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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||
| ESTIMATED ASBESTOS CONSUMPTION, BY COUNTRY, 2011-141, 2, 3 | ||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||
| Region | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||
| Africa: | ||||||||
| Angola | 1,320 | 880 | 581 | 409 | ||||
| Ghana | 1,380 | 821 | 2,040 | 451 | ||||
| Nigeria | 2,150 | 1,820 | 349 | -- | ||||
| South Africa | 4,210 | 1,350 | 854 | r | 4 | |||
| Zimbabwe | 3,990 | 3,940 | 4,360 | r | 5,280 | |||
| Other | 1,490 | 1,630 | 233 | r | 5,480 | |||
| Total | 14,500 | 10,400 | 8,420 | r | 11,600 | |||
| Asia and the Middle East: | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 4,370 | 2,230 | 8,030 | 12,100 | ||||
| China | 638,000 | 531,000 | 570,000 | 507,000 | ||||
| India | 303,000 | - | 473,000 | 280,000 | r | 379,000 | ||
| Indonesia | 124,000 | 162,000 | 148,000 | r | 109,000 | |||
| Iran | 6,740 | -60 | 97 | r | -- | |||
| Kazakhstan | 155,000 | 5,290 | 67,200 | r | 39,500 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 8,220 | 8,190 | 7,200 | 5,630 | ||||
| Malaysia | 6,760 | 2,350 | 4,960 | r | 1,970 | |||
| North Korea | 1,690 | 1,250 | 611 | 710 | ||||
| Pakistan | 9,390 | 10,100 | 3,800 | r | 2,300 | |||
| Philippines | 3,250 | 1,970 | 2,650 | 2,670 | ||||
| Russia | 283,000 | - | 196,000 | 482,000 | r | 478,000 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 61,100 | 54,700 | 23,000 | 42,100 | ||||
| Thailand | 81,400 | 58,000 | 53,100 | 41,900 | ||||
| Turkmenistan | 5,240 | 6,680 | 5,280 | r | 4,280 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 17,100 | 104,000 | 81,800 | r | 76,400 | |||
| Vietnam | 60,400 | 78,900 | 57,800 | 52,900 | ||||
| Other | 1,260 | - | -6,170 | 2,500 | r | 1,290 | ||
| Total | 1,770,000 | - | 1,690,000 | 1,800,000 | r | 1,760,000 | ||
| Central and North America: | ||||||||
| Cuba | 5,860 | 10,300 | 4,770 | 2,890 | ||||
| Mexico | 10,200 | 17,000 | 7,110 | r | 10,200 | |||
| Other | -22,300 | 913 | 921 | r | 1,230 | |||
| Total | -6,260 | - | 28,300 | 12,800 | r | 14,300 | ||
| Europe: | ||||||||
| Belarus | 25,100 | 13,100 | 10,600 | r | 6,210 | |||
| Ukraine | 55,900 | 42,000 | 35,200 | r | 24,700 | |||
| Other | -12 | - | -4,610 | 661 | r | 669 | ||
| Total | 81,000 | - | 50,500 | 46,500 | r | 31,600 | ||
| Oceania | 45 | 34 | 250 | r | 26 | |||
| South America: | ||||||||
| Bolivia | 5,590 | 5,360 | 4,420 | 6,260 | ||||
| Brazil | 189,000 | - | 168,000 | 165,000 | r | 181,000 | ||
| Colombia | 20,000 | 25,200 | 15,000 | r | 8,200 | |||
| Ecuador | 6,150 | 4,740 | 3,820 | r | 4,470 | |||
| Other | 1,480 | - | 1,310 | 910 | r | 220 | ||
| Total | 223,000 | - | 204,000 | 189,000 | r | 201,000 | ||
| Other areas (nonspecified) | 2,000 | 120 | -- | r | -- | |||
| Grand total | 2,080,000 | - | 1,980,000 | 2,060,000 | r | 2,010,000 | ||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Calculated as country production plus imports minus exports. Changes in- | ||||||||
| Government and industry stocks are not considered because data are unavailable. | ||||||||
| Production data were from table 8 and trade data were from the United Nations- | ||||||||
| Commodity Trade database. | ||||||||
| 2Previously, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan were- | ||||||||
| included under Europe to be consistent with country groupings in the early to middle- | ||||||||
| 1900s. The table was revised to be consistent with current convention. | ||||||||
| 3Negative values are net exports (exports greater than production plus imports). | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
