Summary of supply, trade and demand information on mercury
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Annex 1 – Discrepancies in trade statistics (1) Examples of inconsistent or missing trade statistics Mercury shipped from
To
Year
Quantity (kilograms)
Value (Euro/€ or USD/$)
Data source
Comments
Spain Æ
United Kingdom
2003
40,000
$227,330
COM & EUR
Spain Æ
United Kingdom
2003
20,000
$109,812
COM & EUR
Spain reported that it exported twice as much mercury to the United Kingdom as the United Kingdom reported receiving from Spain. This inconsistency is also reported by Eurostat.
Russian FederationÆ Russ. FederationÆ USA Æ USA Æ Spain Æ Spain Æ Spain Æ Peru Æ Peru Æ Peru Æ USA Æ USA Æ Spain Æ Spain Æ Spain Æ Netherlands Æ Netherlands Æ Netherlands Æ Spain Æ Spain Æ United Kingdom Æ United Kingdom Æ Germany Æ Germany Æ Spain Æ Spain Æ
Netherlands
2003
4,875
$28,281
COM & EUR
Bold = reporting country
Netherlands Mexico Mexico Iran Iran Iran Spain Spain Spain Singapore Singapore France France France Belgium Belgium Belgium Australia Australia Ireland Ireland Spain Spain Netherlands Netherlands
2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
COM = Comtrade
99,187 328,687 35,453 170,582 154,700 147,316 52,835 98,800 114,195 21,940 56,445 5,125 19,898 700 4,000 18,523 34,600 44,851 30,949 11,625 11,300 180,941 221,100 148,351 113,900
$259,872 $130,503 $398,720 $896,862 €703,192 $756,360 $85,942 €193,626 $249,353 $204,662 $357,099 $36,618 $130,056 €8,050 $28,297 $115,469 €196,042 $273,793 $170,843 $684,338 €357,027 $373,473 €401,633 $741,483 €508,022 EUR = Eurostat
COM COM COM & USI COM EUR COM COM EUR COM COM & USI COM COM & EUR COM EUR COM & EUR COM EUR COM & EUR COM COM EUR COM EUR COM EUR
The Russian Federation reported that it exported far more mercury to the Netherlands than the Netherlands reported receiving from the Russian Federation. Mexico reported that it imported far more mercury from the USA than the USA reported exporting to Mexico. Spain reported that it exported more mercury to Iran than Iran reported receiving from Spain. Spain reported that it imported twice as much mercury from Peru as Peru reported exporting to Spain. Singapore reported that it imported more than twice as much mercury from the USA as the USA reported exporting to Singapore. France reported that it imported much more mercury from Spain than Spain reported exporting to France. Belgium reported that it imported much more mercury from the Netherlands than the Netherlands reported exporting to Belgium, according to Comtrade. Eurostat gives an even greater trade volume. Spain reported that it exported more mercury to Australia than Australia reported receiving from Spain. There is a large discrepancy between the value of Irish imports as published by Comtrade, compared to the value published by Eurostat. There is a large discrepancy between the quantity of German exports as published by Comtrade, compared to the quantity published by Eurostat. There is a large discrepancy between the quantity of Spanish exports as published by Comtrade, compared to the quantity published by Eurostat.
USI = USITC
Note: 1) Note that in all cases above, mercury is shipped from the country in the first column to the country in the second. The major difference is only that the authorities of the first column reported the shipment as an export, and those of the second column reported the same shipment as an import. 2) In cases where Comtrade and Eurostat statistics are similar but not identical, the Comtrade statistics are presented – courtesy of, and copyright by, UN Statistics Division. 3) The UNSD is hereby credited as the source of all Comtrade statistics above marked as COM. Likewise, Eurostat and USITC statistics have been consulted.