AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988  531TABLE 1 0—Continued

 
NEW ZEALAND: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 Sources, 1987 
 Commodity 1986 1987 United     . 
    States Other (principal) 
— INDUSTRIAL MINERALS—Continued 
Sulfur: 
Elemental: 
   Crude including native and byproduct 95,964 84,121 28,051 Canada 55,109;
Saudi Arabia 936. 
   Colloidal, precipitated, sublimed 843 278 — Australia 260; Canada
18. 
 Sulfuric acid 29 56 (3) United Kingdom 17; Australia 14; China 2. 
Talc, steatite, soapstone, pyrophyllite 1 931 2,308 25 Australia 1 199; China
1 036; United 
     Kingdom 40. 
Other: 
 Crude value, thousands $417 $480 $15 Republic of South Africa $140; Austria

      $131; China $52. 
 Slag and dross, not metal-bearing 746 820 3 Australia 546; West Germany
271. 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
Asphalt and bitumen, natural  115 22 NA Trinidad and Tabago 20. 
Carbon black  6,175 6,357 107 Australia 5,891; Japan 163. 
Coal: 
 Anthracite and bituminous 339 875 11 United Kingdom 602; Japan 1 00; Australia

     94. 
 Briquets of anthracite and bituminous coal 292 259 — All from
Australia

 Lignite including briquets . 8 36 — Do. 
Coke and semicoke value, thousands $262 $434 $29 Australia $387; West Germany
$18. 
Peat including briquets and litter do. — $1 $1 
Petroleum: 
 Crude thousand 42-gallon barrels 8,472 15,565 588 Saudi Arabia 8,917; Australia
3,175; 
       Indonesia 1,644. 
Refinery products: 
 Liquified petroleum gas value, thousands $421 $51 $1 0 Netherlands $17;
Sweden $13. 
 Gasoline, motor do. $1 1 0,371 $1 05,271 $31 856 Australia $23,399; Saudi
Arabia $20,738. 
 Mineral jelly and wax do. $2,623 $3,374 $666 China $1,244; Japan $542. 
 Kerosene and jet fuel do. $85,226 $17,621 $361 Singapore $12,637; Australia
$4,482. 
 Distillate fuel oil do. $96,732 $19,742 $723 China $5,110; Singapore $4,969;
Venezuela 
       $4,762. 
 Lubricants do. $22,617 $27,071 $3,608 Australia $13,889; Singapore $5,953.

 Residual fuel oil do. $14,776 $2,685 — All from Australia 
 Bitumen and other residues 42-gallon barrels 1,157 279 — Mainly
for
Belgium-Luxembourg. 
 Bituminous mixtures do. 90,761 1,182 152 Australia 551; United Kingdom 479.

 Petroleum coke do. 588,230 475,788 469,210 Australia 6,512; Japan 66. 
NA Not availaL~e. 
1TabIe prepared by Giovanni Jacarepaqua. 
2E~Iud~ unreported quantities valued at $3,055,000 in 1986 and $2,367,000
in 1987. 
 
3Less than 1/2 unit. 
4May include other precious metals. 
5Excludes unreported quantities valued at $561,000 in 1986 and $534,000 in
1987.