Year: 1979| 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 | 25 | 239 | 5 | 269 | 5 | 236 | 241 | 28 | 269 |
| Australia | 29 | 139 | 12 | 180 | 51 | 88 | 139 | 41 | 180 |
| Austria | 5 | 71 | 9 | 85 | 38 | 40 | 78 | 7 | 85 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 3 | 41 | 9 | 131 | 1 | 105 | 129 | 2 | 131 |
| Brazil | 0 | 230 | 0 | 230 | 0 | 230 | 230 | 0 | 230 |
| Canada | 42 | 167 | 21 | 230 | 3 | 175 | 178 | 52 | 230 |
| Chile | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| China; Peoples Republic of | 0 | 215 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 215 | 215 | 0 | 215 |
| Denmark | 22 | 189 | 0 | 215 | 81 | 48 | 192 | 23 | 215 |
| Finland | 9 | 67 | 0 | 76 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 9 | 76 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 0 | 106 | 1 | 107 | 9 | 98 | 107 | 0 | 107 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 1 | 54 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 52 | 53 | 2 | 55 |
| France | 94 | 1,117 | 10 | 1,272 | 55 | 951 | 1,175 | 97 | 1,272 |
| German Democratic Republic | 56 | 207 | 10 | 273 | 28 | 190 | 218 | 55 | 273 |
| Germany; Federal Republic of | 0 | 387 | 15 | 650 | 33 | 424 | 610 | 40 | 650 |
| Greece | 4 | 170 | 1 | 183 | 2 | 167 | 169 | 14 | 183 |
| Hungary | 0 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
| India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 18 | 58 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 9 | 78 |
| Italy | 180 | 601 | 38 | 1,015 | 19 | 786 | 820 | 195 | 1,015 |
| Japan | 7 | 9 | 74 | 90 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 8 | 90 |
| Mexico | 0 | 145 | 2 | 147 | 0 | 147 | 147 | 0 | 147 |
| Netherlands | 63 | 432 | 1 | 522 | 62 | 179 | 465 | 57 | 522 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 90 | 0 | 111 | 63 | 26 | 89 | 22 | 111 |
| Norway | 16 | 68 | 1 | 85 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 15 | 85 |
| Peru | 5 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| Poland | 10 | 92 | 5 | 107 | 7 | 91 | 98 | 9 | 107 |
| Portugal | 1 | 34 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 37 |
| Romania | 0 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 15 | 65 | 80 | 0 | 80 |
| South Africa; Republic of | 6 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 40 |
| Spain | 18 | 93 | 27 | 138 | 3 | 116 | 119 | 19 | 138 |
| Sweden | 31 | 96 | 16 | 143 | 3 | 108 | 111 | 32 | 143 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 125 | 19 | 169 | 60 | 82 | 142 | 27 | 169 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repu | 0 | 701 | 7 | 708 | 8 | 700 | 708 | 0 | 708 |
| United Kingdom | 91 | 234 | 4 | 466 | 7 | 340 | 355 | 111 | 466 |
| United States | 207 | 1,686 | 113 | 2,006 | 5 | 1,769 | 1,774 | 232 | 2,006 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
