TABLE 9—Continued524  AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988

NEW ZEALAND: EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987 
 
 
Destinations, 1987 
 
 
 
United States 
 
. 
Other (principal) 
METALS—Continued 
$147 
$130 
 
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United Kingdom $111; Australia $19. 
Silver: 
 
 
 
 
 
Waste and sweepings value, thousands 
 
 
— 
 
 
Metal including alloys, unwrought and partly 
 
 
 
 
 
wrought do. 
$855 
$9 
— 
 
Italy $5; Papua New Guinea $4. 
Tin: Metal including alloys: 
1 03 
169 
— 
 
United Kingdom 1 54; West Germany 15. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
 
Unwrought value, thousands 
— 
$2 
— 
 
Australia $1 ; Fiji 1. 
Semimanufactures 
178 
42 
5 
 
French Polynesia 34; Tonga 2. 
Titanium: Oxides 
3 
11 
— 
 
Australia 10; Malaysia 1. 
Tungsten: Metal including alloys, all forms 
$57 
$44 
— 
 
Australia $35; Netherlands $7; United Kingdom $2. 
Zinc: 
NA 
17 
 
 
Mainly to Republic of South Africa. 
Oxides 
 
 
— 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
NA 
871 
 
 
Australia 426; India 69; Japan 15. 
Scrap 
 
 
— 
 
 
Semimanufactures 
NA 
9 
— 
 
Australia 5; Papua New Guinea 2; New Caledonia 1. 
Other: 
26 
192 
 
 
All to Australia. 
Ores and concentrates 
 
 
— 
 
 
Ashes and residues 
2,638 
1 675 
— 
 
India 846; Australia 256; Japan 169. 
Base metals including alloys, all 
 
 
 
 
 
forms value, thousands 
$5 
$2 
— 
 
Mainly to Fiji. 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
154 
776 
 
 
Australia 769; United Kingdom 6; Fiji 1. 
Abrasives, n.e.s.: 
 
 
 
 
 
Natural: Corundum, emery, pumice, etc. 
 
 
— 
 
 
Grinding and polishing wheels and 
$183 
$165 
$4 
 
Australia $107; Fiji $20; Papua New Guinea 
stones value, thousands 
 
 
 
 
$13. 
Asbestos, crude do. 
$2 
$1 
— 
 
All to Samoa. 
Barite and witherite 
1 345 
12 
— 
 
All to Singapore. 
Boron materials: Oxides and acids 
1 
2 
— 
 
All to Fiji. 
Cement 
91 386 
48,184 
— 
 
French Polynesia 9,685; Papua New Guinea 7,283; American Samoa 7,263. 
Chalk 
4 
5 
— 
 
Australia 1 ; United Kingdom 1. 
Clays, crude 
15,423 
18,588 
— 
 
Japan 10,018; Republic of Korea 2,657; United Kingdom 823. 
Diamond: 
$861 
$1 052 
$1 15 
 
Australia $891 ; Hong Kong $26. 
Gem, not set or strung value, thousands 
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial stones do. 
$60 
$34 
$8 
 
Hong Kong $15; Australia $6. 
Diatomite and other infusorial earth 
(3) 
5 
 
 
Fiji 3; Samoa 2. 
Fertilizer materials: 
116 
203 
 
 
Singapore 182; Malaysia 17; Fiji 2. 
Crude, n.e.s. 
 
 
 
 
 
See footnotes at end of table.