6,936 19,541 Australia 12,000; Republic of Korea 5,511. 
 1,212 1,339 Australia 1,331. 
 478 568 Iran 133; Taiwan 110. 
 1,813 6,956 Iran 2,759; France 1,222; Taiwan 7~& 
 519 220 Republic of Korea 156; Cube 34; Iraq 15. 
 467,929 320,986 Republic of Korea 250,541; Taiwan 66,590. 
 20 66 Republic of Korea 28; Taiwan 22. 
 290 325 Philippines 107; Peru 48; Turkey 34; Spain 
    33. 
 1,721 1,803 Taiwan 609; Vietnam 430; Philippines 
    204. 
 9 10 Republic of Korea 4; Taiwan 2. 
 218 518 Republic of Korea 363; Philippines 81. 
 145 149 Poland 30; Australia 25; United Kingdom 
    24. 
 5,484 6,020 United States 2,621; United Kingdom 682; 
    France 605. 
Other: 
 Liquefied petroleum gas do_ - - - 
 Naphtha do._~ 
 Mineral jelly and wax - do. - - - 
 Petroleum coke do___ 
 Bitumen do_~ 
 Unspecified_______________ Mineral tar and other coal-, petroleum-, or gas-derived
crude chemicals 
 thousand tons - 
 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF JAPAN 555 
 
Table 2.—Japan: Exports of mineral commodities1 —Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1977 1978 Principal destinations, 1978 
 
 NONMETALS —Continued Stone, sand and gravel —Continued

 
 Gravelandcrushedrock____________ 
 Limestone, except dimension 
 thousand tons_ 
 Quartzandquartzite______________ 
 Sand, excluding metal bearing________ 
Sulfur: 
 Elemental: 
 Colloidal___________________ 
 Other than colloidal____________ 
 Sulfurdioxide___________________ 
 Sulfuric acid thousand tons_ — 
 
Talc and steatite                    
 
Other: 
 Crude thousand tons_ - 
 Slag, dross, and similar waste, not metal 
 bearing do__ 
Oxides, hydroxides, and peroxides of magnesium, strontium, barium (including

 clinker) do_~_ 
 
Bromine, iodine, fluorine___________ 
 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED 
MATERIALS 
Asphalt and bituthen, natural 9 7 Taiwan 6. 
Carbon black and gas carbon: 
  Carbon black        thousand tons_ — 23 31 China, mainland, 17;
Indonesia
3; India 2. 
  Gascarbon -- 26 All to Kuwait. 
Coal, all grades, including briquets 
                   thousand ton&. — 32 48 Republic of Korea
25;
North Korea 17. 
Coke and semicoke             do_ — — — 530
896 United
States 304; Chile 129; Peru 106. 
Gas,manufacturedonly (5) (5) 
Hydrogen and rare gases (helium, krypton, 
 neon,xenon)               do_.__ 799 1,156 Taiwan302;1ran262. 
Petroleum: 
  Crude and partly refined 
           thousand 42-gallon barrels.. — (6) — —

  Refinery products, nonbunker: 
     Kerosine and jet fuel      do_ — — — 7
1,508 Indonesia
974; India 363; Singapore 161. 
     Distillate fuel oil         do_ — — —
5 503 Thailand
333; New Zealand 167. 
     Residual fuel oil         do_ — - — 72 233 Republic
of Korea
232. 
     Lubricants             do_ — -  2,066 2,350 Republic of Korea
847; Taiwan 276; In 
    donesia 250. 
 40 282 Hong Kong 181; Philippines 80. 
 28 51 Taiwan 41. 
 447 565 Mexico 63; Republic of Korea 62; Taiwan 
    48. 
 89 33 West Germany 30. 
 39 6 Indonesia 2; Republic of Korea 2. 
  101 Republic of Korea 54; Taiwan 15; India 14. 
 78 149 NA. 
 
 rRe~d~ NA Not available. 
 
 ' Excludes exports under the Japanese-United Ststes Mutual Defense Agreement
and those for the account of the US. military forces. 
 ' Includes spiegeleisen, if any. 
 ' Excludes mosaic tile. 
 4lncludes exports containing more than 45% N. 
 5Same as gas carbon. 
 ' Less than 1/2 unit.