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Synthetic resins and their raw materials: A survey of the types and uses of synthetic resins, the organization of the industry, and the trade in resins and raw materials, with particular references to factors essential to tariff consideration. Under the general provisions of section 332, title III, part II, Tariff act of 1930.United States Tariff Commission

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Synthetic resins and their raw materials: A survey of the types and uses of synthetic resins, the organization of the industry, and the trade in resins and raw materials, with particular references to factors essential to tariff consideration. Under the general provisions of section 332, title III, part II, Tariff act of 1930.

Name: Synthetic resins and their raw materials: A survey of the types and uses of synthetic resins, the organization of the industry, and the trade in resins and raw materials, with particular references to factors essential to tariff consideration. Under the general provisions of section 332, title III, part II, Tariff act of 1930.
Author: United States Tariff Commission

United States Tariff Commission

Gums and resins industry; Plastics

As in the United States, glycerin is produced in foreign countries, as
a byproduct of the soap and fatty acid industries. The United Kingdom,
Germany, and France, and recently the Soviet Union, are the leading
producers. The output in each of these countries is estimated to be less
than a third of the output in the United States. The British Census of
1930 reports the production of crude glycerin in the United Kingdom at
44 million pounds. Authentic statistics on production in other leading
countries are not available, but most estimates show lower figures than
for the United Kingdom. In some European countries the normal production
of soap results in more glycerin than can be utilized.


International trade.

France is the principal net exporter of crude glycerin and the United
Kingdom of refined glycerin. The Netherlands, Germany, and France are
also net exporters of refined glycerin. The international trade of
certain of the more important producing countries in crude and refined
glycerin is shown in table 50.

TABLE 50.—_Glycerin: Imports and exports of principal countries, 1931 and
1933-37_

                         [In thousands of pounds]
  --------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------
                      |      1931     |      1933     |      1934
                      +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
                      |Imports|Exports|Imports|Exports|Imports|Exports
  --------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
  Crude:              |       |       |       |       |       |
      UNITED STATES[1]|  8,782| ([2]) |  4,988| ([3]) | 13,722| ([3])
      United Kingdom  |  1,702|  2,662|  4,778|  2,951|    472|  2,825
      Germany         |  4,120|  2,313|  5,232|  2,939|  4,746|  1,599
      France          |  1,269|  7,962|    426|  3,488|       | ([2])
      Netherlands     |  5,133|    859|  3,027|  2,300|  2,605|  3,796
  Refined:            |       |       |       |       |       |
      UNITED STATES   |  1,966|    328|  2,776| ([3]) |  2,214| ([3])
      United Kingdom  |  2,519|  9,926|    822| 19,834|    230| 19,134
      Germany         |    102| 10,092|     57|  3,562|    224|  3,818
      France          |    178|  3,989|    109|  1,246|     51| 12,249
      Netherlands     |    618|  8,337|  1,144|  6,620|  1,008|  5,955
      Belgium         |    534|    758|  1,193|    429|  1,206|  2,360
                      +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
                      |      1935     |      1936     |     1937[4]
                      +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
                      |Imports|Exports|Imports|Exports|Imports|Exports
                      +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
  Crude:              |       |       |       |       |       |
      UNITED STATES[1]|  4,092| ([2]) |  8,686| ([2]) | 10,171| ([2])
      United Kingdom  |  1,119|  2,365|  2,322|  3,070| ([2]) | ([3])

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