CHINA, HONG KONG, MONGOLIA, AND TAIWAN MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988 
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HONG KONG: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1986 
1987 
 
Sources, 1987 
 
 
United 
States 
. 
Other (principal) 
 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS—Continued Stone, sand and gravel: 
 
Dimension stone: 
 Crude and partly worked 13,644 
15,721 
— 
China 13,886; Taiwan 1,346. 
Worked 35,084 
58,191 
7 
Italy 38,441; China 8,425; Spain 5,361. 
Dolomite, chiefly refractory-grade 201 
136 
— 
United Kingdom 82; Norway 54. 
Gravel and crushed rock thousand tons 4,849 
6,520 
(3) 
China 6,461. 
Limestone other than dimension 38,448 
32,744 
30 
China 32,118. 
Quartz and quartzite 8,243 
2,698 
— 
China 2,493; Belgium-Luxembourg 167. 
Sand other than metal-bearing thousand tons 1 273 
1 261 
(3) 
China 1,259. 
Sulfur: 
 
Elemental: 
Crude including native and byproduct 5,342 
294 
10 
China 140; Thailand 72; West Germany 54. 
Colloidal, precipitated, sublimed 294 
434 
— 
Republic of Korea 270; China 76; West Germany 76. 
Dioxide 19 
— 
 
 
Sulfuric acid 6,613 
7,505 
40 
China 7,324. 
Talc, steatite, soapstone, pyrophyllite 32,707 
30,312 
289 
China 29,404; Norway 301. 
Other: 
 Crude 6,997 
3,185 
673 
China 1 973; Republic of South Africa 396. 
Slag and dross, not metal-bearing 1 116 
412 
— 
China 266; Thailand 138. 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
Asphalt and bitumen, natural 59 
50 
35 
United Kingdom 15. 
Carbon black 3,281 
2,376 
146 
China 1 455; Republic of Korea 200. 
Coal: Anthracite and bituminous thousand tons 6,393 
8,010 
— 
Australia 2,972; Republic of South Africa 2,559; China 1,963. 
Coke and semicoke 3,860 
3,544 
— 
China 2,520; Japan 698. 
Petroleum refinery products: 
 
 
 
Liquefied petroleum 
 
 
 
gas thousand 42-gallon barrels 1 995 
2,056 
(3) 
Singapore 1 027; Philippines 727. 
Gasoline: 
 Aviation do. 1 
2 
— 
All from Australia. 
Motor do. 1 701 
1 839 
— 
Singapore 1 246; China 360. 
Naphtha including white spirit do. 2,133 
2,199 
107 
Singapore 2,062. 
Mineral jelly and wax do. 266 
239 
4 
China 223; Japan 10. 
Kerosene and jet fuel do. 9,522 
10,017 
56 
Singapore 8,151 ; China 1,393. 
Distillate fuel oil do. 13,805 
12,914 
45 
Singapore 7,556; China 3,990. 
Lubricants do. 607 
782 
85 
Singapore 284; China 1 75; Japan 68. 
Nonlubricating oils do. 54 
56 
1 
China 49. 
Residual fuel oil do. 1 7,296 
1 4,431 
— 
Singapore 1 0,425; China 1 449; Taiwan 909. 
Bitumen and other residues do. 212 
258 
— 
Taiwan 115; Singapore 107. 
Bituminous mixtures do. 5 
2 
(~) 
Japan 1. 
1 1äL~e prepared by Audrey 0. Wilkes. 
 
 
 
2 Excludes unreported quantities valued at $1 86,400 in 1986 and $972,000
in 1987. 
 
 
 
3 Less than 1/2 unit. 
 
 
 
4 Ecludes unreported quantity valued at $18,000. 
5 Reported under siic item 522.1 20 as selenium, tellunum, phosphorus, arsenic,
silicon and boron."