APPENDIX A
STATISTICAL TABLES ON FOREIGN TRADE IN RAW MATERIALS FOR SYNTHETIC RESINS

Table 92.—Naphthalene: German imports and exports, by countries, 1929 and 1932-37

1929 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Quantity (pounds)
IMPORTS
Total from all countries 8,032,019 952,167 7,482,633 8,640,930 4,245,839 493,169 33,069
Czechoslovakia 1,688,283 (1) 2,839,304 1,602,744 (1) (1)
Saar Basin 1,531,977 (1) 1,833,125 3,641,338 1,129,858
Netherlands 1,457,020 (1) 1,164,029 26,014 18,078 28,660 (1)
Poland 2,524,487 (1) 832,457 1,060,633 33,730 (1) (1)
U. S. S. R 284,834 246,033 361,334 1,024,037 531,088 (1) (1)
Value
Dollars Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars
Total from all countries 110,948 12,112 271 82,704 273 107,494 165 66,426 22 8,865 1 402
Czechoslovakia 26,666 (1) 114 34,790 51 20,081 (1) (1) (1) (1)
Saar Basin 17,380 (1) 56 17,090 78 30,712 25 10,064
Netherlands 14,999 (1) 27 8,240 2 788 1 403 3 1,209 (1) (1)
Poland 38,332 (1) 31 9,461 29 11,419 2 805 (1) (1) (1) (1)
U. S. S. R 4,762 4,750 22 6,714 48 18,900 27 10,870 (1) (1) (1) (1)
Quantity (pounds)
EXPORTS
Total to all countries 39,738,576 29,720,213 31,842,140 35,043,660 22,169,458 8,152,390 24,966,434
UNITED STATES 17,070,218 13,820,858 21,824,879 21,631,535 12,052,769 3,420,437 14,167,201
Belgium-Luxemburg 8,835,596 7,399,960 3,958,800 5,685,663 2,010,816 457,675 1,184,311
Japan (1) (1) 801,152 3,434,767 1,880,965 253,529 2,031,980
Italy 4,500,691 2,068,797 1,163,589 695,992 492,728 134,481 615,083
Netherlands 734,573 295,857 275,134 427,913 413,142 198,414 66,138
Value
Dollars Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars 1,000
reichsmarks		 Dollars
Total to all countries 774,256 288,790 1,392 424,809 1,504 592,200 1,067 429,553 703 283,288 1,949 783,576
UNITED STATES 329,273 132,758 921 281,070 879 346,106 468 188,407 168 67,699 789 317,210
Belgium-Luxemburg 98,330 42,749 95 28,992 130 51,188 50 20,129 21 8,462 60 24,122
Japan (1) (1) 50 15,259 203 79,931 131 52,738 29 11,686 177 71,161
Italy 78,330 23,324 50 15,259 30 11,812 23 9,259 18 7,253 47 18,896
Netherlands 19,761 4,987 21 6,409 29 11,419 19 7,649 14 5,642 7 2,814

1 Not separately shown.

Source: Der Auswärtige Handel Deutschlands, 1929. Monatliche Nachweise über den auswärtigen Handel, Deutschlands, 1932-37.

Table 93.—Crude naphthalene: Belgian imports and exports, 1932-37

1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Quantity (pounds)
IMPORTS
Total from all countries 14,114,070 10,935,698 15,328,363 12,114,718 17,102,405 9,178,411
Netherlands 8,187,443 7,583,163 9,363,598 8,786,874 10,315,764 5,983,064
Germany 5,800,744 3,122,816 5,290,599 1,297,628 178,573 (1)
Value
Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars
Total from all countries 74,299 2,059 73,711 3,015 140,419 3,299 121,562 7,017 237,385 4,277 144,357
Netherlands 41,352 1,327 47,506 1,881 87,605 2,139 78,818 3,916 132,478 2,808 94,776
Germany 31,611 661 23,663 970 45,176 341 12,565 77 2,605 (1) (1)
Quantity (pounds)
EXPORTS
Total to all countries 1,102,300 5,955,727 3,395,745 6,796,782 11,538,215 6,700,220
UNITED STATES 3,991,428 2,499,355 1,709,888 2,119,062 1,009,927
France 871,699 1,262,354 352,075 2,930,134 5,163,835 4,382,745
Value
Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars
Total to all countries 10,964 2,503 89,605 1,181 55,003 3,059 112,719 7,020 237,487 r 3,918 132,240
UNITED STATES 1,562 55,918 707 32,927 543 20,009 1,461 49,426 492 16,606
France 8,404 446 15,966 243 11,317 1,460 53,798 3,227 109,169 2,769 93,459

1 Not separately reported.

Source: Bulletin Mensuel du Commerce.

