Commodity 
NONMETALS —Continued 
 1975 1976 Principal destinations, 1976 
 
Sulfur: 
  Elemental 7,419 18,931 Mainly to Colombia.  Sulfuric acid 13859 15976 Netherlands
5989Other: Building materials of asphalt, asbestos, and fiber cement, and
unfired nonmetals, n.e.s 1,277 2,880 Mainly to Netherlands Antilles.  MINERAL
FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
Carbonbiack  20493 75061 Argentina50779 Brazil 18813Hydrogen, helium, rare
gases  6 19 Colombia 16; Netherlands Antilles 3.Natural gas liquids:  Natural
gasoline — — thousand 42.gallon barrels..  - 3,894 3,505
United
States 2,378; Netherlands 652.  Liquefied petroleum gas do. —-
 10,907
12,019 United States 6,781; Argentina 1,630.Petroleum:  Crude and partly
refined do... —  541 310 502 065 Netherlands Antilles 171 696 United
    States 130,035; Canada 84,238. 
Refinery products: 
 Gasoline and naphtha do.. — -— 15,739 19,136 United
States 12,944.
Jetfuel do_._~... 3,136 3,360 UnitedKingdom 1,046;Peru 1,009;      United
States 544; Netherlands 336. 
 Kerosine do.. — - 106 All to Honduras. 
 Distillate fuel oil do.. — -— 25,109 20,941 Sweden 3,397;
United
Kingdom 1,836. Residual fuel oil do... — -— 166,001 221,827
United
States 159,503; Netherlands      Antilles 22,597. Lubricants do_~ 2,208 1,366
Brazil 403; Sweden 331; France 217. Asphalt do..._~ 529 81 DominicanRepublic42;Guatemala
     15; Bahamas 9; Bermuda 9. Other do..~_ 3,002 2,505 Argentina957;WestGermany920.

Total do..~.... 215,724 269,322 
' Less than 1/2 unit. 
Table 3.—Venezuela: Imports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1975 1976 Principal sources, 1976 
 3,545 10,006 Mainly from Guyana. 
 62,390 328,787 Jamaica 96,574; Guyana 66,345; Surm 
    am 61,700; United States 59,295; 
    Virgin Islands 34,271. 
 109 2,186 Mainly from Japan. 
 8,564 8,991 United States 4,104; United Kingdom 
    1,512. 
 83 101 Italy 32; Japan 31; United States 27; 
    Peru 10. 
 36 31 Mexico 13; United States 11; West 
    Germany 6. 
 5,000 12,500 Mainly from Philippines. 
 131 135 United States 91; West Germany 14. 
 5 1 Mainly from Spain and Brazil. 
 281 190 West Germany 38; Chile 35; France 30; 
    Netherlands 20; Peru 20; U.S.S.R. 
    19. 
 418 139 Puerto Rico 56; United States 52; Italy 
    31. 
 3,866 4,217 United States 2,597; Canada 654; West 
    Germany 526. 
 12,898 18,430 Chile 6,393; United States 4,247; Cana 
    da 3,558; West Germany 1,839. 
 13,696 29,417 United States 18,068; Peru 9,066. 
 58 267,266 Mainly from Peru. 
 56,174 44,493 United States 32,844; Yugoslavia 
    9,950. 
 168,527 129,953 India 58,077; United States 18,174. 
 549,843 615,696 Japan 260,754; Belgium-Luxembourg 
    89,390; Italy 86,952. 
See footnotes at end of table. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF VENEZUELA 1037 
 
Table 2.—Venezuela: Exports and reexports of mineral commodities
—Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
METALS 
Aluminum: 
 Bauxiteandconcentrate - 
Oxide and hydroxide 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
Unwrought________________________ 
 Semimanufactures - 
Antimony metal including alloys, all forms - 
 
Arsenic trioxide, pentoxide, acids_______________ 
 
Chromium: 
Chromite 
Oxide and hydroxide_____________________ 
Copper: 
Oreandconcentrate_____________________ 
Copper sulfate_________________________ 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
Scrap____________________________ 
 
Unwrought________________________ 
 
Semimanufactures___________________ 
 
Gold metal, unworked or partly worked troy ounces_ - 
Iron and steel: 
Oreandconcentrate_____________________ 
Metal: 
Scrap____________________________ 
 
Pig iron, ferroalloys, similar materials______ 
Steel,primaryforms__________________