'13- For most developing countries, and particutarly those whose capabirity for aftore productive utilizati.on of their hlman and natural resource. is affected bytheir imports of naterial resources, that i.s, capital and technology, thecontinuing arrns race has accentuated the need to preserve their resourceunderpinnings. sizeable shares of global reserves of strategic ninerars, such asbauxite, cobalt, chronite, copper, nica, lithiun, nanganese, nickel, tin andilnenite - belonging to the titanium group - are rocated in those countries(table 6). f{ost of these rninerars are equally inportant for neeting the chenical,engineering, r€chanical and metalrurgi.cal requirenents of both the civilian andniritary sectols of the econony. An expansion of the miri.tary production anong thedeverop€d countries, rnany of lrhich depend heavily on imports of thu". ninerals,t{irl not only hegatively affect their rife expectancy but ar.so increase theirsubsequent costs of production by the developing countries. In this respect, itneeds to be mentioned that the costs of upper crust rnining and extract.ion, and ofdotmstrean processing of minerals bur j,ed in the globat resource base aresubstantialty higher as conpared to sinilar costs of current grobar reserves, Asmentioned earrier, the anount of current global reserves j.s det€rnined by theanounts of rninerals available in the global resource base. , A/37/386 Engl ish Annex Page 37 Table 5. Net import dependence 1977-1978 (in percentages) Total EuroPean Conmunity Unlted states Aluminiun (a11owin9 for bauxite and alumina inports) Asbestos Barytes Cadniun (aUot ing for rae, material inports) Chronium cobalt Copper F]-uorspar GermaniunIron ore (fe content): Lead Li thlun Manganese Molybdenum Nicke]" Niobium Phosphate Platinum Group selenium (allowing for raw material imports) Sulphur (all forms): Tantalum Tin Ti tanium Tungsten z incatl 84 40 56 92 97 19 82 n. a. 29 11 net exports 98 net exports 77 100 net exports 9t 51 l0 97 8t 39 (ilmenite onlyl 50 62 Source: Non-Ftel Mineral Data Base (London) r Royal Institute of International Mfairs, 1980. For the Total Europeah comnunity, the figures generally refer to dotnestlc production as a percentage of donestic apparent consunption - L977-I978 averages. For the uniteat staces, flgures cover net imPorc reliance (imports 1e6s exPorta Plus adjustnents for Governrnent and industry stock change) as a Percentaqe of aPparent consumption.5I R? Net exPorts 100 100 (85 with scrap) 100 85 15 100 84 100 100 100 I00 100 100 100 100 60 100 86 100 84 52 A/37 /386 Engl ish Annex Page 38
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of preserving natural resources, specifically minerals, in developing countries. It highlights the impact of the arms race on the need to conserve these resources, and the significant costs associated with extracting and processing them. The text also provides statistical data on the net import dependence of various countries on these minerals. Given the focus on natural resources and their economic significance, it is likely that the text falls under two categories.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International trade