United States imports.

Under the Tariff Act of 1922, paragraph 43, imports of crude glycerin were dutiable at 1 cent per pound and refined glycerin at 2 cents per pound. The Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph 42, carries the same rates. Imports of crude glycerin from Cuba enjoy a preferential rate; they were dutiable at 0.8 cent per pound up to September 3, 1934, and at 0.4 cent per pound thereafter. Under the trade agreement with the Netherlands, effective February 1, 1936, the rate on refined glycerin was reduced from 2 cents to 1⅔ cents per pound (⅔ cent plus regular rate on crude, but not more than 1⅔ cents). Under the trade agreement with France, effective June 15, 1936, the rate on crude glycerin was reduced from 1 cent to 0.8 cent, which automatically further reduced the rate on refined glycerin to 1¹⁴⁄₃₀ (approximately 1.47) cents per pound. The rates under these last two trade agreements are generalized to all countries which do not discriminate against our commerce.

The amount of glycerin supplied by imports has greatly declined. Prior to the World War, imports of crude glycerin ranged from 30 million to 40 million pounds annually. After the war imports were less and after 1929 declined to comparatively small quantities, except in 1934. Imports of refined glycerin were relatively unimportant until 1924, except in 1920. They amounted to almost 11 million pounds in 1926, but declined thereafter. Some of the imports are reexported with benefit of drawback. In 1930, 1,006,164 pounds of imported crude glycerin and 396,792 pounds of imported refined were thus reexported, chiefly in the refined grades. Corresponding figures in 1932 and 1933 were 197,331 and 111,753 pounds of crude, and 40,011 and 10,056 pounds of refined.

Statistics of imports other than from Cuba and the Philippines are given in table [51]. Table [52] shows imports of crude from Cuba and table [53] imports of crude from the Philippines.

Table 51.—Glycerin: United States imports¹ for consumption 1919-20 and 1923-37

Calendar year	Rate of duty	Quantity, 1,000 pounds	Value	Unit value	Computed ad valorem rate, percent
	Crude
1919	1 cent per pound	3,564	$417,774	$0.117	8.5
1920	do	22,272	2,912,430	.131	7.7
1923	do	14,120	1,382,249	.098	10.2
1924	do	13,659	1,413,593	.103	9.7
1925	do	18,624	2,161,413	.116	8.6
1926	do	26,729	3,849,222	.144	6.9
1927	do	13,666	2,026,175	.148	6.7
1928	do	3,889	282,615	.073	13.8
1929	do	13,681	786,598	.058	17.4
1930	do	10,022	577,406	.058	17.4
1931	do	8,782	446,897	.051	19.7
1932	do	3,952	145,329	.037	27.2
1933	do	4,988	176,080	.035	28.3
1934	do	13,722	932,389	.068	14.7
1935	do	4,092	353,925	.086	11.4
1936	Various²	8,686	936,312	.108	7.7
1937³	do	10,171	1,716,351	.169	4.8
	Refined
1919	2 cents per pound	39	4,471	.114	17.5
1920	do	5,382	1,170,030	.217	9.2
1923	do	586	76,994	.131	15.2
1924	do	1,501	229,897	.153	13.1
1925	do	2,044	305,796	.150	13.4
1926	do	10,839	2,328,936	.215	9.3
1927	do	8,289	1,697,330	.205	9.8
1928	do	4,218	450,247	.107	18.7
1929	do	5,358	489,575	.091	21.9
1930	do	3,137	265,093	.085	23.7
1931	do	1,966	140,975	.072	27.9
1932	do	2,348	142,359	.061	33.0
1933	do	2,776	166,991	.060	33.2
1934	do	2,214	208,989	.094	21.2
1935	do	69	8,277	.121	16.6
1936	Various²	3,447	594,036	.172	8.5
1937³	do	7,535	1,827,189	.242	6.2

¹ Does not include products of Cuba (duty less 20 percent) and the Philippine Islands (free).

