TABLE 9SOUTH ASIA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988 
PAKISTAN: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987 
 
Sources, 1987 
 
 
 
United 
 
States 
Other (principal) 
METALS 
1 
69 
 
West Germany 43; China 11. 
Alkali and alkaline-earth metals 
 
 
— 
 
Aluminum: 
 
1 
 
All from Japan. 
Ore and concentrate 
— 
 
— 
 
Oxides and hydroxides 
3,007 
2,792 
101 
China 1 574; West Germany 296. 
Metal including alloys: 
21 799 
27,955 
225 
Netherlands 5,773; United Arab Emirates 4,736. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Unwrought 
7,747 
13,753 
502 
Bahrain 6,599; United Arab Emirates 3672. 
Semimanufactures 
7,522 
9,058 
747 
Switzerland 948; West Germany 944. 
Beryllium: Metal including alloys, all forms 
— 
265 
— 
United Kingdom 185; Saudi Arabia 35. 
Chromium: 
15 
21 
 
All from Netherlands. 
Ore and concentrate 
 
 
— 
 
Oxides and hydroxides 
88 
1 1 2 
3 
China 77; U.S.S.R. 19. 
Cobalt: Oxides and hydroxides 
13 
15 
1 1 
Netherlands 2. 
Columbium and tantalum: Metal including alloys, all 
 
 
 
 
forms: Tantalum value, thousands 
— 
$1 
— 
All from West Germany. 
Copper: 
9 
20 
. 
 
 
— 
All from China. 
Matte and speiss including cement copper 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
209 
232 
 
Bahrain 100; United Arab Emirates 69. 
Scrap 
 
 
— 
 
Unwrought 
162 
194 
— 
West Germany 83; Japan 76. 
Semimanufactures 
9,984 
12,628 
46 
Japan 5,886; Saudi Arabia 1,823. 
Iron and steel: 
 
 
 
 
Iron ore and concentrate excluding roasted 
 
 
 
 
pyrite thousand tons 
1,469 
1,105 
— 
Australia 315; Brazil 244; Liberia 1 78.. 
Metal: 
147,210 
587,023 
375,140 
United Arab Emirates 60,878; United Kingdom 49,687. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Pig iron, cast iron, related materials 
4,971 
1 216 
1 00 
West Germany 612; Canada 397.. 
Ferroalloys: 
8,056 
12,397 
 
China 5,797; France 2,871 ; Switzerland 1,869. 
Ferromanganese 
 
 
— 
 
Unspecified 
54,575 
13,713 
— 
China 3,949; Belgium-Luxembourg 3,557; Brazil 2,013. 
Steel, primary forms 
9,562 
30,172 
35 
Australia 17,878; West Germany 9,543. 
Semimanufactures: 
35,106 
31 741 
253 
Japan 20,202; West Germany 6,577. 
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections 
 
 
 
 
Universals, plates, sheets 
326,088 
356,596 
21 216 
Japan 146,192; West Germany 47,322. 
Hoop and strip 
25,355 
8,927 
8 
Japan 5,866; West Germany 1,638. 
Rails and accessories 
1 2 
— 
 
 
See footnote at end of table. 
 
 
 
 
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