TABLE 2NORTH KOREA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988
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NORTH KOREA: APPARENT EXPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES' 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987" 
Principal destinations, 1987 
METALS 
11,459 
6,998 
Japan 3,678; Hong Kong 2,247; Singapore 1,073. 
Aluminum: Metal including alloys, all forms 
 
 
 
Copper: Metal including alloys, all forms 
962 
949 
Japan 453; Singapore 427. 
Gold: Metal including alloys, unwrought~and partly wrought , troy ounces

27,301 
NA 
 
Iron and steel: Metal: 
25,1 60 
1 7,771 
Japan 1 7,751 ; Netherlands 20. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
Pig iron, cast iron, related materials 
73,206 
67,254 
Japan 66,295; Hong Kong 959. 
Ferroalloys 
4,298 
1 569 
All to Japan. 
Steel, primary forms 
1 07,873 
1 32,366 
Japan 81 681 ; Thailand 34,864~~ Phihppines 14,959. 
Semimanufactures: 
598 
27 
Italy 19; Japan 8. 
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections 
 
 
 
Universals, plates, sheets 
48,319 
57,779 
Hong Kong 25,563; Japan 20,664,; Philippines 10,768. 
Hoop and strip 
182 
20 
All to Singapore. 
Wire 
198 
19 
Cyprus 14; Singapore 5. 
Tubes, pipes, fittings 
166 
705 
Niger 671 ; Trinidad and Tobago 26. 
Castings and forgings, rough 
85 
1 1 
All to Japan. 
Lead: Metal including alloys, all forms 
1 5,483 
1 1 232 
Japan 1 0,205; Singapore 1027. 
Magnesium: Metal including alloys, all forms 
20 
107 
All to Japan. 
Platinum-group metals: Metals including alloys, unwrought and partly wrought
value, thousands 
$1 828 
— 
 
Silver: Metal including alloys, unwrought 
 and partly wrought do. 
$8,664 
$1 291 
Do. 
Zinc: 
1 1 033 
— 
 
Ore and concentrate 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys, all forms 
41 658 
52,707 
Japan 36,487; Singapore 12,148; Hong Kong 3,436. 
Other: 
10 
21 
All to Japan. 
Ores and concentrates 
 
 
 
Ashes and residues 
3,331 
4,1 1 7 
Japan 3,761 ; Hong Kong 356. 
Base metals including alloys, all forms 
15 
21 
All to Singapore. 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
 
19 
All to Philippines. 
Abrasives, n.e.s.: Grinding and polishing wheels and stones 
— 
 
 
Cement 
370 
50 
All to Japan. 
Clays, crude 
9,122 
2,491 
Do. 
Feldspar, fluorspar, related materials 
880 
607 
Do. 
Fertilizer materials: Manufactured: 
— 
4,000 
Do. 
Nitrogenous 
 
 
 
Unspecified and mixed 
— 
75 
All to Niger. 
Graphite, natural 
4,560 
6,51 1 
Japan 6,475; Austria 36. 
See footnotes at end of table.