 9
Tunisia 52 55 62 94 88 69 218 168 191 240 229 218
Sub-Saharan Africa 3'889 3'499 3'273 3'643 3'391 3'296 577 619 587 678 616 658
Angola 15 15 17 20 30 28 3 4 4 5 5 5
Benin 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Botswana 162 159 146 168 198 164 3 3 4 4 4 4
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
Burundi 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Cameroon 97 95 98 129 112 120 75 75 77 61 46 50
Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central African Republic 3 3 4 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 3 3
Chad 5 5 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo 17 18 20 20 18 18 7 7 8 8 7 8
Côte d'Ivoire 9 9 9 10 9 9 18 18 19 22 38 40
Democratic Rep. of the Congo 556 365 357 380 320 305 7 7 7 8 7 7
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethiopia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3
Gabon 208 157 151 205 206 190 8 8 10 13 10 10
Gambia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ghana 241 185 221 270 230 240 78 73 75 80 92 95
Guinea 510 530 361 397 412 403 3 3 3 4 4 4
Guinea Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 32 40 42 51 55 55 36 40 39 58 49 55
Liberia 29 6 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
Madagascar 18 16 12 24 46 18 3 3 2 4 3 3
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 10 10 9 9
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 1 1
Mauritania 164 193 186 213 210 230 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mauritius 1 1 2 3 4 7 12 14 12 17 26 25
Mozambique 15 15 12 12 9 11 5 5 5 7 11 15
Namibia 236 226 220 216 206 213 5 5 5 6 5 5
Niger 172 162 151 160 140 130 8 7 7 9 8 8
Nigeria 2 3 3 5 18 18 140 135 128 130 120 125
Reunion 1 0 1 1 1 1 13 13 17 24 21 22
Rwanda 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Saint Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 62 57 50 50 53 44 16 20 20 23 21 20
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sierra Leone 35 29 24 13 13 12 2 2 2 2 2 2
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Swaziland 8 8 7 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Togo 76 45 69 70 90 95 6 6 6 7 6 7
Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
United Republic of Tanzania 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 8 7 7
Zambia 1'017 985 904 980 780 750 40 70 50 75 50 50
Zimbabwe 189 164 194 220 205 208 45 58 42 58 37 54
ASIA 11'228 11'510 13'981 19'812 18'293 20'705 26'156 27'790 31'058 43'106 41'138 43'767
West Asia 1'965 2'119 2'317 2'965 2'625 2'904 3'020 3'563 3'703 4'626 4'657 5'019
Bahrain 525 690 741 899 852 842 150 140 178 173 242 250
Cyprus 4 4 6 6 10 20 46 35 38 46 45 39
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 150 153 180 163 137 88 280 230 200 220 230 240
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 7
Jordan 213 214 185 191 224 207 46 60 67 95 87 80
Kuwait 17 34 42 37 33 34 66 99 113 130 135 137
Lebanon 14 14 15 15 14 15 55 60 80 115 120 130
Oman 54 71 93 108 98 111 31 67 79 101 98 100
Qatar 5 3 4 5 5 5 64 46 73 80 72 75
Saudi Arabia 145 184 218 277 170 220 702 776 815 860 899 920
Syrian Arab Republic 45 16 28 23 28 36 58 53 60 80 73 75
Turkey 428 398 475 714 564 663 1'080 1'391 1'389 2'092 2'067 2'357
United Arab Emirates 364 337 330 525 488 660 431 595 600 620 575 600
Yemen 2 2 2 2 2 2 11 10 10 10 9 9
Other Asia 9'263 9'391 11'664 16'847 15'669 17'801 23'136 24'227 27'355 38'481 36'482 38'748
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2
Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2
Azerbaijan 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 25 20 20 18 18
Bangladesh 2 2 2 2 2 2 159 185 170 150 171 180
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 1 1 1 13 13 13 15 14 14
