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OECD: Share of World Commodity Exports Shipped to Iran, 1977

Commodity	OECD	United States	West Germany	Japan	United Kingdom	Italy	France	Switzer- land	Spain
Total¹	1.7	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	1.1
Food	1.1	2.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.7	2.8	0.2
Raw materials	0.3
Manufactures	2.0
Chemicals	1.2
Simifinished	1.8
Wood, lumber	2.2
Paper	0.9
Textiles	1.7
Iron, steel	2.3
Nonferrous	1.1
Metal	3.4
Other	1.3
Machinery	2.5
Agricultural	1.1
Industrial	3.4
Office	0.4
Electrical	2.7
Transport	1.7
Motor vehicles	1.5
Motor vehicle parts	1.6
Aircraft	3.5
Other	1.2
Misc. manufactures	0.8
Clothing	0.8
Scientific instruments	1.2		1.4	1.3		1.5	1.1	1.4	1.4
TV, radio phonograph	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	0
Other	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.6	1.0	1.0	2.9	0.4
Other manufactures	6.8	13.3	2.5	1.1	7.3	1.5	0.1	2.9	0
¹ Total values include data for the following countries: Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and West Germany.

percent of its textiles exports. Japan will probably more than make up losses from a cutback in Iranian modernization by switching to China as a major market for Iran and steel exports (U)

In 1977-78 the Japanese received $1.1 billion in reported contracts from Iran; $450 million were for power-related projects and $120 million for construction of industrial facilities. The large Bandar Shahpur petrochemical complex being built by Japanese firms is not threatened by cancellation so far. Japan is anxious to negotiate a