Year: 1978| Country | Beginning Stocks (1000 MT) | Production (1000 MT) | Total Imports (1000 MT) | TOTAL SUPPLY (1000 MT) | Total Exports (1000 MT) | Total Dom. Consumption (1000 MT) | TOTAL Use (1000 MT) | Ending Stocks (1000 MT) | TOTAL DISTRIBUTION (1000 MT) |
|---|
| Argentina | 26 | 239 | 0 | 265 | 16 | 224 | 240 | 25 | 265 |
| Australia | 36 | 114 | 11 | 161 | 44 | 88 | 132 | 29 | 161 |
| Austria | 6 | 70 | 8 | 84 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 5 | 84 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 3 | 37 | 10 | 125 | 0 | 99 | 122 | 3 | 125 |
| Brazil | 0 | 220 | 10 | 230 | 0 | 230 | 230 | 0 | 230 |
| Canada | 37 | 140 | 21 | 198 | 2 | 154 | 156 | 42 | 198 |
| Chile | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| China; Peoples Republic of | 0 | 210 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 210 | 210 | 0 | 210 |
| Denmark | 21 | 177 | 1 | 202 | 68 | 48 | 180 | 22 | 202 |
| Finland | 8 | 71 | 0 | 79 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 9 | 79 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 0 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 10 | 88 | 98 | 0 | 98 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 2 | 52 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 51 | 53 | 1 | 54 |
| France | 79 | 1,063 | 10 | 1,205 | 49 | 913 | 1,111 | 94 | 1,205 |
| German Democratic Republic | 55 | 206 | 8 | 269 | 28 | 185 | 213 | 56 | 269 |
| Germany; Federal Republic of | 0 | 354 | 95 | 569 | 27 | 405 | 569 | 0 | 569 |
| Greece | 4 | 155 | 7 | 166 | 1 | 161 | 162 | 4 | 166 |
| Hungary | 0 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 16 | 50 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 18 | 68 |
| Italy | 171 | 583 | 44 | 967 | 15 | 763 | 787 | 180 | 967 |
| Japan | 5 | 9 | 70 | 84 | 0 | 77 | 77 | 7 | 84 |
| Mexico | 0 | 130 | 2 | 132 | 0 | 132 | 132 | 0 | 132 |
| Netherlands | 56 | 420 | 1 | 498 | 53 | 186 | 435 | 63 | 498 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 81 | 0 | 113 | 70 | 22 | 92 | 21 | 113 |
| Norway | 15 | 68 | 1 | 84 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 16 | 84 |
| Peru | 5 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Poland | 7 | 93 | 1 | 101 | 11 | 80 | 91 | 10 | 101 |
| Portugal | 1 | 31 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| Romania | 0 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 11 | 66 | 77 | 0 | 77 |
| South Africa; Republic of | 8 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 35 |
| Spain | 16 | 95 | 23 | 134 | 1 | 115 | 116 | 18 | 134 |
| Sweden | 25 | 94 | 18 | 137 | 3 | 103 | 106 | 31 | 137 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 121 | 20 | 158 | 57 | 76 | 133 | 25 | 158 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repu | 0 | 691 | 6 | 697 | 8 | 689 | 697 | 0 | 697 |
| United Kingdom | 114 | 216 | 5 | 432 | 8 | 325 | 341 | 91 | 432 |
| United States | 220 | 1,597 | 110 | 1,927 | 20 | 1,700 | 1,720 | 207 | 1,927 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
