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 674 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
Table 3.&mdash;Netherlands: Imports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 
METALS 
 Metal including alloys, all forms_______ Columbium and tantalum_____________

Copper: 
 Coppersulfate___________________ 
 
 Oxideandhydroxide            
 Metal including alloys: 
Scrap______________________ 
 
Unwrought_________________ Semimanufactures_____________ 
 
Germanium metal including alloys, all forms Gold2          thousand troy
ounces_. 
 
Iron and steel: 
Ore and concentrate, except roasted pyrite thousand tons_ - 
Metal: 
Scrap______________________ 
5,578 
 
166,359 
 
50,805 
 
48,771 
 
292,384 
 
 
 
1,332 
 
1,024 
 
193,307 
 
45,660 
107,642 
 
749,007 
 
18,652 
 
 
8,513 
 
3,157 
Pigiron3___________________ 
 
Ferroalloys__________________ 
 
Steel, primaryforms____________ 
 Semimanufactures: - 
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections thousand tons_ - 
 
Universals, plates, sheets do_ - - - 
 
Hoopandstrip_____________ 
 
Rails and accessories________ Wire___________________ 
 
Tubes, pipes, fittings_________ Castings and forgings, rough - - - 
 
Lead: 
Oxide________________________ 
 
Ashandresidue__________________ 
 
Metal including alloys: 
Scrap______________________ 
 
Unwrought__________________ 
 
Semimanufactures_____________ 
6,921 
 
113,035 
 
r49,309 
 
48,643 
 
290,870 
 
1,309 
 
1,060 
 
196,977 
 
38,914 
 
110,497 
 
572,792 
 
15,103 
 
9,922 
 
r2755 
 
16,706 
 
685 
 
4,539 
See footnotes at end of table. 
 
 
 
 1977 1978 Principal sources, 1978 
 
 
Aluminum: 
  Bauxite 141,242 151,521 Greece 148,250;Guyana2,813. 
  Alumina 536,564 570,330 Surinam 208,378; Greece 197,269; France 
    126,915. 
  Metal including alloys: 
     Scrap 29,850 30,515 West Germany 15,629; Belgium 
    ~Luxembourg 4,202; United States 2,400. 
     Unwrought 162,304 145,508 Norway 74,161; West Germany 43,942. 
     Semimanufactures 92,230 93,683 West Germany 38,683; Belgium- 
    Luxembourg 18,643; France 11,861. 
Antimony: 
  Oxide 897 1,059 Belgium-Luxembourg360;Bolivia298; 
    United Kingdom 249. 
  Metal including alloys, all forms 128 126 China, mainland, 32; Turkey 20.

Arsenicoxideandacid 200 -- 
Beryllium metal including alloys, all forms &mdash;  3 3 All from West
Germany.

Bismuth metal including alloys, all forms - - - 55 52 Belgium-Luxembourg;
Japan 8; Mexico 8. 
Cadmium metal including alloys, all forms &mdash;  59 55 Japan 31. 
Chromium: 
  Chromite 26440 6398 Mozambique5668 
  Oxide and hydroxide 608 784 West Germany 454; U.S.S.R. 244. 
  Metal including alloys, all forms 75 81. Japan 35; France 27. 
Cobalt: 
  Oxide and hydroxide 274 387 Belgium-Luxembourg 204; United States 
    119. 
17  78 West Germany 39; United States 16. 
  2  3 NA. 
 3,479 4,603 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,154; France 1,268; 
U.S.S.R. 918. 
 882 884 West Germany 520; Norway 163. 
 14,588 7,580 
 52,309 28,021 
 87,802 91,628 
 (1) 1 
 754 1,148 
West Germany 3,668; France 1,318; 
United Kingdom 1,258. 
Poland 5,905; U.S.S.R. 5,176; West Ger 
many 4,388. 
West Germany 38,552; BelgiumLuxembourg 33,207; France 7,283. 
All from West Germany. United States 411; United Kingdom 262; Switzerland
160. 
 
 
Brazil 1,768; Liberia 865; Canada 773. 
 
Belgium-Luxembourg 77,979; West Germany 39,658; United Kingdom 28,326. 
Brazil 15,264; West Germany 13,815; France 6,579. 
Norway 17,596; France 11,099; West Germany 5,622. 
Norway 128,240; Spain 77,147; West Germany 36,988. 
 
 
West Germany 487; Belgium-Luxembourg 459; France 113. 
Belgium-Luxembourg 392; West Germany 374; Japan 69. 
West Germany 136,236; BelgiumLuxembourg 32,301; France 11,633. 
West Germany 25,694; France 16,221. Belgium-Luxembourg 57,112; West Germany
38,730; France 6,087. 
West Germany 490,977; France 121,845; Belgium-Luxembourg 43,455. 
West Germany 9,435; BelgiumLuxembourg 6,902. 
 
West Germany 5,768; BelgiumLuxembourg 2,581. 
West Germany 1,797; United Kingdom 
426. 
 10,882 West Germany 6,726; Belgium- 
   Luxembourg 1,777. 
 59,918 Belgium-Luxembourg 16,989; United 
   Kingdom 13,723; Australia 10,600. 
 4,921 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,160; West Ger 
   many 1,243. 

					
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