² For changes in rates, see p. [105].

³ Preliminary.

Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

Table 52.—Crude glycerin: United States imports (for consumption) from Cuba, in specified years, 1919-37

Calendar year	Rate of duty	Quantity	Value	Unit value	Computed ad valorem rate
		1,000 pounds			Percent
1919	⁸⁄₁₀ cent per pound	249	$27,023	$0.108	7.4
1920	do	139	21,941	.158	5.1
1923	do	429	47,438	.111	7.2
1924	do	768	85,971	.112	7.2
1925	do	624	73,538	.118	6.8
1926	do	835	134,893	.162	5.0
1927	do	1,119	170,723	.153	5.2
1928	do	690	48,963	.071	11.3
1929	do	921	60,158	.065	12.2
1930	do	843	53,905	.064
1931	do	1,171	67,709	.058	13.8
1932	do	1,232	50,147	.041	19.7
1933	do	1,216	56,737	.047	17.2
1934	Various¹	1,178	92,692	.079
1935	⁴⁄₁₀ cent per pound	2,551	228,011	.089	4.5
1936	do	2,160	230,340	.107	3.8
1937²	do	2,477	381,683	.154

¹ Trade agreement of ⁴⁄₁₀ cent per pound, effective Sept. 3, 1934.

² Preliminary.

Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

Table 53.—Crude glycerin: United States imports (for consumption) from Philippine Islands 1925-37

Calendar year	Rate of duty	Quantity	Value	Unit value
		1,000 pounds
1925	Free	16	$1,418	$0.089
1926	do	95	12,115	.128
1927	do	159	18,261	.115
1928	do	337	24,327	.072
1929	do	250	16,796	.067
1930	do	279	18,805	.067
1931	do	180	10,993	.061
1932	do	198	9,150	.046
1933	do	268	14,078	.052
1934	do	181	14,984	.083
1935	do	1,579	74,798	.047
1936	do	304	32,708	.108
1937¹	do	793	145,348	.183

¹ Preliminary.

Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

France has usually been the principal source of imports of crude glycerin, but since 1935 Cuba has ranked first. Cuban imports enter at a preferential rate of duty (0.8 cent per pound on crude until September 3, 1934, when it was reduced to 0.4 cent). Receipts from the Philippines are duty-free. Imports by countries for recent years are given in table [98], page [151].

The Netherlands has generally been the chief source of imports of refined glycerin, although the United Kingdom was first in 1934 and 1935 and France first in 1937. Imports by countries for recent years are given in table [99], page [152].

United States exports.

Exports of glycerin are insignificant compared with production and are small compared with imports. They go chiefly to Mexico and Canada, and, at times, also to Cuba, the Philippines, and Chile. Geographic propinquity is probably the principal factor accounting for these exports, although it is possible that some exports are destined to foreign branch factories of an American company for making dynamite.

Crude and refined grades were not separately distinguished in export statistics, but it is known that exports consist principally, if not entirely, of the refined. In 1933 and 1934 glycerin exports were not reported. Statistics of exports are given in table [54].

Table 54.—Glycerin: United States exports, in specified years, 1919-37

Year	Quantity	Value	Unit value
	Pounds		Cents per pound
1919	3,963,392	$1,190,984	30.0
1920	1,742,708	429,116	24.6
1923	1,767,407	318,765	18.0
1924	1,415,882	237,639	16.8
1925	1,367,191	282,078	20.6
1926	767,698	192,220	25.0
1927	693,144	143,700	20.7
1928	2,051,937	259,100	12.6
1929	1,373,605	197,986	14.4
1930	607,690	102,892	16.9
1931	328,143	48,095	14.7
1932	260,339	28,609	11.0
1933	(¹)	(¹)
1934	(¹)	(¹)
1935	3,353,625	450,248	13.4
1936	1,146,026	182,592	15.9
1937²	1,375,036	338,148	24.6

¹ Not reported separately.

² Preliminary.

Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.