1930 at 2,000,000 pounds. The Revue Général des Matières Plastiques, most important technical review in France, estimates the production in 1931 as about 3,500,000 pounds.
The comparatively few French companies producing synthetic resins are, for the most part, under British or German control. The types of synthetic resin made in France, the trade names, and the names of the manufacturers, follow:
Bakelite.—Tar-acid molding compounds and laminating materials; cast phenolic resins; Cie La Bakelite, Bezous, Seine.
Plastose and Ferodo.—Tar-acid molding compounds; Société Ferodo-Plastose, Saint Ouen, Seine.
Pollopas.—Urea molding compounds and laminating materials; Établissements Kuhlmann, Paris.
Foreign trade.
French imports of synthetic resins are classified under tariff item No. 0376 bis: Synthetic resins (solid or resinous products of the Bakelite, Albertol, Plastose types, etc.) derived from the condensation of aldehydes with phenols, amines, and amides. Several subclassifications are shown: (a) Soluble in oil and not polymerizable, (b) which may be rendered insoluble and infusible, and (c) infusible. Imports in recent years, from principal sources, are shown in table [28].
Table 28.—Synthetic resins: French imports, by types and by countries, 1931 and 1933-37
| [Pounds] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | 1931 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 19371 |
| Soluble in oil | ||||||
| Germany | 563,860 | 1,003,860 | 1,359,600 | 1,164,470 | 1,085,766 | (2) |
| UNITED STATES | 174,900 | 126,280 | 185,680 | 284,458 | 162,699 | (2) |
| United Kingdom | 184,800 | 131,120 | 80,520 | 109,789 | 18,960 | (2) |
| Austria | 35,640 | 162,580 | 193,564 | 575,180 | (2) | |
| Netherlands | 49,720 | 16,755 | (2) | (2) | ||
| All other countries | 4,620 | 5,720 | 3,080 | 11,023 | 33,069 | (2) |
| Total | 928,180 | 1,352,340 | 1,791,460 | 1,744,059 | 1,875,894 | 1,794,985 |
| Molding compounds | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 21,780 | 71,060 | 10,340 | 11,243 | 23,589 | (2) |
| Germany | 248,600 | 49,060 | 20,460 | 68,563 | 39,242 | (2) |
| Switzerland | 13,200 | 31,900 | 11,464 | (2) | (2) | |
| UNITED STATES | 11,220 | 18,920 | 22,660 | 20,062 | 66,799 | (2) |
| Belgium | 31,240 | 49,500 | 7,716 | (2) | (2) | |
| All other countries | 3,080 | 4,840 | 6,173 | 5,732 | (2) | |
| Total | 284,680 | 183,480 | 139,700 | 125,221 | 135,362 | 105,380 |
| Molded, cast, and laminated articles | ||||||
| Germany | 12,980 | 7,700 | 4,840 | 9,039 | 17,857 | (2) |
| Netherlands | 220 | (2) | ||||
| Austria | 4,840 | 440 | 220 | (2) | ||
| United Kingdom | 220 | (2) | ||||
| UNITED STATES | 220 | 220 | (2) | |||
| All other countries | 1,320 | 1,984 | (2) | |||
| Total | 19,140 | 8,360 | 5,280 | 9,479 | 19,841 | 8,377 |