SOUTHEASF ASIA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988  453TABLE 1 7—Continued

 
PHILIPPINES: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES' 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987 
 
Sources, 1987 
 
 
 
United 
States 
. 
Other (pnncupal) 
METALS—Continued 
7 
3 
— 
All from Japan. 
Other: 
 
 
 
 
Ores and concentrates 
 
 
 
 
Oxides and hydroxides 
5,386 
5,253 
— 
Belgium-Luxembourg 3,216; China 1079. 
Ashes and residues 
38,535 
66740 
267 
Japan 66,353. 
Base metals including alloys, all forms 
30 
1 51 
42 
Hong Kong 48; China 30. 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
244 
61 1 
20 
Hong Kong 190; China 180; Netherlands 
148. 
Abrasives, n.e.s.: 
 
 
 
 
Natural: Corundum, emery, pumice, etc. 
 
 
 
 
Artificial: 
63 
21 
— 
Austria 18; Japan 2. 
Corundum 
 
 
 
 
Silicon carbide 
51 
37 
5 
Hong Kong 23; Brazil 7. 
Dust and powder of precious and semiprecious 
 
 
 
 
stones including diamond grams 
1 50 
— 
 
 
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones 
788 
1 336 
270 
Republic of Korea 327; Hong Kong 181. 
Asbestos, crude 
1 151 
1 ,91 1 
202 
Canada 1 165; U.S.S.R. 425. 
Barite and witherite 
43 
2,257 
21 
Thailand 1 265; Singapore 436. 
Boron materials: Oxides and acids 
174 
300 
97 
France 130; Italy 72. 
Bromine including fluorine and iodine 
4 
6 
2 
West Germany 3. 
Cement 
14,033 
289,182 
2,603 
Republic of Korea 131 248; Indonesia 87,000. 
Chalk 
24 
86 
— 
West Germany 64; Taiwan 22. 
Clays, crude 
19,291 
26,816 
9,131 
Indonesia 3,694; Malaysia 2,016. 
Cryolite and chiolite kilograms 
500 
— 
 
 
Diamond: Industrial stones: 
1 067,31 1 
226,862 
 
Belgium-Luxembourg 89,187; Ireland 54,150; Italy 50,000. 
Natural carats 
 
 
— 
 
Synthetic do. 
— 
4,700 
— 
All from Australia. 
Diatomite and other infusorial earth 
407 
796 
236 
Taiwan 264; Japan 224. 
Feldspar, fluorspar, related materials 
1 535 
6,516 
49 
Thailand 4,147; India 674. 
Fertilizer materials: 
12 
 
 
 
Crude, n.e.s. 
 
— 
 
 
Manufactured: 
139,254 
166,370 
3,469 
Indonesia 103,623; Qatar 18,052; Kuwait 15,018. 
Ammonia 
 
 
 
 
Nitrogenous 
720,402 
792,751 
52,198 
Indonesia 136,288; Kuwait 112,574. 
Phosphatic 
760 
6,056 
1 140 
Japan 4,432. 
Potassic 
86,590 
1 70,137 
1 0,902 
Canada 66,875; Israel 33,000. 
Unspecified and mixed 
52,860 
951 
18 
Norway 390; Japan 238. 
Graphite, natural 
122 
365 
1 
Republic of Korea 1 77; China 125. 
See footnotes at end of tat~e.