TABLE 22—ContinuedSOUTHEAST ASIA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988
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THAILAND: EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987 
 
Destinations, 1987 
 
 
 
United 
States 
. 
Other (principal) 
METALS—Continued 
1 
21 
 
Mainly to Laos. 
Nickel: Metal including alloys, semimanufactures 
 
 
 
 
Silver: 
— 
36,000 
— 
All to Malaysia. 
Ore and concentrate kilograms 
 
 
 
 
Waste and sweepings3 do. 
1 58 
201 
— 
NA. 
Metal including alloys, unwrought and partly 
 
 
 
 
wrought value, thousands 
$2 
$477 
— 
Singapore $476. 
Tin: 
426 
895 
— 
Republic of Korea 560; Malaysia 268. 
Ore and concentrate 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
15,029 
13,670 
210 
Japan 5,052; Singapore 4,384. 
Unwrought 
 
 
 
 
Semimanufactures 
4,090 
1 
— 
All to Malaysia. 
Titanium: 
1 700 
NA 
 
 
Ore and concentrate 
 
 
 
 
Oxides 
— 
1 
— 
All to Laos. 
Tungsten: Ore and concentrate 
922 
1 179 
736 
West Germany 216; India 90. 
Zinc: 
1 1 0 
2,396 
 
Laos 650; Republic of Korea 200; Indonesia 
196. 
Ore and concentrate 
 
 
— 
 
Oxides 
167 
298 
— 
Japan 1 09; Singapore 85; Sri Lanka 62. 
Metal including alloys: 
27,825 
17,616 
— 
China 7,869; Malaysia 1,728; Philippines 1,366. 
Unwrought 
 
 
 
 
Semimanufactures 
808 
1 053 
— 
Laos 957; Singapore 67. 
Other: 
5,509 
35,477 
632 
Malaysia 27,126; Republic of Korea 5,660. 
Ores and concentrates 
 
 
 
 
Ashes and residues 
8,879 
7,505 
1 1 1 
West Germany 2,868; India 2,028. 
Base metals including alloys, all forms 
96 
124 
— 
Malaysia 60; Singapore 31. 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
 
 
 
 
Abrasives, n.e.s.: 
 
 
 
 
Dust and powder of precious and semiprecious 
 
 
 
 
stones including diamond value, thousands 
$6 
$12 
— 
Italy $8; United Kingdom $3. 
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones 
54 
103 
44 
Malaysia 31 ; Hong Kong 10. 
Asbestos, crude 
7 
6 
— 
All to Malaysia. 
Barite and witherite 
79,680 
47,706 
— 
Indonesia 23,510; Singapore 9,069. 
Cement 
41 534 
1 72,333 
500 
Philippines 53,700; Vietnam 41900. 
Chalk 
— 
42 
— 
All to Saudi Arabia. 
Clays, crude 
4,965 
10,821 
2 
Malaysia 1 636; Indonesia 360; unspecified 8,477. 
Diamond: Gem, not set or strung value, thousands 
$37,736 
$68,547 
$6,639 
Hong Kong $1 8,062; Belgium-Luxembourg $17,070. 
Diatomite and other infusorial earth 
30 
— 
 
 
See footnotes at end of tabe.