TABLE 11 |
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JAPAN: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
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(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
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Sources, 2002 |
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United |
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Commodity |
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2001 |
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2002 |
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States |
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Other, principal |
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METALS |
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|
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Alkali and alkaline-earth metals |
|
|
|
288 |
|
13,440 |
|
3,402 |
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China 8,280; Russia 1,020; France 218. |
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Aluminum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
2,050,567 |
r |
1,872,834 |
|
-- |
|
Australia 1,029,115; Indonesia 732,184; India 64,953. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
88,519 |
|
84,920 |
|
5,409 |
|
Australia 65,286; China 6,894;
Germany 3,351. |
|
Ash
and residue |
|
|
|
1,331 |
|
514 |
|
-- |
|
Russia 233; Republic of Korea 101;
China 80. |
|
Metal including alloys: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrap |
|
|
120,829 |
|
133,374 |
|
37,004 |
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Australia 13,194; United
Kingdom 9,399; Saudi Arabia 7,956. |
Unwrought |
thousand tons |
|
2,611 |
|
2,575 |
|
5 |
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Russia 680; New Zealand 197; Brazil 191. |
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Antimony: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
20 |
|
21 |
|
-- |
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China 20; Austria 1. |
|
Oxides |
|
|
|
7,382 |
|
7,112 |
|
52 |
|
China 6,215; Taiwan 580; Mexico 182. |
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Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
7,372 |
|
6,920 |
|
-- |
|
China 6,900; Thailand 19. |
|
Arsenic,
metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
220,621 |
r |
226,507 |
|
6,347 |
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China 161,015; Norway 14,927;
Australia 14,195. |
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Beryllium,
metal including alloys, all forms |
|
13 |
|
9 |
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(2) |
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Mainly from China. |
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Bismuth, metal including
alloys, all forms |
|
|
241 |
|
474 |
|
100 |
|
China 229; Peru 146; Belgium 76. |
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Cadmium,
metal including alloys, all forms |
|
2,723 |
|
3,002 |
|
(2) |
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Republic of Korea 1,185; Canada 503;
Peru 286. |
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Chromium: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
411,120 |
|
354,928 |
|
-- |
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South Africa 189,132; India 144,120; Iran 10,999. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
4,970 |
|
3,797 |
|
353 |
|
China 1,622; Kazahkstan 1,240. |
|
Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
3,480 |
|
2,922 |
|
555 |
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China 1,262; United Kingdom 283;
France 514. |
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Cobalt: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
-- |
|
20 |
|
-- |
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Australia 10; Netherlands 10. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
1,484 |
r |
2,505 |
|
93 |
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Belgium 1,768; Finland 568. |
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Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
7,973 |
|
9,827 |
|
152 |
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Canada 2,032; Finland 1,977;
Australia 1,781. |
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Columbium and tantalum,
tantalum metal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
251 |
|
132 |
|
33 |
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Thailand 38; China 31; Germany 6. |
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Copper: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Ore and concentrate |
