POTASH

Potash materials imported into the United States in 193td, in short tons
771
IGeneral imports. The figures in parentheses in the column headings indicate
in percent the approximate equivalent as potash (KsO)J
ountry

.
Muri~te
(ch~~de)
Sulphate
(50)
Manure
~
~
Kainite
(14)
Bitartrate
Argols or Cream of
wme lees tartar
 (20) (25)

Caustic
(80)
Africa: Algeria and Tunisia
Argentina
Belgium                 
Canada                 
Ohile
Czechoslovakia            
France                          
Germany                
Greece
Italy                                   
Japan                          




815
500
2
247
2,517
 
128
2,705
 
2
 
17

 
-

—

-— 2, 4~

-

10, 256
1,075
                                      
167

51, 439
                                      
2,352
64


529
20,164


1,833
6,080
2, 118
7

 
91,487

112


15, 171
14, 140
 

  
4,835
24, 567

 


11, 757



Netherlands             
Palestine                
PolandandDanzig
Portugal
Spain                   
Sweden
UnitedKingdom                  
Approximate equivalent as potash (K20)            
9, 682
500
                  
                                 
14, 642









1,060

3,083

1,225
915

57


418

-












87, 761
31,440
113,038
55,299
9,054
19
2,190

45, 640
15,720
27, 130
7,440
1,811
5
1,992
Country
 ar ~ia e,~
.
yani e
Nitrate
(salt-
peter),
crude
(40)
Chlorate
and per-
chlorate
(36)
All other
(50)
~
Total


Short Value tons

Africa: Algeria and Tunisia
Argentina                       
Austria




11
815
500
11
28,866
1,607
5,080
808
 (1)
8,488
213, 646
128
1
35
2,834
1,836
43, 536
112
500
1,060
1,225
18,640
180
132
479
~81,412
45, 270
3,816
548, 433
72,249
149,782
58,455
49
393,837
5,370,826
12,576
115
1,419
332,520
71,889
899,130
6,101
13,286
8,465
125,287
565,903
30,413
15,268
21,909
Belgium                        
Canada                                 
Chile                                  
Czechoslovakia            
Finland                        
France                                 
Germany                
Greece
EongKong              
India, British
Italy                          
Japan
Netherlands             
Norway                        
Palestine                
598
.~.
459
4,833
 
-
 
 
(1)
525
4,930
 
 
43
 
26
1,216
3
37

 



3,808

1
          
27
                                           
                    
56
13,573
35
 
112
 





809







.






Poland and Danzig        
Portugal                        
Spain                  
Sweden                 
Switzerland                     
United Kingdom          
Approximate equivalent as potash (K10)            










.----





8


115
132
 
10



4

._-------
47





5,228
27
19,115
5,702
1,346
330,519
8,828,571

3,189
19
7,646
2,070
673
113,335

1L~ than 1 ton.


 The above table gives amounts of the different potash salts imported and
the countries from which the last shipment was made. From data available
the country of origin cannot be deftriitely determined, but the greater part
of both crude and refined salts imported
182217—33—--—50