Table 94.—Refined naphthalene: Belgian imports and exports, 1932-37

1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Quantity (pounds)
IMPORTS
Total from all countries 7,055 1,323 7,275 112,214 2,866 19,180
Value
Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars
Total from all countries 150 8 286 15 699 78 2,874 8 271 42 1,418
Quantity (pounds)
EXPORTS
Total to all countries 15,362,314 15,298,822 14,792,425 16,148,695 11,419,167 14,071,300
Japan 6,566,401 4,582,922 2,867,523 4,202,849 3,447,113 2,514,126
United Kingdom 695,772 1,297,407 2,168,004 315,919 455,029 1,316,808
Argentina 1,078,490 1,130,519 988,102 1,376,773 970,685 1,173,729
British India 792,995 996,920 1,153,226 705,252 243,477 715,172
Canada 841,496 942,026 421,740 90,168 (1) (1)
Netherlands 449,518 472,225 510,365 971,788 477,516 571,432
Value
Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars 1,000
francs		 Dollars
Total to all countries 326,026 11,310 404,889 10,032 467,224 11,219 413,400 9,391 317,698 11,602 391,591
Japan 130,650 3,498 125,226 1,966 91,563 2,949 108,665 2,454 83,019 1,643 55,455
United Kingdom 14,053 893 31,969 1,524 70,978 212 7,812 445 15,054 896 30,242
Argentina 24,154 811 29,033 719 33,486 976 35,964 615 20,805 991 33,448
British India 18,867 752 26,921 764 35,582 498 18,350 321 10,859 640 21,601
Canada 17,670 696 24,916 301 14,019 66 2,432 (1) (1) (1) (1)
Netherlands 9,934 375 13,425 306 14,251 695 25,609 568 19,215 697 23,525

1 Not separately reported.

Source: Bulletin Mensuel du Commerce.

Table 95.—Crude and refined naphthalene: Netherland imports and exports by countries, 1929 and 1932-37

1929 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Quantity (pounds)
IMPORTS
Total from all countries 896,908 775,759 908,597 1,186,361 1,177,256 1,666,678 2,361,127
Belgium-Luxemburg 191,044 477,508 569,514 568,328 524,962 703,267 835,543
Germany 705,820 270,262 330,921 522,993 418,409 (1) (1)
Italy (1) (1) 2,315 (1) (1) (1) (1)
United Kingdom (1) 97 (1) (1) 604,060 1,053,799
Value
Dollars Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars
Total from all countries 25,874 13,733 38 19,885 45 30,220 39 26,747 83 53,519 115 63,302
Belgium-Luxemburg 5,708 8,309 24 12,265 22 14,903 21 13,947 42 27,082 60 33,027
Germany 20,153 4,960 13 6,775 19 13,132 12 7,817 (1) (1) (1) (1)
Italy (1) (1) (1) 681 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
United Kingdom (1) (1) 23 (1) (1) (1) (1) 21 13,541 36 19,816
Quantity (pounds)
EXPORTS
Total to all countries 4,816,436 6,807,060 10,770,410 9,764,389 10,851,416 14,422,493 15,330,788
Belgium-Luxemburg 2,820,043 6,768,631 8,757,006 9,307,821 9,178,854 10,568,852 9,261,525
Germany 1,511,897 1,174,745 (1) 17,846 (1) (1)
UNITED STATES 44,092 661,380 410,225 681,332 3,207,693 2,546,313
United Kingdom 333,902 (1) 100,001 (1) (1) (1) (1)
Value
Dollars Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars 1,000
guilders		 Dollars
Total to all countries 49,058 40,784 158 81,490 132 89,135 170 115,204 435 280,492 553 304,399
Belgium-Luxemburg 25,503 39,886 124 63,928 122 82,146 129 87,380 255 164,426 294 161,832
Germany 13,877 17 8,756 (1) (1) (2) 257 (1) (1) (1) (1)
UNITED STATES 482 12 6,103 8 5,183 17 11,782 143 92,208 100 55,045
United Kingdom 5,556 (1) 2 938 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

1 Not separately reported.

2 Less than 500.

Source: Nederland-Jaarstatistiek (1929 and 1932-35) and Maandstatistiek (1936-37).

Table 96.—Refined naphthalene: Canadian imports by countries, 1928-29 and 1932-37

1928 1929 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 19371
Quantity (pounds)
Total from all countries 565,866 1,075,415 1,223,372 1,053,114 844,929 1,342,530 884,059 1,256,289
UNITED STATES 32,274 4,049 17,560 9,553 3,145 3,620 2,091 2,018
United Kingdom 26,000 8,600 32,400 148,144 484,868 1,321,310 879,548 1,254,271
Belgium (2) 841,876 1,102,203 895,042 347,956 17,600 (2)
Value (United States dollars)
Total from all countries 18,162 32,411 21,787 22,014 25,482 40,060 46,670 57,455
UNITED STATES 1,428 245 577 545 188 696 243 185 696 243 185
United Kingdom 1,014 363 670 3,779 13,603 38,865 38,865 46,229 57,270
Belgium (2) 25,906 19,401 17,657 11,431 499 (2)

1 Preliminary.

2 Not shown separately.

Source: Trade of Canada.

