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.

by United States Tariff Commission

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Production of phenolic resins in Czechoslovakia has increased rapidly in recent years and is ample to supply domestic requirements. Most of the raw materials are imported from Germany, Great Britain, and France, but formaldehyde is produced locally in sufficient quantities.

The principal makers of synthetic resins in Czechoslovakia are:

(1)	Bratislavska tovarna na kable	Bratislava.
(2)	Schreiber & Co.	Lipnik
(3)	Ing. Alex Reiber	Sered
(4)	J. Elias	Prague
(5)	Mathias Oechsler & Sohn	Riegersdorf
(6)	J. Batistello, Jr.	Gablonz

Resin products are widely used by the electrical industries for wall plates, plugs, switches, fuse boxes, etc. Other articles made of synthetic resins are: handles and knobs for furniture and kitchen equipment, bottle caps, fountain pens and pencils, clock and radio housings, tableware, cutlery handles, trays, buttons, toilet ware and toys.

Imports of synthetic resins in 1934 totaled 1,270,500 pounds; Germany supplied 46 percent and Great Britain 22 percent of this total. Exports of synthetic resins during the same year amounted to 166,540 pounds and went principally to Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany, and Argentina.