thousand tons |
|
4,112 |
|
4,249 |
|
-- |
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Chile 1,527; Indonesia 1,015; Papua New Guinea 374. |
|
Matte including cement copper |
|
|
|
1,956 |
|
1,651 |
|
-- |
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Vietnam 708; Taiwan 360; Malaysia 331. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
3,732 |
|
2,787 |
|
1,708 |
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Malaysia 474; Vietnam 158; Republic
of Korea 140. |
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Sulfate |
|
|
|
741 |
|
674 |
|
4 |
|
Taiwan 240; China 206; Thailand 150. |
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Ash and residue containing copper |
|
|
|
4,020 |
|
2,448 |
|
343 |
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Malaysia 1,386; Republic of Korea
325; Philippines 150. |
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Metal including alloys: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Scrap |
|
|
|
142,702 |
|
125,709 |
|
28,037 |
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Philippines
20,437; Singapore 20,034; Malaysia 13,538. |
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Unwrought |
|
|
|
167,242 |
|
127,387 |
|
645 |
|
Peru 3,494; Indonesia 3,100; Chile
2,994. |
|
Semimanufactures |
|
|
|
58,738 |
|
60,091 |
|
1,944 |
|
Republic of Korea 20,224; Malaysia 12,568; Taiwan 5,898. |
|
Germanium,
metal including alloys, all forms |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
-- |
|
Mainly from China. |
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Gold: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waste and sweepings |
|
|
|
238 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
Metal including alloys, unwrought and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
partly wrought |
|
kilograms |
|
43,231 |
|
84,706 |
|
3,724 |
|
Australia
37,913; Switzerland 12,077; Uzbekistan 6,667. |
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Iron and
steel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iron ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
excluding roasted pyrite |
thousand tons |
|
126,297 |
r |
129,088 |
|
-- |
|
Australia 74,280; Brazil 25,019; India 15,504. |
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Metal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrap |
|
do. |
|
151,030 |
r |
178,623 |
|
7,520 |
|
Republic of Korea 56,332; Taiwan 42,156; Russia 16,459. |
|
Pig iron, cast iron, related
materials |
do. |
|
318,772 |
r |
267,379 |
|
1,099 |
|
China 83,103; Brazil 55,335; North
Korea 36,558. |
|
Ferroalloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ferrochromium |
|
|
739,687 |
|
783,371 |
|
(2) |
|
South Africa 442,167;
Kazahkstan 139,510; China 29,777. |
Ferromanganese |
|
|
|
54,549 |
|
58,053 |
|
-- |
|
China
32,484; South Africa 17,015; Republic of Korea 4,359.
|
|
Ferromolybdenum |
|
|
|
3,873 |
|
3,993 |
|
-- |
|
China 3,773; Chile 220. |
|
Ferronickel |
|
|
|
45,470 |
|
50,058 |
|
(2) |
|
New Caledonia 31,925; Indonesia
6,668; Dominica 5,770. |
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See footnotes at
end of table. |
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TABLE
11--Continued |
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JAPAN: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
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(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
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Sources, 2002 |
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|
United |
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|
Commodity |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
States |
|
Other, principal |
|
METALS--Continued |
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Iron and
steel--Continued: |
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|
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|
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Metal--Continued: |
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|
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|
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Ferroalloys--Continued: |
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Ferrosilicochromium |
|
|
|
3,493 |
|
2,812 |
|
-- |
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China 2,750; Zimbabwe 62. |
|
Ferrosilicomanganese |
|
|
|
218,405 |
|
254,269 |
|
-- |
|
China 200,552; Australia 22,061; Ukraine 15,906. |
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Ferrosilicon |
|
|
|
