Year: 1979| 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 | 32 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 40 |
| Australia | 22 | 105 | 0 | 127 | 38 | 76 | 114 | 13 | 127 |
| Austria | 0 | 40 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 40 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 42 | 105 | 0 | 261 | 63 | 100 | 219 | 42 | 261 |
| Brazil | 0 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 0 | 90 |
| Canada | 28 | 106 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 114 | 114 | 20 | 134 |
| Chile | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| China; Peoples Republic of | 0 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 95 | 0 | 95 |
| Denmark | 8 | 131 | 0 | 141 | 27 | 56 | 139 | 2 | 141 |
| Finland | 8 | 74 | 0 | 82 | 17 | 61 | 78 | 4 | 82 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 0 | 120 | 1 | 121 | 1 | 120 | 121 | 0 | 121 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 3 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| France | 87 | 596 | 2 | 750 | 145 | 530 | 693 | 57 | 750 |
| German Democratic Republic | 28 | 276 | 9 | 313 | 28 | 257 | 285 | 28 | 313 |
| Germany; Federal Republic of | 201 | 568 | 0 | 819 | 50 | 429 | 584 | 235 | 819 |
| Greece | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Hungary | 0 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| India | 0 | 581 | 10 | 591 | 0 | 591 | 591 | 0 | 591 |
| Ireland | 33 | 132 | 0 | 167 | 45 | 39 | 158 | 9 | 167 |
| Italy | 0 | 79 | 1 | 121 | 0 | 119 | 121 | 0 | 121 |
| Japan | 21 | 68 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 87 | 87 | 4 | 91 |
| Mexico | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 68 | 202 | 0 | 336 | 100 | 69 | 280 | 56 | 336 |
| New Zealand | 61 | 255 | 0 | 316 | 192 | 45 | 237 | 79 | 316 |
| Norway | 2 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| Peru | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Poland | 10 | 293 | 17 | 320 | 1 | 310 | 311 | 9 | 320 |
| Portugal | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Romania | 0 | 40 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| South Africa; Republic of | 4 | 18 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| Spain | 7 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| Sweden | 2 | 65 | 0 | 67 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 2 | 67 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 36 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 50 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repu | 0 | 1,420 | 174 | 1,594 | 18 | 1,576 | 1,594 | 0 | 1,594 |
| United Kingdom | 129 | 161 | 113 | 529 | 8 | 376 | 435 | 94 | 529 |
| United States | 94 | 447 | 1 | 542 | 0 | 461 | 461 | 81 | 542 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
