Year: 1972| 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) |
|---|
| Argentina | 16 | 205 | 0 | 221 | 6 | 194 | 200 | 21 | 221 |
| Australia | 4 | 81 | 6 | 91 | 33 | 54 | 87 | 4 | 91 |
| Austria | 4 | 53 | 4 | 61 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 5 | 61 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 3 | 33 | 55 | 91 | 11 | 77 | 88 | 3 | 91 |
| Brazil | 2 | 142 | 1 | 145 | 0 | 144 | 144 | 1 | 145 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 20 | 63 | 83 | 0 | 83 |
| Canada | 33 | 163 | 17 | 213 | 10 | 160 | 170 | 43 | 213 |
| Chile | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| China; Peoples Republic of | 0 | 169 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 169 | 169 | 0 | 169 |
| Denmark | 16 | 127 | 4 | 147 | 74 | 54 | 128 | 19 | 147 |
| Finland | 5 | 46 | 0 | 51 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 6 | 51 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 0 | 80 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 74 | 81 | 0 | 81 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 |
| France | 64 | 868 | 34 | 966 | 142 | 748 | 890 | 76 | 966 |
| German Democratic Republic | 0 | 152 | 9 | 161 | 0 | 161 | 161 | 0 | 161 |
| Germany; Federal Republic of | 0 | 545 | 150 | 695 | 57 | 638 | 695 | 0 | 695 |
| Greece | 15 | 144 | 2 | 161 | 5 | 151 | 156 | 5 | 161 |
| Hungary | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Ireland | 11 | 47 | 0 | 58 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| Italy | 64 | 506 | 129 | 699 | 25 | 590 | 615 | 84 | 699 |
| Japan | 0 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 44 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Mexico | 0 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 0 | 82 |
| Netherlands | 49 | 322 | 0 | 381 | 32 | 137 | 327 | 54 | 381 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 104 | 0 | 133 | 88 | 12 | 100 | 33 | 133 |
| Norway | 14 | 57 | 0 | 71 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 15 | 71 |
| Peru | 1 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Poland | 0 | 53 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 52 | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| Portugal | 0 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Romania | 0 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 71 |
| South Africa; Republic of | 2 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| Spain | 10 | 93 | 8 | 111 | 0 | 99 | 99 | 12 | 111 |
| Sweden | 22 | 66 | 12 | 100 | 3 | 73 | 76 | 24 | 100 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 96 | 21 | 130 | 46 | 66 | 112 | 18 | 130 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repu | 0 | 483 | 18 | 501 | 7 | 494 | 501 | 0 | 501 |
| United Kingdom | 57 | 184 | 151 | 392 | 4 | 303 | 307 | 85 | 392 |
| United States | 139 | 1,181 | 81 | 1,401 | 14 | 1,237 | 1,251 | 150 | 1,401 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
