THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NIGERIA 695 
 
Table 2.—Nigeria Export~ of mineral commodities —Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1975 1976 Principal destinations 1976 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS — Continued 
 
Petroleum —Continued 
Refinery products: 
 Gasoline L - - thOusánd42-gallon barrels~_ 77 216 United States
136;
Equatorial Customs 
      Union2 54; Niger 19. Kerosine do_~ - 19 96 Equatorial Customs Union
73; Bénin 21. 
 Jet fuel do. —- — 110 65 Equatorial Customs Union 51;
São
Tome      and Principe 7. 
 Distillate fuel oil do.. — - — 443 380 Niger 147; Equatorial
Customs Union 134;      ship stores 76. Residualfueloil do~~ 2,196 4,329
UnitedStates4,123. Lubricants do~. 7 12 Shipstores9;Béninl;EquatorialCus-
     toms Union 1. 
 Bitumen and bituminous mixtures, n.e.sdo -- — 1 148 Netherlands
124;
Spain 23. 
Total do___ 2,853 5,246 
1Lees than 1/2 unit. 
 
2Consists Of the Central African Empire, Chad, the Congo, and Gabon. 
Table 3 —Nlgerla. Imports of mrneral commodltles 
(Metric tonsunless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1975 1976 Principal sources, 1976 
METALS 
Aluminum metal including alloys: 
 Unwrought 3,298 5,334 Canada 3,004; West Germany 1,194; Nor 
     way 786. 
   Semimanufactures 16,315 12,127 Switzerland 3,726; United Kingdom 3,102;

     West Germany 1,555. 
 Copper metal including alloys: 
   Unwrought 4 102 Canada6l;Swedenl9;UnitedKingdom 
     10. 
 Semimanufactures 2,960 4,535 United Kingdom 1,792; West Germany 
      1,386. 
 Iron and steel: 
   Ore and concentrate, including roasted pyrite — -   16 1,944
Sweden
1,919. 
   Metal: 
      Scrap  40 491 IvoryCoast460. 
      Pig iron, including cast iron  97 31 United Kingdom 16; West Germany
15. 
      Sponge iron, powder, shot.  714 21 United Kingdom 11; Netherlands 6;

      France 2; United States 2. 
      Spiegeleisen  25 71 Allfrom UnitedKingdom. 
      Ferroalloys  745 —— 
      Steel, primary forms  73,519 90,339 West Germany 31,789; United States

      10,313; Italy 10,186. 
      Semimanufactures   1,135,7811,403,846 Japan 482,542; United Kingdom
278,004; 
      West Germany 261,825. 
 Lead metal including alloys: 
   Unwrought  115 154 UnitedKingdoml30;Netherlandsl9. 
   Semimanufactures  225 177 UnitedKingdomllo;WestGermany56. 
Nickel metal including alloys: 
 Unwrought 10 (i) AllfromCzechoslovakia. 
 Semimanufactures 190 19 China, mainland, 11; West Germany 3; 
 United Kingdom 2. 
Platinum-group metals and silver: 
 Oresandconcentrates 42 2 All from France. 
Metals including alloys, all forms: 
 Platinum-group troy ounces.. - 1,802 1,813 United Kingdom 1,619. 
 Silver do__.._ 351 1,262 United Kingdom 1,092; WestGermany 
      170. 
Tin metal including alloys: 
   Unwrought 63 978 Zaire641;Belgium-Luxembourg225;Uni- 
     ted Kingdom 112. 
   Semimanufactures 201,982 347 Hong Kong 260; United Kingdom 86. 
 Uranium and thorium ores and conceOtrates 22 - - 
Zinc metal including alloys: 
 Unwrought 10,116 9,961 Zaire3,517;Belgium-Luxembourg2,867; 
     West Germany 1,599. 
 Semimanufactures 758 172 Finland69;Zaire36;WestGermany22; 
     United Kingdom 19. 
Other 
 Oresand concentratesofbase metals 280 36 Sweden 28; United Kingdom 7. 
 Nonferrous metals including alloys, all forms - - - - 11,162 9,497 Zaire
5,932; Canada 1,267. 
 
See footnotes at end of table.