TABLE 4—Continued976  CANADA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988

CANADA: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986F 
1987 
 
Sources, 1987 
 
 
 
United 
States 
. 
Other (principal) 
METALS—Continued 
28,964 
17,647 
7,171 
. 
 
 
United Kingdom 6,485; Norway 2,244. 
Nickel—Continued 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
 
 
 
 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Unwrought 
2,633 
2,540 
648 
Norway 1 882; West Germany 8. 
Semimanufactures 
3,130 
3,519 
2,222 
West Germany 929; United Kingdom 283. 
Platinum-group metals: Metals including alloys, 
 
 
 
 
unwrought and partly wrought: 
$26,954 
$28,005 
$20,437 
United Kingdom $5,372; U.S.S.R. $2,174. 
Platinum value, thousands 
 
 
 
 
Silver: 
$23,284 
$40,677 
$2,768 
Peru $17,264; Chile $7,554. 
Ore and concentrate3 do. 
 
 
 
 
Waste and sweepings3 do. 
$451 173 
$234,748 
$226,666 
United Kingdom $2,579; France $1,662. 
Metal including alloys, unwrought and partly 
 
 
 
 
wrought do. 
$2491 9 
$27,449 
$25,297 
Chile $1 964; West Germany $89. 
Tin: 
202 
 
 
 
Ore and concentrate, Sn content 
 
— 
— 
 
Metal including alloys: 
3,881 
3,767 
1 765 
Brazil 801 ; China 253. 
Unwrought 
 
 
 
 
Semimanufactures 
132 
89 
78 
Bolivia 10; Hong Kong 1. 
Titanium: 
2,894 
19,311 
2,101 
Australia 16,321; Norway 889. 
Ore and concentrate, Ti content2 
 
 
 
 
Oxides 
7,863 
10,312 
4,776 
West Germany 4,152; France 365. 
Metal including alloys2 
941 
937 
469 
United Kingdom 403; Japan 66. 
Tungsten: 
1 1 
1 
1 
 
Ore and concentrate, W content 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys, all forms value, thousands 
$2,312 
$2,236 
$2,137 
United Kingdom $41; Belgium-Luxembourg $24. 
Uranium and thorium: 
$65,525 
$62,532 
$19,496 
Australia $26,714; Republic of South Africa $6,365. 
Ore and concentrate do. 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys, all forms do. 
$105 
$84 
$84 
 
Vanadium: Oxides2 
1,177 
1,410 
136 
Republic of South Africa 1,168; China 66. 
Zinc: 
29,468 
26,015 
16,231 
Chile 7,686; Peru 2,081. 
Ore and concentrate, Zn content 
 
 
 
 
Oxides 
1 628 
2,229 
2,082 
Mexico 1 00; Netherlands 25. 
Metal including alloys: 
544 
466 
266 
Belgium-Luxembourg 200. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Unwrought 
7,440 
1 1,031 
4,664 
Spain 3,000; Belgium-Luxembourg 1,304. 
Semimanufactures 
1 263 
2,631 
1 373 
West Germany 1 21 5; Italy 26. 
Other: 
25,183 
16,278 
4,511 
Peru 3,403; Australia 3,247. 
Ores and concentrates, metal content 
 
 
 
 
See footnotes at end of tabte.