472,840 |
|
463,304 |
|
2 |
|
Russia 95,044; Brazil 49,550; Ukraine 8,668. |
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Ferrotungsten |
|
|
|
826 |
|
546 |
|
-- |
|
All from China. |
|
Silicon metal
|
|
|
|
184,771 |
|
189,723 |
|
120 |
|
China 154,287; Norway 14,914;
Australia 14,182. |
|
Unspecified |
|
|
|
33,787 |
|
34,351 |
|
10 |
|
France 17,407; Brazil 11,780; China
11,329. |
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Lead: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
186,136 |
|
155,109 |
|
65,871 |
|
Australia 55,400; Peru 13,495; Bolivia 6,496. |
|
Oxides |
|
|
|
37,301 |
|
26,244 |
|
57 |
|
China 15,657; Taiwan 6,194; Malaysia
1,160. |
|
Metal including alloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unwrought |
|
|
|
45,208 |
|
17,223 |
|
2 |
|
China 15,261; Peru 797; Mexico 470. |
|
Semimanufactures |
|
|
|
2,397 |
|
2,293 |
|
3 |
|
China 1,278; France 687; United
Kingdom 160. |
|
Lithium,
oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
1,312 |
|
1,019 |
|
699 |
|
China 228; Russia 57; Taiwan 35. |
|
Magnesium,
metal including alloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrap |
|
|
|
790 |
|
1,065 |
|
1 |
|
Taiwan 836; Republic of Korea 207; China 20. |
|
Unwrought |
|
|
|
33,665 |
|
35,106 |
|
32 |
|
China 28,887; Norway 3,218; Canada
2,359. |
|
Semimanufactures |
|
|
|
3,350 |
|
5,326 |
|
212 |
|
China 4,780; Russia 207. |
|
Manganese: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oxides and dioxides |
|
|
|
2,155 |
|
2,598 |
|
(2) |
|
China 1,583; Belgium 626; South Africa 200. |
|
Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
52,748 |
|
45,779 |
|
1,077 |
|
China 37,033; South Africa 7,400;
Costa Rica 180. |
|
Mercury |
|
|
|
11 |
|
7 |
|
(2) |
|
Mainly from Algeria. |
|
Molybdenum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roasted |
|
|
|
31,687 |
|
30,140 |
|
1,088 |
|
Chile 13,259; Mexico 4,600; Canada 3,990. |
|
Unroasted |
|
|
|
60 |
|
50 |
|
-- |
|
Austria 30; China 20. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
1,492 |
|
1,166 |
|
267 |
|
Chile 513; China 327; Taiwan 18. |
|
Metal including alloys,
semimanufactures, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
all forms |
|
|
|
882 |
|
630 |
|
70 |
|
Austria 207; China 203; Uzbekistan 22. |
|
Nickel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
4,419,916 |
r |
4,507,335 |
|
-- |
|
Mainly from Indonesia. |
|
Matte |
|
|
|
117,349 |
|
101,450 |
|
-- |
|
Indonesia 75,267; Australia 26,182. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
60 |
|
106 |
|
12 |
|
Canada
67; Finland 27. |
|
Metal including alloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrap |
|
|
|
16,040 |
|
14,033 |
|
2,553 |
|
Russia 3,266; Zimbabwe 2,466; Republic of Korea 1,001. |
|
Unwrought |
|
|
|
28,762 |
|
41,299 |
|
15 |
|
Australia 11,234; Russia 8,155;
Norway 4,064. |
|
Semimanufactures |
|
|
|
11,289 |
|
12,123 |
|
1,032 |
|
Canada 4,769; United Kingdom 4,465;
Russia 855. |
|
Platinum-group metals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waste and sweepings |
|
|
|
339 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
Metal including alloys, unwrought and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
partly wrought: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Palladium, value |
thousands |
|
$10,046 |
r |
$5,163 |
|
$621 |
|
Russia $1,311; Germany $412; Netherlands $50. |
|
Platinum |
|
thousand grams |
|
53,031 |
r |
53,807 |
|
2,888 |
|
South Africa 39,733;
Germany 3,949; United Kingdom 2209. |
Rhodium |
|
do. |
|
4,759 |
r |
6,081 |
|
615 |
|
South Africa 4,588; United Kingdom 396; Hong Kong 54. |
|
Iridium, osmium, ruthenium |
|
do. |
|
6,991 |
r |
8,015 |
|
570 |
|
South Africa 6,507; Germany 396; United Kingdom 270. |
|
Rare-earth
metals including alloys, all forms |
|
3,346 |
|
4,985 |
|
17 |
|
China 4,947; Estonia 18; Belgium 2. |
|
Selenium |
|
|
|
18 |
|
26 |
|
-- |
|
Philippines 19; Belgium 5; United
Kingdom 2. |
|
Silicon,
high-purity |
|
|
|
6,271 |
|
6,052 |
|
3,723 |
|
Germany 852; United Kingdom 798;
China 344. |
|
Silver: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
14,813 |
|
10,149 |
|
-- |
|
Peru 8,156; Chile 1,993. |
|
Metal including alloys, unwrought and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
partly wrought |
|
|
|
1,388 |
r |
1,469 |
|
342 |
|
Mexico 315; Republic of Korea 258; Peru 192. |
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See footnotes at
end of table. |
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TABLE
11--Continued |
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JAPAN: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
