International trade.
France is the principal net exporter of crude glycerin and the United Kingdom of refined glycerin. The Netherlands, Germany, and France are also net exporters of refined glycerin. The international trade of certain of the more important producing countries in crude and refined glycerin is shown in table [50].
Table 50.—Glycerin: Imports and exports of principal countries, 1931 and 1933-37
| [In thousands of pounds] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 19374 | |||||||
| Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | |
| Crude: | ||||||||||||
| UNITED STATES1 | 8,782 | (2) | 4,988 | (3) | 13,722 | (3) | 4,092 | (2) | 8,686 | (2) | 10,171 | (2) |
| United Kingdom | 1,702 | 2,662 | 4,778 | 2,951 | 472 | 2,825 | 1,119 | 2,365 | 2,322 | 3,070 | (2) | (3) |
| Germany | 4,120 | 2,313 | 5,232 | 2,939 | 4,746 | 1,599 | 4,091 | 326 | 8,247 | 122 | 13,567 | 578 |
| France | 1,269 | 7,962 | 426 | 3,488 | (2) | 862 | (2) | 1,176 | (2) | 164 | (2) | |
| Netherlands | 5,133 | 859 | 3,027 | 2,300 | 2,605 | 3,796 | 5,441 | 4,912 | 7,185 | 5,644 | 9,127 | 6,865 |
| Refined: | ||||||||||||
| UNITED STATES | 1,966 | 328 | 2,776 | (3) | 2,214 | (3) | 69 | 3,354 | 3,448 | 1,146 | 7,535 | 1,375 |
| United Kingdom | 2,519 | 9,926 | 822 | 19,834 | 230 | 19,134 | 2 | 15,032 | 12,991 | (3) | 16,029 | |
| Germany | 102 | 10,092 | 57 | 3,562 | 224 | 3,818 | 108 | 1,571 | 30 | 1,155 | 71 | 100 |
| France | 178 | 3,989 | 109 | 1,246 | 51 | 12,249 | 4 | 12,118 | 10 | 9,269 | 9 | 17,750 |
| Netherlands | 618 | 8,337 | 1,144 | 6,620 | 1,008 | 5,955 | 694 | 5,516 | 739 | 8,885 | 500 | 10,961 |
| Belgium | 534 | 758 | 1,193 | 429 | 1,206 | 2,360 | 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.