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. - United States Tariff Commission

Table 15.—Tariff classification and rates of duty in Tariff Act of 1930 on certain articles made of synthetic resin

Article	Tariff paragraph	Rate of duty
Beads	1503	75 percent ad valorem.
Buttons	1510	45 percent ad valorem.
Dice, dominoes, chessmen, and poker chips	1512	50 percent ad valorem.
Phonograph records	1542	30 percent ad valorem.
Cigar and cigarette holders	1552	5 cents each plus 60 percent ad valorem.
Ash trays, humidors, etc.	1552	60 percent ad valorem.
Umbrella handles	1554	75 percent ad valorem.

In general, the available statistics of imports do not segregate imports of the specified articles made of synthetic resin from those of the same articles made of other materials; and the same situation is true of imports of unspecified articles wholly of synthetic resin which enter under paragraph 1558. Imports of manufactured articles, n. s. p. f. in which synthetic resin is the chief binding agent under paragraph 1539 have been small. Figures for recent years are given in table [16].

Table 16.—Manufactured articles n. s. p. f. in which synthetic resin is the chief binding agent: United States imports for consumption, 1931-37

Type	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937¹
Quantity (pounds)
Laminated products:
Sheets and plates		10		13
Rods, tubes, blocks, etc.	215	13			609	514	668
Manufactures, n. e. s.	203	453	787	783	1,703	3,260	10,397
Nonlaminated	17,623	8,511	5,352	5,729	8,423	8,069	8,759
Total	18,041	8,987	6,139	6,525	10,735	11,843	19,824
Value (dollars)
Laminated products:
Sheets and plates		9		16
Rods, tubes, blocks, etc.	612	71			579	1,329	1,920
Manufactures, n. e. s.	1,001	883	2,133	2,299	3,778	9,468	39,232
Nonlaminated products	31,992	10,113	7,914	10,673	11,064	10,846	18,001
Total	33,605	11,076	10,047	12,988	15,421	21,643	59,153

¹ Preliminary.

Source: Compiled from Department of Commerce statistics.

14. SYNTHETIC RESIN PRICES, PROPERTIES, AND USES

Synthetic resins as substitutes.

Any new material will in the course of time be applied to the uses for which it has special advantages, displacing older materials which formerly served those purposes. The resulting product may sometimes be used in the same manner as before, or the properties of the substitute material may widen the usefulness of the finished product, or even make possible a product almost wholly new.