TABLE 3
CHINA:  EXPORTS OF SELECTED MINERAL COMMODITIES IN 2003
(Metric tons)
				Value
		Quantity		(thousands)
METALS
Aluminum:
Alumina		60,000		$21,330
Metal and alloys:
Unwrought		1,249,249		1,792,572
Semimanufactures		273,293		667,740
Antimony metal, unwrought		25,243		55,913
Barium sulfate		2,170,000		67,443
Bismuth, includes powder, unwrought, and waste		4,626		25,782
Copper, metal and alloys:
Unwrought		67,083		118,704
Semimanufactures		232,880		690,222
Iron and steel:
Ferrosilicon		840,000		433,609
Pig iron and cast iron		710,000		125,604
Steel:
Bars and rods		2,390,000		690,930
Shapes and sections		270,000		95,543
Sheets and plates		1,820,000		743,504
Tube and pipe		540,000		517,705
Lead:
Metal, refined		679		253
Other		14,411		12,401
Magnesium metal, unwrought		151,162		230,854
Manganese, unwrought		165,458		161,777
Silicon metal		445,260		408,250
Tin, metal and alloys, unwrought		41,220		180,411
Tungsten, tungstates		8,548		41,733
Zinc:
Metal and alloys, unwrought		484,231		396,580
Oxide and peroxide		96,960		65,607
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Cement		5,330,000		171,578
Cerium oxide		9,290		16,649
Fluorspar		950,000		111,257
Granite		4,288,180		914,087
Graphite, natural		339,609		53,518
Magnesia, fused		392,736		110,202
Rare Earths:
Chorides		5,775		4,155
Oxides		5,833		56,775
Strontium carbonate		72,195		28,669
Talc		730,000		69,901
MINERAL FUELS
Coal		93,880,000		2,750,324
Coke, semicoke		14,720,000		1,672,361
Petroleum:
Crude oil		8,130,000		1,661,217
Refinery products		13,820,000		3,720,664
Source:  General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, 2003, China
monthly exports and imports, no. 12.