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(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
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|
Sources, 2002 |
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|
|
|
United |
|
|
|
Commodity |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
States |
|
Other, principal |
|
METALS--Continued |
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|
|
|
Tin, metal including alloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
14 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
Metal including alloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrap |
|
|
|
36 |
|
88 |
|
-- |
|
Republic of Korea 46; China 23; Thailand 14. |
|
Unwrought |
|
|
|
24,144 |
|
26,519 |
|
17 |
|
Indonesia 11,893; China 9,858; Thailand 2,856. |
|
Semimanufactures |
|
|
|
369 |
|
625 |
|
6 |
|
Thailand 363; Singapore 189; Republic
of Korea 25. |
|
Titanium: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
112,802 |
|
385,223 |
|
40 |
|
Vietnam 116,487; Australia 152,443; India 34,390. |
|
Oxides |
|
|
|
14,298 |
|
9,106 |
|
235 |
|
China 5,580; Republic of Korea 2,053;
France 601. |
|
Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
10,333 |
|
11,074 |
|
2,844 |
|
Russia 3,910; Kazakhstan 3,420;
Ukraine 460. |
|
Tungsten: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
951 |
|
887 |
|
-- |
|
Russia 787; Portugal 80; Netherlands 20. |
|
Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
1,418 |
|
1,057 |
|
46 |
|
China 642; Germany 97; Taiwan 47. |
|
Uranium and
thorium, metal including alloys, all forms |
|
767 |
|
20 |
|
-- |
|
All from Vietnam. |
|
Vanadium,
metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
3,638 |
|
3,981 |
|
(2) |
|
Australia 1,080; South Africa 1,012. |
|
Ash and residue containing zinc |
|
|
|
127 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
230 |
|
217 |
|
147 |
|
Mainly from Germany. |
|
Zinc: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
thousand tons |
|
1,164 |
|
1,008 |
|
144 |
|
Australia 359; Peru 193; Canada 86. |
|
Oxides |
|
|
|
13,874 |
|
15,680 |
|
230 |
|
China 6,939; Republic of Korea 5,902; Taiwan 1,332. |
|
Blue
powder |
|
|
|
1,532 |
|
973 |
|
(2) |
|
Singapore 473; Republic of Korea 256;
China 144. |
|
Ash and residue containing zinc |
|
|
|
31,165 |
|
19,952 |
|
2,575 |
|
Taiwan 8,631; Republic of Korea
6,922; Philippines 1,038. |
|
Metal including alloys: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrap |
|
|
|
31 |
|
45 |
|
-- |
|
Republic of Korea 29; Philippines 16. |
|
Unwrought |
|
|
|
63,580 |
|
23,112 |
|
(2) |
|
Peru 11,271; China 8,349;
Canada 2,412. |
|
Semimanufactures |
|
|
|
4,130 |
|
5,979 |
|
51 |
|
China 3,111; Belgium 1,055; Republic
of Korea 367. |
|
Zirconium: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore and concentrate |
|
|
|
84,124 |
|
74,757 |
|
1,660 |
|
Australia 45,345; South Africa 25,405; Russia 2,170. |
|
Metal including alloys, all forms |
|
|
|
557 |
|
580 |
|
348 |
|
France 219; Sweden 2; United Kingdom
2. |
|
INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abrasives,
n.e.s.: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural, corundum, emery, pumice, etc. |
|
|
17,056 |
|
22,036 |
|
3,180 |
|
India 9,864; China 7,037; Republic of Korea 327. |
|
Artificial: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corundum |
|
|
|
162,405 |
|
143,877 |
|
432 |
|
China 126,168; Austria 5,219; Australia 5,032. |
|
Silicon carbide |
|
|
|
68,519 |
|
57,831 |
|
34 |
|
China 53,055; Brazil 2,165; Norway
951. |
|
Dust and powder of precious and semiprecious stones |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
including diamonds, value |
|
thousands |
|
$9 |
r |
$21 |
|
$18 |
|
Mainly from China. |
|
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones |
|
5,200 |
|
5,563 |
|
155 |
|
China 3,293; Thailand 1,373; Taiwan 134. |
|
Asbestos,
crude |
|
|
|
79,463 |
|
43,390 |
|
2,154 |
|
Canada 24,430; Zimbabwe 11,265;
Brazil 2,974. |
|
Barite and
witherite |
|
|
|
94,272 |
|
79,959 |
|
310 |
|
China 75,176; North Korea 4,297;
Thailand 176. |
|
Boron: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude natural borates |
|
|
|
44,679 |
|
34,480 |
|
20 |
|
Turkey 29,930; Russia 4,530. |
|
Oxides and acids |
|
|
|
555 |
|
427 |
|
391 |
|
Russia 36. |
|
Cement |
|
|
|
1,183,529 |
r |
824,029 |
|
222 |
|
Republic of Korea 798,802; France
12,393; China 10,981. |
|
Clays,
crude: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bentonite |
|
|
|
200,022 |
|
208,798 |
|
133,901 |
|
China
37,937; Canada 35,218; New Zealand 786.
