1928
1929
 1930 -
PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS
343.

FOREIGN TRADE;

 Imports.—The following tables show the imports into the United States
of platinum metals. The imports decreased from 129,632 ouI~ees in 1931 to
56,047 ounces in 1932. Colombia continued to be the clii~f source of .cruUe
platinum impQrted int~ thi~ :coimtl~y~.

Platinum metals imported for consumption in the United States, 1931—3~,
by metals
Metal

~
1931

1932


~L
Value
O~S
Value
Platinum:
Ores of platinum metals (platinum content)        
Grains, nuggets, sponge, or scrap                 
Ingots, bars, sheets or plates, not less than 3~4-inch thicL

Manufactures of, not jewelry
Iridium                                       
Osmiridium                                   
Osmium                                      
Palladium                                     
Rhodium                                     
Ruthenium                                    

~
1,097
67,078
23,553
$27,466
1,905,062
657, 413
160
25,440
. 7,618
$4, 782
722,353
237,086

91,728
            
1, 773
4,877
960
28,070
1,629
595

129, 632
2,589,941

195,961
225,485
49,474
389,880
61,402
18,928

3,531,071
33,218

1,397
5, 195
131
15,445
436
225

56,047
964,221
1~
69,359
188,634
4,815
167,804
16,537
5,652

1,417,037
Platinum metals (unmanufactwred) imported into the United States in 193~,
by
countries, in troy ounces
[General importsj
.


~

Country

.
~
Platinum


.

Iridium
.
Osmium
and osmi-
i
difim
Rhodium
~L
Total

Plati~n~m

(platinum
content)
a
~
Ingots
sheets'or
not less
than 34
inchthick





ArgentIna                
Australia                
Canada                  
Colombia         
Germany                 
Japan                   
Netherlands
160


   
34


~ 59
16,220
2
104
10
(i)
1,998
 

50
. 2
 

36
 so
69
16,380
762
2,114
31
226
36,379

56,047













610
 
 
 .
 
  12 . .
31

 
15,412

j5~445
 .

150

 

50
461

661

Soviet Russia in Europe
United Kingdom
.100,
9,021
2'~,440
76
5,534
~is
100
687
1,397
5,264

5~3~6'



' Less thas~ 1 ounce. .

Platinum metals imported for consumption in the United States, 1928—3~2