Year: 1987| 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) |
|---|
| Algeria | 0 | 210 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 10 | 210 |
| Argentina | 17 | 380 | 22 | 419 | 3 | 388 | 391 | 28 | 419 |
| Australia | 0 | 349 | 0 | 349 | 3 | 346 | 349 | 0 | 349 |
| Austria | 0 | 60 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 67 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 2 | 139 | 21 | 162 | 21 | 140 | 161 | 1 | 162 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1,800 | 0 | 1,800 | 215 | 1,585 | 1,800 | 0 | 1,800 |
| Canada | 11 | 531 | 36 | 578 | 2 | 556 | 558 | 20 | 578 |
| China; Peoples Republic of | 0 | 1,582 | 0 | 1,582 | 54 | 1,528 | 1,582 | 0 | 1,582 |
| Colombia | 5 | 251 | 2 | 258 | 0 | 231 | 231 | 27 | 258 |
| Denmark | 8 | 98 | 1 | 107 | 52 | 49 | 101 | 6 | 107 |
| Egypt | 10 | 259 | 65 | 334 | 0 | 324 | 324 | 10 | 334 |
| Finland | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 0 | 162 | 5 | 167 | 15 | 152 | 167 | 0 | 167 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 2 | 260 | 0 | 262 | 15 | 246 | 261 | 1 | 262 |
| France | 45 | 830 | 11 | 886 | 276 | 550 | 826 | 60 | 886 |
| German Democratic Republic | 0 | 94 | 5 | 99 | 5 | 94 | 99 | 0 | 99 |
| Germany; Federal Republic of | 0 | 228 | 171 | 399 | 8 | 391 | 399 | 0 | 399 |
| Greece | 2 | 133 | 5 | 140 | 0 | 137 | 137 | 3 | 140 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 29 | 124 | 156 | 16 | 136 | 152 | 4 | 156 |
| Hungary | 25 | 400 | 0 | 425 | 165 | 220 | 385 | 40 | 425 |
| Iraq | 5 | 200 | 92 | 297 | 0 | 254 | 254 | 43 | 297 |
| Ireland | 0 | 38 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Israel | 4 | 101 | 0 | 105 | 1 | 100 | 101 | 4 | 105 |
| Italy | 0 | 593 | 12 | 605 | 8 | 597 | 605 | 0 | 605 |
| Japan | 95 | 1,340 | 195 | 1,630 | 0 | 1,535 | 1,535 | 95 | 1,630 |
| Mexico | 0 | 799 | 14 | 813 | 0 | 813 | 813 | 0 | 813 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 390 | 21 | 420 | 238 | 172 | 410 | 10 | 420 |
| Peru | 3 | 217 | 4 | 224 | 0 | 220 | 220 | 4 | 224 |
| Poland | 14 | 192 | 0 | 206 | 0 | 199 | 199 | 7 | 206 |
| Portugal | 0 | 165 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 165 | 165 | 0 | 165 |
| Romania | 13 | 330 | 10 | 353 | 95 | 248 | 343 | 10 | 353 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 236 | 182 | 418 | 2 | 416 | 418 | 0 | 418 |
| Singapore | 13 | 52 | 45 | 110 | 10 | 97 | 107 | 3 | 110 |
| South Africa; Republic of | 51 | 444 | 7 | 502 | 7 | 455 | 462 | 40 | 502 |
| Spain | 0 | 725 | 41 | 766 | 5 | 761 | 766 | 0 | 766 |
| Sweden | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 286 | 0 | 286 | 0 | 286 | 286 | 0 | 286 |
| Thailand | 0 | 464 | 0 | 464 | 82 | 382 | 464 | 0 | 464 |
| Turkey | 272 | 130 | 0 | 402 | 5 | 124 | 129 | 273 | 402 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repu | 0 | 1,720 | 167 | 1,887 | 1 | 1,886 | 1,887 | 0 | 1,887 |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 760 | 72 | 847 | 22 | 807 | 829 | 18 | 847 |
| United States | 11 | 7,075 | 0 | 7,086 | 341 | 6,732 | 7,073 | 13 | 7,086 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 375 | 0 | 375 | 0 | 375 | 375 | 0 | 375 |
