THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF OTHER AREAS OF SOUTH AMERICA 1231 
 
Table 2..—Ecuador Exports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unlesiotherwise specified) 
 
1976 
 
Commodity Principal destinations, 1976 
 
METALS 
 
Antimonyoreand concentrate 197 Belgium-Luxembourg 164;Spain32. 
Copper: 
 Oreand concentrate 1,250 All to Belgium-Luxembourg. Metal,scrap 5 -AlltoColombia;
- 
Leadoxides kilograins_ 100 AlltoPeru.Zinc ore and concentrate  245 All to
France. 
 
NONMETALS 
 
Salt 20 AlltoPanama.Stone, dimension:  Crude and partly worked, marble 347
Japan 300; West Germany 47.  Worked 5 MainlytoSpainand Venezuela. 
 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
 
Petroleum: 
Crude and partly refined 
 thousand 42-gallon barrels - 63,876 United States 19,413; Panama 13,~2;
Peru          12,798. 
Refinery products: 
Petroleum coke and other bituminous mixtures - 
 do -_ 100 AlltoPsnama. 
 
Table 3.—Ecuador Imports of mineral commodities 
 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 1976 Principal sources, 1976 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
METALS 
Aluminum: 
Oxide (alumina) and hydroxide________________ Metal including alloys, all
forms_______________ 
Arsenic: 
Trioxide, pentoxide, acids____________________ 
Metal including alloys, all forms kilogram&. - 
Chromium: 
Oxide and hydroxide_______________________ 
  Metal including alloys, all forms kilogram&. - 
Cobaltoxideandhydroxide   do__ 
 
Copper: 
Copper sulfate___________________________ 
Metal including alloys: 
 Unwrought. *        
Semimanufactures_______________________ 
Gold: 
 Unwrought troy ounce&._ 
 Semimanufactures value~ 
Iron and steel metal: 
Scrap_________________________________ 
Pigiron, ferroal1oys,similarmaterial~____________ 
Steel,primaryforms________________________ 
Semimanufactures: 
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections_____________ 
Universals,plates,sheets____________________ 
Hoopand strip                          
Rails and accessories 
Wire 
Tubes,pipes,flttings______________________ 
Castings and forgings, rough__________________ 
 
Oxides 
Metal including alloys: 
Unwrought(mcludingscrap)_________________ 
Semimanufactures 
Magnesium metal including alloys,semimanufactures - - - 
Manganese oxides_____________________________ 
Mercury 76-pound flssks_ 
Nickel metal including alloys, semimanufactures 
Platinum-group metals including alloys, all forms 
 troy ouncea~ 
Rare-earth metals: 
  Oxides kilograms.._ 
  Metals includin~alloys... do_ -— - 
Silver metal including alloys troy ounces_ - 
 17 West Germany 9 United States 8 
 3,577 France 1,365; Japan 591; Venezuela 389. 
 5 All from East~C~rmany. 
 72 All from West Germany. 
 41 Argentina 20- United Kingdom 6 West 
   Germay 5. 
 90 All from United States. 
 171 West~Germany121; Belgium-Luxembourg 
 
 
111 .Peiu 100. 
 67 Colombia 24; Peru 18; Chile 15. 
 1,390 Chile 564; Peru 542. 
 50798 All from Switzerland 
 $50 All from United States. 
 10 Do. 
 150 United States 125. 
 55,120 United States 36,695; Chile 14,777. 
 77128 Japan 51499-Chile 17,240 
 56,674 Japan 45,922; Chile 7,010. 
 1,772 Japan 1,500. 
 25 Japan 20. 
 Z102 Japan 1,377. 
 13,007 Japan 5993; United States 2,934- 
 567 United ~tates 447. 
 520 Mexico 515. 
 389 Peru 297; Panama 42. 
 63 Peru 37; United States 10. 
 1 All from West Germany. 
 519 Mexico 475. 
 25 West Germany 10 United States 10. 
 13 West Germany 5; UnitedStates 5. 
 54,142 United States 52,502. 
 5,000 All from France. 
 430 Netherlands 300-i United States 130. 
 11,478 Japan 9,066.