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Country Year Belgium 1996 Bolivia 1990 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993 Brazil 1990 Cameroon 1989 Canada 1988 Chile 1994 Colombia 2001 Croatia 1991 Cyprus 1992 Ecuador 1990 Finland 1988 Germany 1993 Guatemala 1989 Netherlands 1999 Norway 1992 Portugal 1999 Russian Federation 2000 Serbia and Montenegro 2000 Slovenia 1992 Spain 1990 Sweden 1987 Switzerland 1992 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1991 Uganda 1990 Uruguay 1995 Zimbabwe 2003 Data from LaDou (2003).
Country Tons Russia 752,000 China 350,000 Canada 320,000 Brazil 209,000 Kazakhstan 179,000 Zimbabwe 152,000 Greece 32,000 South Africa 19,000 India 15,000 Swaziland 13,000 United States 5,000 Iran 2,000 Other countries 2,000 Total 2,050,000 Data from U.S. Geological Survey, 2000.
Country Tons kg/capita/year Russia 447,000 3.4 China 410,000 0.4 Brazil 182,000 1.3 India 125,000 0.2 Thailand 121,000 3.0 Japan 99,000 1.5 Indonesia 55,000 0.3 South Korea 29,000 1.9 Mexico 27,000 0.4 Belarus 25,000 Turkey 19,000 0.5 Kyrgyzstan 17,000 Spain 15,000 0.7 South Africa 13,000 0.5 Colombia 12,000 0.9 Zimbabwe 12,000 Romania 10,000 0.5 Azerbaijan 8,000 Canada 5,000 0.2 Portugal 5,000 Taiwan 5,000 Ecuador 4,000 Kazakhstan 4,000 1.8 Pakistan 4,000 Other countries 20,000 Total 1,673,000 Data from U.S. Geological Survey, 2000.
Country Ban Crocidolite Amosite Chrysotile China Yes No No Indonesia NR NR No Japan Yes Yes No Korea Yes NR No Malaysia Yes No No Philippines Yes Yes No Singapore Yes Yes No Taiwan Yes Yes No Thailand Yes Yes No Vietnam No No No NR, not reported.
Country Current consumption
(kg/capita/year)Recent trend China 0.4 Increase Indonesia 0.3 Increase Japan 0.6 Decrease Korea 0.5 Decrease Malaysia 0.9 Plateau Philippines </= 0.1 Increase Singapore 0 Decrease Taiwan 0.2 Decrease Thailand 1.9 Increase Vietnam 0.2 Increase