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
China 1'441 1'519 2'253 3'078 2'712 3'794 3'825 4'026 3'903 5'861 6'260 6'862
Georgia 2 3 5 8 9 10 6 6 7 10 9 12
Hong Kong, China 333 316 338 421 406 386 2'327 2'133 2'349 4'052 4'128 4'360
India 946 910 993 1'137 1'201 1'212 1'646 1'223 2'133 2'506 2'608 2'267
Indonesia 1'436 1'298 1'661 2'711 2'835 2'531 1'153 1'213 1'242 1'878 1'657 1'593
Kazakstan 718 739 763 1'120 1'052 1'375 70 70 50 40 36 40
Korea, Dem. People's Republic of 170 120 104 97 80 80 98 75 68 80 70 70
Korea, Republic of 637 629 919 1'266 1'173 1'903 4'726 5'309 6'202 8'492 7'738 8'612
Kyrgyzstan 15 15 30 48 32 33 10 10 10 10 10 10
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 0 0 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1
Macau 2 3 1 1 1 4 21 86 23 10 11 12
Malaysia 626 583 742 997 962 820 1'309 1'558 1'824 2'482 2'434 2'310
Mongolia 244 215 247 360 254 280 0 0 0 1 3 3
Myanmar 9 5 5 11 13 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
Nepal 1 1 1 1 1 1 39 34 40 40 36 35
Pakistan 16 14 11 13 21 16 316 284 242 306 321 250
Philippines 569 500 538 745 646 625 504 540 691 923 1'018 1'025
Singapore 982 1'076 1'353 2'336 2'037 2'210 1'638 1'858 1'967 2'838 2'264 2'801
Sri Lanka 19 21 21 16 9 6 43 47 50 41 37 37
Taiwan, Province of China 782 890 1'155 1'572 1'446 1'660 3'843 3'871 4'556 6'210 5'329 6'192
Tajikistan 57 284 221 305 222 220 110 110 78 100 100 100
Thailand 193 196 241 523 484 554 1'206 1'492 1'663 2'321 2'123 1'857
Turkmenistan 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Uzbekistan 54 47 53 66 61 60 5 10 13 15 13 15
Viet Nam 4 4 4 5 5 6 35 45 37 70 65 65
OCEANIA 724 673 679 794 525 421 27 28 30 36 34 33
Christmas Island 7 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fiji 1 1 2 2 2 2 7 7 11 13 12 12
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 6 5 5
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nauru 28 23 22 21 20 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 136 123 111 176 202 209 4 4 4 4 4 4
Papua New Guinea 553 519 540 589 293 182 8 8 8 10 9 9
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 2
Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
EUROPE 769 573 765 901 861 990 698 645 720 924 948 1'010
Croatia 221 63 127 110 98 112 175 141 84 191 197 212
Malta 7 6 7 8 6 6 30 29 34 30 27 35
Slovenia 203 179 223 283 278 334 286 249 338 412 385 435
TFYR Macedonia 87 125 207 240 205 200 57 37 44 50 50 50
Yugoslavia, Fed.Rep. of 252 200 200 260 273 338 150 190 220 240 290 278
COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE 7'819 8'545 10'457 15'106 15'028 14'525 3'917 3'872 3'978 5'742 6'274 6'614
Albania 21 16 15 15 26 20 10 9 9 12 10 14
Bulgaria 209 317 384 508 470 475 192 147 180 297 290 250
Belarus 1 25 21 25 25 25 14 20 12 18 18 18
Czech Republic - 426 409 456 541 491 - 426 409 916 972 988
Czechoslovakia (former) 290 - - - - - 825 - - - - -
Estonia 3 18 25 57 48 90 10 10 20 35 40 90
Hungary 447 352 440 636 572 585 359 332 496 665 677 721
Latvia 2 4 6 12 13 36 9 9 11 19 27 49
Lithuania 29 18 50 135 84 79 18 39 52 145 119 117
Moldava Rep. of 4 5 7 22 14 9 3 3 5 13 14 17
Poland 1'492 1'253 1'380 1'662 1'423 1'505 552 403 510 952 1'036 1'178
Romania 177 152 230 275 261 376 225 232 267 367 424 385
Russian Federation 4'640 5'300 6'557 10'250 10'511 9'740 1'500 1'690 1'456 1'526 1'888 2'038
Slovakia - 190 244 303 398 395 - 320 315 479 440 440
Ukraine 505 470 690 750 643 700 200 233 237 300 320 310

a/ SITC Rev.3 : 27 + 28 + 522.66 + 68
b/ Owing to major changes in the country groupings, 1992 data are not strictly comparable to 1993-1997 data.
Italics : provisional , including estimates by the Secretariat.

Last Updated on 15.01.99
By OM
Email: olivier.matringe@unctad.org

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