Germany | 4,091| 326| 8,247| 122| 13,567| 578 France | 862| ([2]) | 1,176| ([2]) | 164| ([2]) Netherlands | 5,441| 4,912| 7,185| 5,644| 9,127| 6,865 Refined: | | | | | | UNITED STATES | 69| 3,354| 3,448| 1,146| 7,535| 1,375 United Kingdom | 2| 15,032| | 12,991| ([3]) | 16,029 Germany | 108| 1,571| 30| 1,155| 71| 100 France | 4| 12,118| 10| 9,269| 9| 17,750 Netherlands | 694| 5,516| 739| 8,885| 500| 10,961 Belgium | 998| 1,945| 188| 1,981| 651| 1,858 --------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- [1] Imports from Cuba and the Philippines not included in the United States statistics. These imports, consisting of crude glycerin, averaged about 2,200,000 pounds annually for the period 1931-37. [2] Included, if any, with refined. [3] Not separately reported. [4] Preliminary. Source: Official statistics of each country. United States imports. Under the Tariff Act of 1922, paragraph 43, imports of crude glycerin were dutiable at 1 cent per pound and refined glycerin at 2 cents per pound. The Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph 42, carries the same rates. Imports of crude glycerin from Cuba enjoy a preferential rate; they were dutiable at 0.8 cent per pound up to September 3, 1934, and at 0.4 cent per pound thereafter. Under the trade agreement with the Netherlands, effective February 1, 1936, the rate on refined glycerin was reduced from 2 cents to 1⅔ cents per pound (⅔ cent plus regular rate on crude, but not more than 1⅔ cents). Under the trade agreement with France, effective June 15, 1936, the rate on crude glycerin was reduced from 1 cent to 0.8 cent, which automatically further reduced the rate on refined glycerin to 1¹⁴⁄₃₀ (approximately 1.47) cents per pound. The rates under these last two trade agreements are generalized to all countries which do not discriminate against our commerce. The amount of glycerin supplied by imports has greatly declined. Prior to the World War, imports of crude glycerin ranged from 30 million to 40 million pounds annually. After the war imports were less and after 1929 declined to comparatively small quantities, except in 1934. Imports of refined glycerin were relatively unimportant until 1924, except in 1920. They amounted to almost 11 million pounds in 1926, but declined thereafter. Some of the imports are reexported with benefit of drawback. In 1930, 1,006,164 pounds of imported crude glycerin and 396,792 pounds of imported refined were thus reexported, chiefly in the refined grades. Corresponding figures in 1932 and 1933 were 197,331 and 111,753 pounds of crude, and 40,011 and 10,056 pounds of refined.