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Appendix C: Detailed Classification of Material Inputs
Pages 117-120

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... Minerals Metal ores Iron ores Nonferrous metal ores Bauxite Copper ores Other Industrial minerals Salts Special clays Special sands Peat for agricultural use Other Construction minerals * From Table 6, Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts and Derived Indicators: A Methodological Guide (Eurostat, 2001~.
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From page 118...
... Dimension stones Other Biomass (including biomass extractedfor own final use) Biomass from agriculture Biomass from agriculture reported by harvest statistics Cereals Roots and tubers Pulses Oil crops Vegetables Fruits Tree nuts Fiber crops Other crops Biomass from agriculture as a by-product of harvest Crop residues used as fodder Straw usedfor economic purposes Biomass from grazing of agricultural animals Grazing on permanent pastures not harvested Grazing on other land (including alpine pastures)
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From page 119...
... Unused domestic extractions Unused extractionfrom mining and quarrying offossilfuels Unused extraction from mining and quarrying of minerals Unused biomassfrom harvest Wood harvesting losses Agricultural harvesting losses Other (discarded by-catch, etc.) Soil excavation and dredging Excavation for construction activities Dredging materials Memorandum items for balancing are not to be included when compiling indicators.
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From page 120...
... 120 Indirect flows associated to imports Raw material equivalent of imported products4 Fossil fuels Minerals Biomass Unused extraction of imported products3 Unused extraction from mining and quarrying of fossil fuels Unused extraction from mining and quarrying of minerals Unused biomass from harvest Soil excavation and dredging APPENDIX C 4The indirect flows (of used materials) are compiled as raw material equivalents minus the weight of the imports.
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