Imports into the United States.

Imports of tar-acid resins into the United States are dutiable under paragraph 28 at 7 cents per pound and 45 percent ad valorem based upon American selling price. Discussion of this rate, other restrictions upon imports in the earlier years, and of the rates upon articles made of these resins will be found on pages [59 to 61].

Imports of tar-acid resins are not shown separately in official statistics; the classification under which such imports are entered includes all synthetic resins of coal-tar origin. Table [4] shows the quantity and value of imports of all coal-tar resins since 1918, and table [5] shows the principal sources of imports for certain years.

Invoice analyses of imports in the last 3 years show only very small quantities of phenolic resins being imported. In 1934 there was an importation of 950 pounds of Bakelite molding compound; in 1935 imports of 100 pounds of molding compound and 22 pounds of aminophenol resin are recorded, and in 1936 imports of Bakelite filament compound totaled 250 pounds and other resins 8,851 pounds.

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

Year	Quantity	Dutiable value	Value per pound	Computed ad valorem rate	Computed specific 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
1937¹	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

Imported from—	1929	1931	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937¹
Imported from—	Quantity (pounds)
Germany	50,770	3,166	2,724	9,801	2,220	10,750	13,950
France	20	2,331	740		297	168
United Kingdom	336			1,065	13,242	1,979	2,215
Switzerland	3,473	1,781	4,384	1,716
Canada	1,372	135	1,266	594
All other countries	16,403	577	312		340	51	502
Total	67,529	6,074	3,776	15,711	18,015	18,598	18,977
	Value
Germany	$11,771	$4,053	$1,913	$5,303	$1,959	$9,700	$11,960
France	21	1,760	465		236	177
United Kingdom	2,235			255	2,476	1,090	659
Switzerland				2,621	1,308	2,154	1,197
Canada				501	46	486	214
All other countries	3,476	367	130		50	36	248
Total	17,503	6,180	2,508	8,680	6,075	13,643	14,278
	Unit value
Germany	$0.23	$1.28	$0.70	$0.54	$0.88	$0.90	$0.86
France	1.05	.76	.63		.79	1.05
United Kingdom	6.65			.24	.19	.55	.30
Switzerland				.75	.73	.49	.70
Canada				.37	.34	.38	.36
All other countries	.21	.64	.42		.15	.71	.49
Average	.26	1.02	.66	.55	.34	.73	.75
	Percent of total quantity
Germany	75.2	52.1	72.1	62.4	12.3	57.8	73.5
France	.1	38.4	19.6		1.6	.9
United Kingdom	.5			6.8	73.5	10.6	11.7
Switzerland				22.1	9.9	23.6	9.1
Canada				8.7	.8	6.8	3.1
All other countries	24.2	9.5	8.3		1.9	.3	2.6

¹ Preliminary.

Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.