|
|
Chamotte or dinas earth |
|
|
|
15,388 |
|
6,892 |
|
-- |
|
China 3,011; South Africa 1,944;
Republic of Korea 1,749. |
|
Fire clay |
|
|
|
9,989 |
|
5,786 |
|
1,720 |
|
China 4,064; Brazil 2. |
|
Fuller's earth |
|
|
|
9,140 |
|
10,075 |
|
6,293 |
|
China 3,348; Australia 434. |
|
Kaolin |
|
|
|
1,381 |
r |
1,286 |
|
895 |
|
Brazil 231; Indonesia 55; China 53. |
|
Unspecified |
|
|
|
152,695 |
|
159,855 |
|
2,363 |
|
China 156,024; Czech Republic 601. |
|
Cryolite and
chiolite |
|
|
|
53 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
|
|
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|
TABLE
11--Continued |
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JAPAN: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
|
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
United |
|
|
|
Commodity |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
States |
|
Other, principal |
|
INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS--Continued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diamond,
natural: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gem, not set or strung |
|
carats |
|
31,651 |
r |
22,750 |
|
4,610 |
|
United
Kingdom 7,447; Israel 4,734; Belgium 2,412. |
|
Industrial stones |
|
thousand carats |
|
1,534 |
|
3,344 |
|
118 |
|
Ireland 3,121; United Kingdom 36;
Belgium 34. |
|
Dust and powder |
|
do. |
|
92,436 |
|
99,575 |
|
17,455 |
|
Ireland 31,739; Ukraine 4,660; Republic of Korea 4,438. |
|
Diatomite
and other infusorial earth |
|
|
|
7,427 |
|
6,889 |
|
5,117 |
|
China 1,730; Netherlands 23; Germany 10. |
|
Feldspar |
|
|
|
1,366 |
|
2,049 |
|
-- |
|
Malaysia 916; India 636; China 477. |
|
Fluorspar |
|
|
|
519,221 |
|
397,039 |
|
-- |
|
China 358,864; Mexico 23,131;
Thailand 7,000. |
|
Fertilizer
materials: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude, n.e.s. |
|
|
|
57,635 |
|
33,712 |
|
6 |
|
China 14,474; Indonesia 13,758; Canada 473. |
|
Manufactured: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ammonia |
|
|
|
20,505 |
|
85,886 |
|
1,230 |
|
Taiwan 57,456;
Singapore 27,200. |
|
Phosphatic |
|
|
|
139,713 |
|
161,697 |
|
47,868 |
|
China 102,025; Republic of Korea 9,199; Israel 2,500. |
|
Potassic |
|
|
|
930,053 |
r |
952,986 |
|
292,544 |
|
Canada 334,732; Russia 98,281;
Germany 64,677. |
|
Unspecified and mixed |
|
|
|
1,999,129 |
r |
2,153,422 |
|
768,372 |
|
Canada 334,732; Jordan 263,979; China
149,396. |
|
Graphite,
natural |
|
|
|
143,540 |
|
105,074 |
|
266 |
|
China 101,098; Sri Lanka 1,657. |
|
Gypsum and
plaster |
|
|
|
1,983,225 |
|
1,922,296 |
|
405 |
|
Australia
940,118; Thailand 734,760; Mexico 242,535. |
|
Iodine |
|
|
|
273 |
|
375 |
|
1 |
|
Mainly from Chile. |
|
Lime |
|
|
|
17,675 |
|
9,861 |
|
-- |
|
Thailand 8,000; China 1,799. |
|
Magnesium
compounds: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Magnesite, crude |
|
|
|
1,870 |
|
2,524 |
|
-- |
|
North Korea 1,378; China 1,026. |
|
Oxides and hydroxides |
|
|
|
26,689 |
|
17,956 |
|
209 |
|
China 9,264;
Israel 4,426; Republic of Korea 1,722. |
|
Other |
|
|
|
476 |
|
636 |
|
-- |
|
All from China. |
|
Mica: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude including splittings and waste |
|
|
|
47,902 |
|
47,488 |
|
340 |
|
China 32,343; India 6,028; Canada 2,844. |
|
Worked including agglomerated splittings |
|
236 |
|
186 |
|
8 |
|
Belgium 78; China 31; Switzerland 22. |
|
Nitrates,
crude |
|
|
|
22,024 |
|
11,368 |
|
-- |
|
Chile 11,200; China 100. |
|
Phosphates,
crude |
|
|
|
770,645 |
r |
844,527 |
|
21,854 |
|
China 365,348; South Africa 222,248;
Morocco 102,877. |
|
Phosphorus |
|
|
|
26,541 |
|
28,213 |
|
38 |
|
