8,059 4,038 Uruguay 1,480; Japan 927; 
    United States 492. 
 55,767 54,245 Japan 29,084; United States 
    9,964; Argentina 5,985. 
 3,492 859 West Germany 663; Italy 78; 
    Japan 48. 
 42,600 44,765 United States 23,180; Argenti 
    na 8,780; Canada 5,514. 
 1,669 426 Mexico 363; Peru 60; United 
    States 2. 
 14,861 755 Mexico 602; Peru 140; Argen 
    tina 13. 
 11,222 11,504 United States 6,763; Norway 
    4,643. 
65,997 
 
141 
 
797 
 
4,394 
 
 
2,169 
 
29 
62,277 
 
148 
 
746 
 
4,188 
 
 
2,874 
 
43 
 17 —— 
 — — 302 United States 271; Australia 
    31. 
 2,309 3,017 United States 1,273; Republic 
    of South Africa 1,146; Ja 
    pan 356. 
 938 855 United States 244; West Ger 
    many 204; France 129. 
 NA 3,697 West Germany 2,122; United 
    States 739; United Kingdom 
    611. 
 22,891 16,397 West Germany 10,803; United 
    States 4,758; United King 
    dom 611. 
 (i) 3 NA. 
 30 23 United States 16; France 5. 
 NA 34 Chile 16; Mexico 6; Peru 4. 
 NA 21 Italy 20; United States 1. 
 42,819 6,030 Peru 2,150; Mexico 1,930; 
    West Germany 1,187. 
 42 22 United Kingdom 13; West 
    Germany 9. 
 NA 968 Netherlands 500; Peru 330; 
    United Kingdom 130. 
 3,911 4,074 Bolivia 2,757; Singapore 1,310. 
 132 97 United Kingdom 79; West 
    Germany 16. 
 7 21 Bolivia 9; Netherlands 6; 
    United States 4. 
 69,631 56,335 All from Australia. 
 2,066 4,070 Australia 3,520; Netherlands 
    450; Republic of South Afri 
    ca 100. 
 - - 50 All from Australia. 
 5,866 5,520 West Germany 4,343; United 
    Kingdom 462; France 281. 
 116 73 United States 68. 
 27 59 Austria 25; United States 18; 
    West Germany 9. 
 67 (i) All from United States. 
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BRAZIL 
 
Table 3.—Brazil: Imports of mineral commodities —Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
177 
 
Commodity 1977 1978 Principal sources, 1978 
 
METALS —Continued 
Iron and steel —Continued 
Metal —Continued 
 Semimanufactures —Continued 
 
Wire________________________________ 
 
Tubes, pipes, fittings_____________________ 
 
Castingsand forgings, rough_______________ 
 
Lead: 
Ore and concentrate___________________________ 
 
Oxides_____________________________________ Metal including alloys, all forms___________________

 
Magnesium metal including alloys, all forms  
 
Manganese: 
Ore and concentrate___________________________ 
 
Oxides 
 
Metal_____________________________________ 
Mercury 76-pound flasks~ 
 
Molybdenum: 
Oreandconcentrate___________________________ 
 
 Metal includingalloys, all forms  
 
Nickel: 
Ore and concentrate___________________________ Matte, speiss, similar materials____________________

 
Metal including alloys: 
 Unwrought______________________________ 
 
 
 Semimanufactures_________________________ 
 
Platinum-group metals including alloys, all forms: 
 Platinum troy ounces__ 
 
 
Other metals, including all alloys_ thousand troy ounces - 
 
 
Rare-earth metals: 
Metals_____________________________________ Ceriumoxide 
Selenium,elemental_____________________________ 
Silicon metal___________________________________ 
Silver metal including alloys thousand troy ounces_ — Sodiummetal__________________________________

Tellurium, elemental kilograms - 
 
Tin: 
Oreandconcentrate___________________________ Oxides_____________________________________

 
Metal includingalloys, all forms___________________ 
 
Titanium: 
Ore and concentrate: 
 ilmenite________________________________ 
 Rutile__________________________________ 
 
 
 Other__________________________________ Oxides_____________________________________

 
 Metalincludingalloys, all forms  Tungsten metal includingalloys, all forms______________

 
Uranium and thorium oxides, including rare-earth oxides, n,e.s See footnotes
at end of table. 
Gabon 48,150; Mexico 10,354; United States 3,073. 
Japan 100; United States 44; Belgium-Luxembourg 4. 
Republic of South Africa 425; Japan 317. 
Mexico 4,088; United States 
95. 
 
Chile 2,583; United States 
265. 
United States 19; West Germany 18; Netherlands 6.