Environmental Accounts: Material Flow Account Main indicators of flow materials Absolute indicators by type of indicator and years Units: tonnes 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Direct Material Input (DMI) 561,471,532 656,395,609 715,334,961 778,106,916 938,048,849 Direct Material Input (DMI)- Variation rate (year 2008=100) 59.86 69.97 76.26 82.95 100.00 Domestic material consumption (DMC) 413,989,209 517,696,814 587,361,821 660,515,518 810,644,540 Domestic material consumption (DMC) Variation rate (year 2008=100) 51.07 63.86 72.46 81.48 100.00 Phyisical Trade Balance (PTB) = Imports - Exports 86,771,624 94,407,569 105,815,301 114,417,977 149,313,632 Phyisical Trade Balance (PTB) = Variation rate (year 2008=100) 58.11 63.23 70.87 76.63 100.00 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute