There are 75 countries world over which are using Chrysotile for the manufacture of different types of products.
According to United States Geological Survey, U S Department of the Interior-Circular No.1255KK the annual production / consumption figures ( of 2003 as per Vitra 2005 : United Nations 2004) inrespect of major users of chrysotile are given below:
Chrysotile Production, trade and consumption in 2003 in MT:
S.No.
Country
Production
Imports
Exports
Apparent
Consumption
1
Algeria
--
10756
--
10756
2
China
350000
141185
3472
487714
3
India
19000
165424
2548
181876
4
Indonesia
--
30709
22
30709
5
Iran
--
77936
12
77936
6
Rep. of Korea
--
23157
62
23157
7
Malaysia
--
11972
--
11972
8
Thailand
--
112880
127
112753
9
Turkey
--
12922
42
12880
10
United Arab Emirates
--
10241
--
10241
11
Vietnam
--
39832
--
39832
12
Azerbaijan
--
10181
--
10181
13
Kazakhstan
354500
3514
183949
174065
14
Kyrgyzstan
--
23652
--
23652
15
Romania
--
11400
113
11286
16
Russia
878000
1050
450031
429020
17
Ukraine
--
156393
--
156393
18
Uzbekistan
--
42362
--
42362
19
Mexico
--
19892
20
19872
20
Brazil
194350
12525
144343
62532
21
Colombia
5000
8118
--
13118
TOTAL
1942307
In India durning production year 2005-2006 imported 8.9% of world usage which is used in the manufacture of Asbestos Cement Products.