China 27,610; Netherlands 498;
Germany 62. |
|
Pigments, mineral: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural
crude |
|
|
|
252 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
Iron oxides and hydroxides, processed |
|
|
|
54,460 |
|
21,842 |
|
1,840 |
|
China 11,311; Germany 5,512; Republic
of Korea 1,779. |
|
Potassium salts |
|
|
|
72 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
NA. |
|
Precious and
semiprecious stones, other than |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
diamond: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural |
|
|
|
672 |
|
1,148 |
|
14 |
|
Brazil 581; China 295; South Africa 162. |
|
Synthetic |
|
kilograms |
|
50,706 |
|
40,138 |
|
10,724 |
|
China 13,746; Austria 5,645; Republic
of Korea 3,522. |
|
Pyrite,
unroasted |
|
|
|
9,773 |
|
7,109 |
|
-- |
|
Mainly from China. |
|
Quartz
crystal, piezoelectric |
|
kilograms |
|
150,588 |
|
62,206 |
|
14,259 |
|
Brazil 20,000; Malaysia 9,725; China
8,325. |
|
Salt and
brine |
|
thousand tons |
|
7,866 |
|
7,428 |
|
2 |
|
Mexico 3,637; Australia 3,102; India
392. |
|
Stone, sand and gravel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dimension stone: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude and partly worked |
|
do. |
|
268 |
|
161 |
|
1 |
|
China 35; India 24; South Africa 20. |
|
Worked |
|
do. |
|
1,542 |
|
1,583 |
|
3 |
|
China 1,437; Italy 41; Spain 15. |
|
Dolomite, chiefly refractory-grade |
|
|
|
273 |
|
258 |
|
29 |
|
Taiwan 140; Malaysia 59. |
|
Gravel and crushed rock |
|
|
|
11,044 |
r |
16,703 |
|
3,532 |
|
Guam 4,701; Republic of Korea 3,411;
Taiwan 889. |
|
Limestone other than dimension |
|
thousand tons |
|
2,673 |
|
2,003 |
|
-- |
|
Taiwan 1,174; Australia 563; Republic
of Korea 246. |
|
Quartz and quartzite |
|
|
|
108,538 |
|
122,503 |
|
2,797 |
|
Republic of Korea 50,977; India 39,066; China 21,357. |
|
Sand other than metal-bearing and sand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and gravel |
|
thousand tons |
|
7,273 |
|
6,028 |
|
2 |
|
China 4,131; Australia 1,410; Taiwan 290. |
|
Sulfur: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elemental: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude including native and byproduct |
|
|
488 |
|
888 |
|
-- |
|
China 568; Republic of Korea 320. |
|
Colloidal, precipitated, sublimed |
|
|
|
1,198 |
|
1,245 |
|
-- |
|
Republic of Korea 1,178; France 62. |
|
Sulfuric acid |
|
|
|
2 |
|
8,316 |
|
1 |
|
Republic of Korea 8,314; Taiwan 1. |
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
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TABLE
11--Continued |
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JAPAN: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
|
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
United |
|
|
|
Commodity |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
States |
|
Other, principal |
|
INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS--Continued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Talc,
steatite, soapstone, pyrophyllite |
|
|
|
362,623 |
|
322,592 |
|
2,676 |
|
China 270,134; Australia 46,310. |
|
Vermiculite,
perlite, chlorite |
|
|
|
193,303 |
|
192,013 |
|
729 |
|
China 175,072; South Africa
13,330. |
|
Other, slag
and dross, not metal-bearing |
|
|
|
778,149 |
|
706,802 |
|
34,690 |
|
Republic of Korea 210,794; Taiwan
185,753. |
|
NA Not Available.
rRevised. --Zero. |
|
1Data presented in this table are from Japan Exports and Imports
Commodity by Country, 2001 and 2002.
Table prepared by Regina Coleman, International Data Unit. |
2Less than 1/2 unit. |
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