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METALS 
Aluminum metal including alloys: 
  Unwrought 3 56 Canada 51. 
  Semimanufactures 1,609 1,433 Italy 352; France 261; Belgium- 
    Luxembourg 198. 
Chromium oxide and hydroxide 11 14 West Germany 13; Netherlands 1. 
Copper metalincluding alloys, all forms 1,858 1,865 France 962; West Germany
316; 
    Belgium-Luxembourg 185. 
 20 Switzerland 17; France 2. 
Semimanufactures______________________ 
 662 1,595 Ivory Coast 1,130; Caineroon 400; 
    France 46. 
Pigironandferroalloys 990 367 France2l8;Netherlands50. 
Spongeiron,powder,shot 73 64 France58;Italy5. 
Steel,priniaryforms 6,731 15,307 France5,861;Italy5,551;Australia 
    1,223. 
 130,010 153,056 France 63,488; West Germany 28,269; 
    Belgium-Luxembourg 21,500. 
  18,523 Morocco 13,614; Algeria 2,384; Switz 
    erland 2,150. 
  144 France 83; West Germany 59. 
  27 France 17; Belgium-Luxembourg 5; 
    West Germany 3. 
  (1) Mainly from Italy. 
  5,887 Mainly from France. 
  13 France 12; Italy 1. 
  257 France 193; West Germany 64. 
  14,789 France 8,681; Italy 4,726. 
  73 Indonesia 24; Malaysia 15; France 14; 
    Belgium-Luxembourg 10. 
  391 Italy 128; West Germany 109; France 
    94; Belgium-Luxembourg 40. 
  204 France 168; Belgium-Luxembourg 26. 
  1,086 France 422; Italy 175; Belgium 
    Luxembourg 120. 
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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
 
Table 3.&mdash;Tunisia: Imports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1975 1976 Principal sources, 1976 
 
Gold metal, unworked or partly worked 32 
thousand troy o~1nces_ - 
Iron and steelmetal: 
Scrap______________________________ 
Lead: 
 Oreandconcentrate 24,089 
 Oxides 117 
 Metal including alloys, all forms 20 
Magnesium metal including alloys, all forms  2 
Mercury 76-pound flasks__ 440 
Nickel metalincluding alloys, all forms  6 
Platinum-group and silver metals including alloys: 
  Platinum-group troy ounces__ 418 
  Silver do____ 32,697 
Tin metal including alloys, all forms  92 
Titanium oxide 393 
Zinc: 
 Oxide 173 
 Metal including alloys, all forms 1,009 
Other: 
Oresandconcentrates 
Oxides, hydroxides, peroxides of metals 
 Base metals including alloys, all forms - 
NONMETALS 
Abrasives, natural, n.e.s.: 
 Pumice, emery, natural corundum, etc 106 
  Grindingand polishing wheels and stones 254 
Asbestos 1,619 
Bariteandwitherite 4,949 
 
Boron materials: 
  Crudenaturalborates  42 
  Oxide and acid  181 
Cement  527,353 
Chalk 395 
Clays and clay products (including all refractory brick): 
  Crude 18,701 
 
Products 
 Refractory 7,698 
 24 
 136 
 800 
Nonrefractory______________________ 
Diatomite and other infusorial earth  
Feldsparandfluorspar_____________________ 
Fertilizer materials: 
Manufactured: 
 Nitrogenous 80,974 
Phosphatic (1) 
Potassic 14,794 
  Other, including mixed 41 
Ammonia 194 
 (1) 1,650 All from Morocco 
 191 534 West Germany 364; France 77; United 
   Kingdom 70. 
 47 77 Belgium-Luxembourg 57; Italy 15. 
 
 
 
172 Fran&ocirc;e 137; Italy 35. 
272 Italy 157; France 72. 
 1,474 Canada 911; Asia, n.e.s., 150; France 
150; USSR. 150. 
 8,924 Italy 3,713; Morocco 2,846; France 
 1,577; Greece 400. 
 7 Turkey 5; France 2. 
 61 Italy 50; West Germany 11. 
 792,951 Spain 302,149; U.S.S.R. 223,227; Yu 
 goslavia 191,656. 
 283 Mainly from France. 
 11,032 United Kingdom 3,458; Morocco 2,628; 
 France 1,428. 
 6,678 France 3,409; Morocco 1,205; West 
 Germany 825. 
 1 All from West Germany. 
 150 France 138. 
 750 Italy 500; France 250. 
 71,030 Romania 24,901; Bulgaria 22,044; Po 
 land 18,517. 
 1 All from Netherlands. 
 4,982 Mainly from Italy. 
 5 Mainly from West Germany. 
 6,224 Netherlands 5,501. 
 

					
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