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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

Even if in the years up to 1933 all of the imports of resins of coal-tar
origin were tar-acid resins, imports of tar-acid resins have been
negligible when compared with production. The smallness of imports may
be accounted for by a combination of factors, (1) the prohibition of
imports of certain types, which conflicted with patent rights; (2) the
rate of duty upon imports; (3) the fact that the manufacture of tar-acid
resins developed more rapidly in the United States than in most foreign
countries; and (4) the allocation of markets through agreements between
affiliated producers in different countries. (See p. 58.)

TABLE 4.—_Synthetic resins of coal-tar origin: United States imports for
consumption, 1919-37_

  --------+----------+----------+-----------+------------+---------------
          |          |          |           | Computed   | Computed
  Year    | Quantity | Dutiable | Value per | ad valorem | specific
          |          | value    | pound     | rate       | rate
  --------+----------+----------+-----------+------------+---------------
          | _Pounds_ |          |           | _Percent_  |  _Per pound_
  1919    |  1,114   | $2,860   |  $2.57    |    32.0    |     $0.82
  1920    |  2,479   |  2,681   |   1.08    |    34.6    |       .37
  1921    |  1,420   |  2,366   |   1.67    |    33.0    |       .55
  1922    |  2,518   |  3,498   |   1.39    |    52.3    |       .73
  1923    |  3,183   | 10,512   |   3.30    |    62.1    |       .20
  1924    |  8,756   |  4,183   |    .48    |    68.9    |       .33
  1925    |  1,537   |    889   |    .58    |    57.1    |       .33
  1926    |  1,649   |  1,298   |    .79    |    53.9    |       .42
  1927    | 11,359   |  4,266   |    .38    |    63.6    |       .24
  1928    | 60,547   | 10,984   |    .18    |    83.6    |       .15
  1929    | 67,529   | 17,503   |    .26    |    72.0    |       .19
  1930    | 46,464   | 10,417   |    .22    |    76.2    |       .17
  1931    |  6,074   |  6,180   |   1.02    |    51.9    |       .53
  1932    |  6,403   |  3,905   |    .61    |    56.5    |       .34
  1933    |  3,776   |  2,508   |    .66    |    55.5    |       .37
  1934    | 15,711   |  8,680   |    .55    |    57.7    |       .32
  1935    | 18,015   |  6,075   |    .34    |    65.8    |       .22
  1936    | 18,598   | 13,643   |    .73    |    54.5    |       .40
  1937[1] | 18,977   | 14,278   |    .75    |    54.3    |       .41
  --------+----------+----------+-----------+------------+---------------

  [1] Preliminary.

  Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

TABLE 5.—_Synthetic resins of coal-tar origin: United States imports for
consumption, by principal sources, in specified years, 1929-37_

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