TABLE 4
CHINA:  IMPORTS OF SELECTED MINERAL COMMODITIES IN 2003
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
				Value
		Quantity		(thousands)
METALS
Aluminum:
Alumina		5,610,000		$1,375,761
Metal and alloys, unwrought		880,735		1,227,101
Semimanufactures		531,477		1,490,885
Scrap		653,422		442,193
Antimony:
Antimony, crude		65		14
Other		19,050		13,259
Chromium, chromite		1,780,000		150,832
Copper:
Ore and concentrates		2,670,000		1,288,186
Metal and alloys, unwrought		1,562,152		2,818,470
Semimanufactures		1,055,765		2,783,388
Scrap		3,161,784		1,332,272
Iron and steel:
Iron ore		148,130,000		4,856,502
Steel:
Bars and rods		1,220,000		645,824
Scrap		9,290,000		1,405,292
Seamless pipe		1,130,000		1,009,644
Shapes and sections		860,000		296,983
Sheets and plates		33,250,000		17,421,726
Lead:
Ore and concentrates		64,743		196,518
Metal, refined		21,673		11,358
Bars, rod, and wire		1,997		3,220
Other		26,782		11,918
Manganese ore		2,860,000		204,978
Nickel:
Ore and concentrates		8,405		4,702
Matte		9,185		15,069
Metal, unwrought		58,074		520,905
Tin, ore and concentrates		2,200		3,550
Titanium dioxide		228,533		393,100
Zinc:
Ore and concentrates		710,714		148,054
Metal, refined		102,521		80,826
Alloy		161,422		174,859
Bar, rod, and wire		40,445		41,019
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Diamond	kilograms	12,738		1,242,019
Fertilizers:
Compound fertilizers		4,990,000		900,007
Diammonium phosphate		2,610,000		503,904
Potassium chloride		6,230,000		739,418
Potassium sulfate		330,000		56,555
Urea		130,000		15,415
Sodium carbonate		301,277		31,405
MINERAL FUELS
Coal		10,760,000		364,304
Petroleum:
Crude oil		91,120,000		19,808,734
Refinery products		28,240,000		5,861,182
Source:  General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, 2003, China
monthly exports and imports, no. 12.