TABLE 8
POLAND:  IMPORTS OF SELECTED MINERAL COMMODITIES
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity			2000		2001		2002
METALS
Aluminum and articles thereof			303		310		374
Chromite			29		26		9
Iron ore and concentrate			9,737		7,709		6,957
Lead:
Concentrates, Pb content			--		4		5
Refined			14		12		21
Manganese			39		44		15
Steel:
Flat-rolled, nonalloy semimanufactures			1,897		2,535		2,357
Stainless and articles thereof			79		84		91
Pipes and hollow profiles			259		289		344
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Alumina			151		135		123
Barite			7		7		6
Bauxite			27		38		50
Bentonite			62		65		68
Cement (clinker)			606		251		67
Feldspar			82		144		168
Flourspar			5		5		6
Glass			429		466		549
Graphite			39		52		58
Gypsum and anhydrite			78		23		46
Kaolin, washed			90		101		114
Mineral fertilizers			1,288		1,426		1,609
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal, including briquettes			1503		1,903		2,768
Natural gas		million cubic meters	7,676		8,325		7,775
Petroleum:
Crude			18,002		17,513		17,872
Refined			1,797		2,318		2,501
Sources:  Central Statistical Offiice  of Poland, Yearbook of Foreign Trade, 2002 and 2003; Polish Academy of Sciences, Minerals Yearbook
of Poland, 1998-2002.