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 Metal including alloys, all forms                       Other: Ash and residue
containing nonferrous metals 
 
NONMETALS 
 2,279 Belize 1,296; Guatemala 855. 
 22 Mainly to Nicaragua. 
 74 Guatemala 41; Costa Rica 33. 
 7 All to Guatemala. 
 7 Mainly to Nicaragua. 
 117 All to Nicaragua. 
 20    Do. 
 
63 Spain 35; Nicaragua 24. 
 
 
 
53 Mainly to Trinidad and Tobago. 
(1) All to Guatemala. 
METALS 
Aluminum metal includingalloys, all forms 1,490 United States 502; Nicaragua

   164. 
Copper: 
Copper sulfate___________________________________ 
 
 Metal including alloys, all forms  Iron and steel metal including alloys,
all forms: 
Scrap_________________________________________ Other_________________________________________

 
 
Leadmetalincludingalloys,allforms______________________ 
 
Nickel metal includingalloys, allforms  
Silver metal including alloys, all forms troy ounces. &mdash; Tinmetalincludingalloys,allforms
                      
 
Zincmetalincludingalloys,allforms______________________ 
 67 United States 65; West Germany 
   2. 
 200 Mexico 77; United States 56. 
 28 United States 23; Costa Rica 5. 
 8 Mainly from United States. 
Abrasives,natural___________________________________ 
 
Asbestos 
Cement__________________________________________ 
Clays and clay products (including all refractory brick): 
Crude: Kaolin and otherclaysorearths__________________ Products(includingnonclaybriclo______________________

Diamond, industrial - kilograms__ 
Diatomiteandotherinfusorial earth______________________ 
 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES 1161 
 
Table 8.&mdash;Honduras: Exports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
. Commodity 1977 Principal destinations, 1977. 
 
METALS 
Antimony ore and concentrate, gross weight  103 United Kingdom 42; Japan
35; 
   Belgium-Luxembourg 25. 
Iron and steel metal including alloys, all forms 1,571 Guatemala 893; Costa
Rica 364. 
Lead: 
  Ore and concentrate, grossweight  35,244 Auto United States. 
  Metalincludingalloys,allforms  19 AlltoGuatemala. 
Silver: 
  Ore and concentrate value, thousands_  $11,574 Mainly to United States.

  Metal including alloys, all forms thousand troy ounces.  50 All to United
States. 
Zinc: 
  Ore and concentrate, gross weight  52,716 United States 31,616; Japan 
    10,350. 
  63 West Germany 58. 
  26 All to United States. 
 
 
Cement                                           
Clays and clay products (including all refractory brick): 
Crude                                          
Products_______________________________________ 
Fertilizer materials, manufactured, phosphatic  
Lime, hydraulic  
Salt_____________________________________________ 
Stone, dimension, crude and partly worked                   
Other: Building materials of asphalt, asbestos, and fiber cement, and unfired
nonmetals, n.e.s                              
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
Petroleum refiner~r products: 
 Residual fuel oil thousand 42-gallon barrels_ &mdash; 
Lubricants                                 
1Less than 1/2 unit. 
Table 9.&mdash;Honduras: Imports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1977 Principal sources, 1977 
1 Mainly from United States. 
68,521 Japan 21,369; United States 
20,290; Belgium-Luxembourg 
5,489. 
140 Belgium-Luxembourg 50; United 
States 50; Canada 40. 
3 Mainly from United States. 
 11,992 Do. 
48 Denmark 16; United States 13; Peru 10. 
824 Mexico 391; Belgium- 
  Luxembourg 216; West Ger 
  many 152. 
Other: 
Oresandconcentrates______________________________ 
 Metals includingalloys, all forms  
 * NONMETALS 
 98 West Germany 32; United States 
32; Italy 10. 
 1,185 All from Canada. 
 1,862 Japan 737; West Germany 635; 
Belgium-Luxembourg 427. 
 9,644 Guatemala 7,888; United States 
1,717. 
 2,583 United States 1,198; Nicaragua 
 12,324 All from United States. 
 409 United States 263; Mexico 112. 

					
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