eRetimate NA Not available. 
 
 ' Many entries for 1977 have been revised from those shown in the previous
edition of this chapter on the basis of revisions published in official Israeli
trade returns for 1978. 
 526          MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
  Table 4.—Israel: Imports of mineral commodities —Continued

Commodity 
 Quantity (metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 1977' 1978 
 ~— Value, thousands 
 
 
 
Of reported quantity 
 Of additional — unreported quantity 
 
 
19771 
1978 
 1977' 1978 
NONMETALS —Continued 
 
 
 
Diamond: 
 Gem, net set or strung 
                thousand carats_  12,398 8,638 1,044,212 1,311,630 11,881
11,535 
  Industrial              do..~ 2,885 3,044 9,395   13,472  ——
—— 
Diatomite and other infusorial earth — —  176 89 371
   437 
 46 66 
Feldspar and fluorspar 2,264 227 130     60   112 119 
Fertilizer.materials, manufactured: 
  Nitrogenous 231 60 628     73   790 999 
  Other, including mixed NA 4 NA     10   85 809 
Graphite, natural 27 17 27     16   14 68 
Gypsumandplasters 96 186 34    120   46 -- 
Magnesite_ 1,535 1,458 469    571   156 30 
Mica NA 24 NA     69   130 56 
Pigments, mineral, including processed 
 ironoxides 40 155 257    564   110 77 
Precious and semiprecious stones, except 
 diamon& 
  Natural NA NA NA    NA 12,338 19,714 
  Manufactured, including synthetic - - NA NA NA    NA   195 192 
Salt 66 NA 84    NA  232 796 
Sodium and potassium compounds, n.e.s  616 177 414    .159  301 331 
Stone, sand and gravel: 
  Dimension stone: 
     Crude and partly worked 652 1,595 663   1,315  348 337 
     Worked NA NA NA    NA 2,587 3,504 
  Dolomite, chiefly refractory grade — —  79 18 28  
  10  —
— — — 
  Gravel and crushed rock 3,649 NA 1,227    NA   55 1,796 
  Quartz and quartzite 420 104 100     53    6. — — 
  Sand, excluding metal bearing 27 38 40     59  - - 11 
Sulfur: 
  Elemental, all forms NA NA NA    NA 3,041 3,963 
  Sulfurdioxide NA NA NA    NA   80 -- 
  Sulfuricacid NA 8 NA    285   16 1,096 
Talc, steatite, soapstone, pyrophyllite — —  80 120 142
   167
 116 157 
Other: 
  Crude - 174 17 116    102  158 200 
  Oxides and hydroxides of magnesium, 
   strontium, barium 13 9 32     82   49 58 
  Bromine, iodine, fluorine NA NA NA    NA   42 41 
  Building materials of asphalt, asbestos, 
   and fiber cement, and unfired 
   nonmetals, n.e.s NA 22 NA     49  197 261 
  MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED 
          MATERIALS 
Carbonblack 40 126 1,759    896   40 113 
Coal, allgrades, including briquets 195 305 94    167   50 140 
Cokeandsemicoke 20 12 103     55  299 208 
Gas, hydrocarbon, natural 1,862 2,334 436    580  — —
1 
Peat, including peat briquets and litter —  28 154 106     50 
141
406 
Hydrogen and rare gases 10 2 90    102  933 803 
Petroleum:e 
  Crude and partly refined 
        thousand 42-gallon harrels_ - 55,720 NA NA    NA  - - - - 
 
 Refinery products: 
 Lubricants do_~ 120 NA NA NA 
 Other do~ 41 NA NA NA 
 Total do~ 161 NA NA NA -- -- 
Mineral tar and other coal-, petroleum-, or 
gas-derived crude chemicals 659 480 280 237 72 46