THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF IRAN ' 493 
Commodity 
 1977 Principal destinations, 1911 
Products: 
 Refractory__________________ 
 Nonrefractory________________ Fertilizer materials: 
Manufactured: 
 Potassic____________________ 
 Other______________________ 
Ammonia______________________ 
Graphite,natural___________________ 
Gypsum 
Lime___________________________ 
Pigments, mineral, including processed iron 
 oxides -______________ 
Precious and semiprecious stones, except 
 diamond.. value.~ 
SaiL 
Stone, sand and gravel: 
  Dimension: 
     Crude and partly worked: 
Caicareous                
Slate___________________ 
Worked: 
Slate___________________ 
PavingandflagstoneL_______ 
Other__________________ 
Gravel and crushed stonO___________ 
  $254,442 $265,377 United States $253,007. 
  1,603 2,103 Dubai 849; Oman 612; Kuwait 859. 
    8,079 Italy 5,587; USSR. 1,000; Greece 720. 
 NA 
 NA 
   35 Mainland China 35. 
   155 Bahrain 81; Iraq 41; Switzerland 32. 
   22,200 Kuwait 19,600; Qatar 1,800; Saudi Arabia 
     800. 
 Sand, excluding metal bearing - - 9 France 5; Austria 4. 
Sulfur: 
Elemental: 
 Colloidal  287,346 NA 
 Other than colloidal '  30,971 210,009 United States 100,000; Republic of'South

Africa 80,000; India 30,000. 
  Sulfuricacid 1 NA 
Other,crude 5,011 2,352 
MINERAL FUELS ANI) RELA'FED 
MATERIALS 
Asphalt and bitumen, natural2 983 
Coal, all grades, including briquets ~.    , 337 
Petroleum:3 
Crude and partly refined 
 thousand, 42-gallon, barrels_ — '  901,725. 392,842. Europe 167,924;
Asia 122,301; America 
    74,793. 
 
Refinery products: 
 Gasoline do___ 12,993 
 USSR. 2,350; Kuwait 2. 
 2,255 Asia 2,255. 
33 '  Kuwait 32; Afghanistan 1. 
Kerosine               
Distillatefueloil do____ 
Residualfueloil do____ 
Lubricants do____ 
Other 
Liquefied petroleum gas do. - - - 
Mineral jelly and wax - _do. - - - 
Bitumen and other residues 
  do-. - — - 
 Petroleumcoke do_~._ 
 5,755 4,878 
 (2) (2) 
Asia 4,155; Europe 603; Africa 120. NA. 
NA Not available. 
uData reported for 1916 cover the period Mar. 21, 1976 to Mar. 20, 1917.
Data reported for 1911 cover the period Mar. 21,' 1977 to Dec. 21, 1977.
' Less than 1/2 unit. 
' Destination of shipments reported by continent only, in most cases; detail
by country not available except as shown. 
 
 
Table 2.—Iran: Exports of mineral commodities' —Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 NONM~ALS —Continued Clays and clay products —Continued

1976 
 10 100 Bahrain 100. 
 687 189 Bahrain 147; Kuwait 24. 
 21 15 Kuwait 15. 
 3,075 3,000 Abu Ohabi 2,100; Kuwait 900. 
 9,151 100,001 Republic of South Africa 100,000; Qatar 1. 
 380 NA 
 176 6 France 3; West Germany 3. 
 1' NA 
 100 (2) Afghanistan.2 
 
14,637 
 
17,650 
 
660 
 
10 
 
258 
 
17,082 
 72,452 Europe 34,610; Asia 21,997; America 
    12,373. 
 1,716 2,026 Asia 1,825; Europe 105; Australia 56. 
 12,661 4,268 Asia 3,008; Europe 609; America 514. 
 46,124 4,984 Europe 1,902; Asia 1,788; America 954. 
 4 9 AiltoAsia. 
 -- 22 AlitoAsia. 
 152 NA