Table 97.—Naphthalene: Japanese imports by countries, 1928-29 and 1932-36

1928 1929 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Quantity (pounds)
Total from all countries 2,773,320 2,902,686 6,765,572 7,876,566 7,364,557 8,979,696 12,641,977
Belgium 379,900 403,180 2,857,448 3,950,056 1,590,138 2,926,430 3,163,801
Germany 491,541 403,180 1,935,213 2,525,036 4,679,670 3,486,239 2,727,816
Kwangtung Province 1,790,766 864,298 1,272,372 169,976 241,146 1,103,322
Value
Dollars Dollars Dollars 1,000
yen		 Dollars 1,000
yen		 Dollars 1,000
yen		 Dollars 1,000
yen		 Dollars
Total from all countries 62,653 94,504 97,265 625 160,286 560 166,404 697 200,088 1,613 467,680
Belgium 12,531 14,291 42,448 309 79,245 122 36,252 234 67,174 410 118,997
Germany 16,707 14,291 28,111 200 51,291 357 106,083 283 81,240 394 114,335
Kwangtung Province 29,238 21,667 13,774 13 3,334 12 3,445 93 27,020

Source: Annual Return of the Foreign Trade of Japan.

Table 98.—Crude glycerin: United States imports for consumption,1 by countries, 1929 and 1931-37

Imported from— 19292 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 19373
Quantity (pounds)
France 4,931,691 2,550,457 1,653,825 2,455,264 4,880,013 578,617 1,058,692 2,102,785
Cuba 1,074,271 1,170,667 1,232,219 1,216,395 1,178,238 2,550,617 2,159,741 2,476,790
United Kingdom 3,847,345 1,631,103 582,194 252,238 1,494,445 578,231 1,403,880 1,640,691
Belgium 759,448 739,892 310,855 440,862 2,358,479 257,290 404,371 818,514
Germany 1,072,173 674,109 260,005 242,901 1,539,919 198,767 77,723 518,231
Philippine Islands (free) 250,165 180,490 197,841 268,449 180,549 1,578,523 303,551 793,225
Argentina 494,638 458,068 154,525 288,832 680,443 100,902 1,154,888 2,131,068
Netherlands 262,299 425,796 125,733 226,994 1,393,072 267,366 1,037,118 325,275
Canada 1,304,220 1,161,085 80,440 629,880 1,946,450 671,465 333,855
Denmark 54,988 175,273 124,278 58,449 442,768 133,671
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 132,334 64,969 889,618 146,695 14,883 2,017,992 1,634,874
All other countries 668,329 966,023 317,866 67,254 541,045 149,288 416,796 532,451
Total 14,851,901 10,132,963 4,980,472 6,473,085 15,081,227 8,220,934 11,148,985 13,441,430
Value
France $280,062 $114,575 $53,391 $80,068 $324,840 $45,245 $121,612 $370,622
Cuba 69,668 67,709 50,147 56,737 92,692 228,011 230,340 381,683
United Kingdom 216,307 8 2,262 19,802 7,722 97,972 50,549 134,475 284,779
Belgium 49,568 46,275 12,362 17,627 160,301 19,217 46,417 146,014
Germany 65,446 40,596 12,240 10,745 103,401 22,699 8,874 92,446
Philippine Islands (free) 16,796 10,993 9,150 14,078 14,984 74,798 32,708 145,348
Argentina 29,758 23,532 6,516 7,947 45,251 7,972 115,198 349,675
Netherlands 18,963 23,301 5,349 10,664 92,754 23,208 127,050 47,898
Canada 67,821 59,495 4,246 51,716 172,426 70,672 53,014
Denmark 2,966 9,358 5,171 4,062 47,256 26,220
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 9,113 2,738 34,060 10,137 1,463 222,347 254,745
All other countries 37,084 47,343 12,614 2,076 41,955 11,146 42,411 90,938
Total 863,552 525,599 188,555 246,895 1,040,065 656,734 1,199,360 2,243,382
Percent of total imports by quantity
France 33.2 25.2 33.2 37.9 32.4 7.1 9.5 15.6
Cuba 7.2 11.6 24.7 18.8 7.8 31.0 19.4 18.4
United Kingdom 25.9 16.1 11.7 3.9 9.9 7.0 12.6 12.2
Belgium 5.1 7.3 6.3 6.8 15.6 3.1 3.6 6.1
Germany 7.2 6.7 5.2 3.8 10.2 2.4 .7 3.9
Philippine Islands (free) 1.7 1.8 4.0 4.1 1.2 19.2 2.7 5.9
Argentina 3.3 4.5 3.1 4.5 4.5 1.2 10.4 15.8
Netherlands 1.8 4.2 2.5 3.5 9.2 3.3 9.3 2.4
Canada 8.8 11.4 1.6 4.2 23.7 6.0 2.5
Denmark .4 1.7 1.9 .4 4.0 1.0
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .9 1.3 13.7 1.0 .2 18.1 12.2
All other countries 4.5 9.5 6.4 1.1 3.6 1.8 3.7 4.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0