See footnotes at end of table. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ROMANIA 799 
 
Table 2.—Romania Apparent exports of mineral commodities' .—ContinUed
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 Commodity 1977 1978 Principal destinations, 1978 
 
NONMETALS —Continued 
 
Stone, sand and gravel: 
  Dimension stone 13,798 16,092 West Germany 12,945;Austria 2,978. 
  Gravelandcrushedrock 132,967 120,946 AlltoHungary. 
  Limestone - - 687 All to West Germany. 
  Sand 934 1,081 All to Hungary. 
Sulfur, elemental -- 1 All to United Kingdom. 
Talc -- 22 AlltoWestGermany. 
Other: 
  Crude 1,563 1,677 Hungary 1,570. 
  Oxides and hydroxides of magnesium, strontium, 
   barium NA 25 AlltoYugoslavia. 
 MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
Asphalt and bitumen, natural 7,182 5,906 Do. 
Carbon black  246,409 245,409 Czechoslovakia 14,443; Thailand 389. 
Coal and briquets: 
  Anthracite and bituminouscoal  12,200 300 All to West Germany. 
  Ligniteandlignitebriquets  -- 11   Do. 
Gas, natural million cubic fest - 27,162 27,063 All to Hungary. 
Peat and peat briquets  2,665 2,501 Austria 2,210. 
 
 
Petroleum refinery products: 
 Gasoline thousand 42.gallon barrels... - 215,184 220,502 West Germany 6,074;
Netherlands 
      5,073. 
 Kerosine do~~ 18 2,906 UnitedStates2,263;Spain62O. 
 Distillate fuel oil do~ — — 215,108 218,016 Turkey 4,914;
France
1,436; Greece 
      1,324. 
 Residual fuel oil do___ 216,662 215,218 Italy3,050;Sweden 1,665; Yugoslavia

      1,565. 
 Lubricants do_~ 2200 22,249 Yugoslavia 217; Spain 88; Hungary 85. 
 Other: 
   Liquefiedpetroleumgas do.~_ 60 54 AlltoWestGermany. 
   Mineral jelly and wax do... — — 248 226 West Germany
5; Yugoslavia
4. 
   Petroleum coke do... — — 2345 2578 Italy 174; Yugoslavia
50.

   Bitumen and other residues do.._ - - 279 251 Austria 16. 
   Unspecified do... 2,724 223 NA. 
 Total do~~ 50,428 59,663 
Mineral tar and other coal-, petroleum-, or gas.derived 
 crude chemicals 80,334 70,872 Spain 39,777; Italy 15,584; West Ger 
     many 6,929. 
 
 
 NA Not available. 
 ' Owing to the lack of official trade data published by Romania, this table
should not be taken as a complete presentation of Romania's mineral exports.
Unless otherwise specified, data are compiled from trade statistics of individual
trading partners, as well as the United Nations World Trade Annual, Walker
and Co., New York. 
 2Official Romanian trade statistics;, 
 3United Nations. Quarterly Bulletin of Steel Statistics for Europe, New
York. 
 
 
 
 
Table 3..—Romania: Apparent imports of mineral commodities1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 Commodity 1977 1978 P1~icipal sources, 1978 
 
METALS 
Aluminum: 
  Bauxite 550,842 877,206 Greece642,073; Yugoslavia 149,664. 
  Oxideand hydroxide 36,033 25,607 Hungary 18,226;Austria 2,878. 
  Metal including alloys: 
     Unwrought 500 3,490 Hungary3,437. 
     Semimanufactures 14,342 6,148 WestGermany2,361;Hungary2,278. 
Cadmium metal including alloys, all forms 72 - - 
Chromium: 
  Chromite 13,705 2,285 Italyl,81O. 
  Oxidesandhydroxides -- 1 AllfromFrance. 
Cobalt: 
  Oxidesandhydroxides -- 5   Do. 
  Metalsincludingalloys,allforin&. 12 31 WestGermany2l; France 10.

Copper 
  Oreandconcentrate 1,248 4,000 AllfromMorocco. 
  Metal including alloys: 
     Unwrought 33,670 27,129 Zaire 10,000;2PolandS,925;Belgium- 
     Luxembourg 5,449. 
 Semimanufactures 6,159 10,392 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,071; Poland 
     2,691; West Germany 1,765.