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Table 3 —Romania. Apparent imports of mineral commoditiesi —Continued

(Metric tOns unless otherwise specified) 
METALS —Continued 
 237 64,022 Brazil 63,855. 
 4 151 Finland 57; France 32. 
 2,871 12,124 Austria 6,741; Yugoslavia 2,628; 
    France 2,103. 
 226 962 Portugal 700; Japan 138. 
 1,592 1,575 Hungary 1,466. 
 NA $406 United States $347. 
 4,800 4,890 Austria 1,360; Yugoslavia 1,308; Italy 
    1,288. 
 12,538 11,068 Canada 10,087. 
 3,970 8,857 West Germany 6,120; Thailand 2,000. 
 NA 30,600 All from Turkey. 
 - - 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 7. 
 — — 254 France 249. 
 21,141 23,411 Czechoslovakia 8,000; Greece 7,903; 
    United Kingdom 4,693. 
 ~100 ' 125 Yugoslavia 29; U.S.S.R. 21; West Ger 
    many 9. 
 129 108 Italy 91. 
 
 
 
Commodity 1977 1978 Principal sources 1978 
Iron and steel: 
 Ore and concentrate thousand tons—  ~12,402 ' 13,843 U.S.S.R.
4,373;
Brazil 895; Spain 677. 
 Roastedpyrite  1,116 2,500 Allfromltaly. 
Metal: 
 Scrap thousand tons_ NA ~8 NA. 
 Pigiron do__. ' 646 ' 527 Brazil 105 Australia33' 
 Ferroalloys do__  ' 160  ' 169  NA 
 Steel primaryforms do.  28  ~556  WestGermany76 Poland2l 
 Semimanufactures 
   Bars rods angles shapes sections do. — - - 297 ~854 Poland 84
West
Germany 69 
   Plates and sheets do — - - 178 4377 West Germany 47 Japan 46
Bulgaria

       Rails and accessories do... — -  46 ~70 Yugoslavia 25 Austria
9 
       Wire do...~ 13 457 WestGermany 11 
       Tubes pipes fittings do~   ~129   ' 142   WestGermany32 Italy 18 
       Castingsandforgings ~ -- 5 Hungary4 France 1 
       Unspecified do~~ 846 -— 
Lead 
  Oreandconcentrate  4,695 7,420 All from Morocco. 
  Oxide  5,216 2,002 All from France. 
  Metal including alloys 
     Unwrought      NA     4459     Peru20096Italy2000 
     Semimanufactures  - - 1 All from United Kingdom. 
Magnesium metal including alloys, all forms        69        27        West
Germany 14. 
Manganese: 
  Oreandconcentrate  434 ~109000 NA 
  Oxides  700 710 Greece275;Japan200. 
Mercury 76-pound flasks... 3383 5800 AllfromTurkey 
Molybdenum metal including alloys, all forms       7       4       West Germany
3. 
Nickel metal including alloys: 
  Scrap  -- 2 All from France. 
  Unwrought  65 6 All from Netherlands. 
  Semimanufactures  693 530 WestGermany32l; France 118. 
Platinum-group and silver metals, unworked or partly 
 worked: 
  Platinum-group           value, thousand&.  $3,029 $2,792 France
$1,503;
United Kingdom 
     $1,055. 
  Silver do~~ $311 $359 Switzerland$213;WestGermany$73. 
Tin metal including alloys, unwrought  2 66 All fromUnited States. 
Titanium: 
  Oxides  1,000 2,396 Spainl,280;WestGermany905. 
  Metal including alloys, all forms  1 — — 
Tungsten metal including alloys, all forms  4 7 France 4; United States 2.

Zmc: 
  Oxideand peroxide  75 885 Yugoslavia 880. 
  Metal including alloys: 
     Blue powder.L  1,752 501 All from Italy. 
     Unwrought  2,000 6,504 Finland 4,507; Canada 1,997. 
     Semimanufactures  1,156 1,428 West Germany 1,301. 
Other: 
  Oresandconcentrates____________________ 
  Oxides, hydroxides, peroxides_______________ 
Metalloids                             
 
Base metals including alloys, all forms  
NONM~FALS 
Abrasives: 
Pumice,emery, natural corundum, etc_________ 
Dust and powder of natural and synthetic precious 
and semiprecious stones - - - value, thousands_ - 
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones 
 
Asbestos                                
Bariteandwitherite                        
Boron: Crude natural borates  
Cement                                
Chalk_________________________________ 
Clays and clay products: 
Crude                               
Products: 
 Refractory thousand tons_ - 
 
Nonrefractory______________________ 
 
See footnotes at end of table.