METALS —Continued 
 
Silicon metal______________________ 
 
Silver: 
 Ashandwaste kilograms..._ 
73,136 82,342 Belgium-Luxembourg 53,705; France 
   23,697; Switzerland 479. 
Scrap and sweepings 
 thousand troy ounces_ — 414 251 Switzerland 146. 
Metal including alloys, all forms _do_ — — —
34,195 39,192
Italy 5,910; Austria 5,167; Switzerland 
    2,446; France 2,326. 
 
(1) 
 
NA 
 88 Netherlands 84. 
 4,813 Netherlands 3,460; France 580; Austria 
172. 
 741 Austria 80; Switzerland 63. 
 
6,195 Bulgaria 1,820; France 1,041; Switzerland 
743. 
48,073 United States 8,966; Italy 5,851; Netherlands 3,074. 
1,904 United Kingdom 667; Italy 359; United States 274. 
149 
397 
 
120 
4,372 
 
796 
 
2,361 
 
38,992 
 
1,643 
 
 
172 
572 
 
1,558 
 
 
 
 
76,823 
 
9,918 
 
11,236 
 
6,782 
 
131,436 
 
12,913 
 
 
7,100 
 
113 
940 
 
 
 
148,834 
 
13,385 
1,040 
 
5 
 
168,640 
 
17,106 
 490,083 1,619,101 
 382 385 
 12,841 11,440 
See footnotes at end of table.THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF GERMANY 393 
 
Table 2.—Federal Republic of Germany: Exports of mineral commodities
—Continued 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1977 1978 Principal destinations, 1978 
Tin: 
Oreandconcentrate_______________ 
Oxides 
Metal including alloys: 
Scrap______________________ 
Unwrought 
 
Semimanufactures_____________ 
Titanium: 
Oreandconcentrate              
 
Oxides 
 
Metal including alloys, all forms_______ 
 
Tungsten: 
Ore and concentrate_______________ Metal including alloys, all forms_______

Uranium and thorium: 
Oxides, including rare-earth oxides_____ Metals including alloys, all forms

 kilograms_ — Vanadium metal including alloys, all forms_ - 
Zinc: 
Ore and concentrate  
 
Oxide_________________________ 
Metal including alloys: 
Scrap______________________ 
 
Bluepowder__________________ 
 
Unwrought__________________ 
 
Semimanufactures_____________ 
 
Zirconium: 
Ore and concentrate_______________ 
 
Metal including alloys, all forms_______ 
Other: 
Ores and concentrates: 
Of columbium, tantalum, vanadium - 
 
 Ofbasemetals, n.e.s____________ Ash and residue containing nonferrous metals_______________________

 
Oxides, hydroxides, peroxides of metals - Metals including alloys, all forms:

 Metalloids: 
Arsenic and tellurium________ Selenium and phosphorus and elemental sodium
and potassium - 
Alkali, alkaline-earth, rare-earth metals_______________________ 
Pyrophoric alloys______________ Base metals including alloys, all forms,
n.e.s______________________ 
NONMETALS 
Abrasives: 
Natural: 
Pumice, emery, natural corundum, etc 
 
Dust and powder of precious and semi 
 precious stones kilograms_ - 
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones____________________ 
 1,153 1,678 France 705; Austria 372; United Kingdom 
    105. 
 87 U.S.S.R. 46; France 28; Netherlands 9. 
 542 Sweden 14; France 13; Austria 7. 
 1,212 United States 752; Japan 194; France 143. 
 6,700 United Kingdom 4,800. 
 55 United Kingdom 50; Japan 4. 
 72,495 Belgium-Luxembourg 43,523; Netherlands 
21,640; United Kingdom 1,075. 
 12,033 NA. 
 
7,254 Netherlands 4,849; Belgium-Luxembourg 
744; France 715. 
6,539 Netherlands 1,507; Romania 1,301; United Kingdom 982. 
87,538 United States 25,164; Netherlands 10,462; United Kingdom 9,830. 
13,526 France 3,415; Netherlands 2,684; Austria 
1,296. 
 
6,885 
 
97 
France 1,844; Netherlands 899; Bulgaria 
760. 
United States 29; France 23; Japan 20. 
 
 
United States 969; Netherlands 61; Austria 5. 
NA. 
 
Belgium-Luxembourg 62,912; Netherlands 42,385; United States 13,705. 
Netherlands 575; Norway 400; Italy 351. 
 1 2 United States 1. 
 11,447 7,629 NA. 
 462 264 Italy 12; Japan 2. 
 58 6,247 NA. 
 425 615 France 299; Japan 140; Sweden 72. 
 
 
Netherlands 1,545,725; BelgiumLuxembourg 64,102. 
 
Brazil 155; Austria 81; Greece 74. 
 
Netherlands 1,792; Switzerland 1,718; France 1,520.