Year: 1978| Country | Beginning Stocks (1000 MT) | Production (1000 MT) | Total Imports (1000 MT) | TOTAL SUPPLY (1000 MT) | Total Exports (1000 MT) | Domestic Consumption (1000 MT) | TOTAL Use (1000 MT) | Ending Stocks (1000 MT) | TOTAL DISTRIBUTION (1000 MT) |
|---|
| Argentina | 4 | 29 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 35 |
| Australia | 18 | 112 | 0 | 130 | 35 | 73 | 108 | 22 | 130 |
| Austria | 3 | 42 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 44 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 23 | 106 | 0 | 241 | 62 | 87 | 199 | 42 | 241 |
| Brazil | 0 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 6 | 84 | 90 | 0 | 90 |
| Canada | 29 | 102 | 4 | 135 | 1 | 106 | 107 | 28 | 135 |
| Chile | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| China; Peoples Republic of | 0 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 94 | 0 | 94 |
| Denmark | 7 | 140 | 0 | 148 | 18 | 51 | 140 | 8 | 148 |
| Finland | 7 | 72 | 0 | 79 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 8 | 79 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 0 | 119 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 119 | 120 | 0 | 120 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 8 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| France | 35 | 553 | 0 | 664 | 59 | 496 | 577 | 87 | 664 |
| German Democratic Republic | 27 | 281 | 9 | 317 | 39 | 250 | 289 | 28 | 317 |
| Germany; Federal Republic of | 138 | 564 | 0 | 744 | 17 | 419 | 543 | 201 | 744 |
| Greece | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hungary | 0 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| India | 0 | 560 | 16 | 576 | 0 | 576 | 576 | 0 | 576 |
| Ireland | 23 | 130 | 0 | 154 | 11 | 38 | 121 | 33 | 154 |
| Italy | 0 | 79 | 1 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 115 | 0 | 115 |
| Japan | 12 | 62 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 55 | 55 | 21 | 76 |
| Mexico | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 211 | 0 | 294 | 40 | 81 | 226 | 68 | 294 |
| New Zealand | 52 | 230 | 0 | 282 | 177 | 44 | 221 | 61 | 282 |
| Norway | 1 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| Peru | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Poland | 17 | 294 | 9 | 320 | 6 | 304 | 310 | 10 | 320 |
| Portugal | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Romania | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| South Africa; Republic of | 5 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| Spain | 8 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 29 |
| Sweden | 2 | 63 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 2 | 65 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 33 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 52 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repu | 0 | 1,472 | 39 | 1,511 | 18 | 1,493 | 1,511 | 0 | 1,511 |
| United Kingdom | 127 | 161 | 122 | 584 | 7 | 399 | 455 | 129 | 584 |
| United States | 84 | 451 | 1 | 536 | 2 | 440 | 442 | 94 | 536 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
