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SUMMARY OUTLINE
GENERAL CONDITIONS
  1~,TALC, PYROPHYLLITE, AND GROUND SOAPSTONE1
By BERTRAND L. JOHNSON AND K. G. WARNER
 Paen   P~ae
 1389 Prices  1390
 1390 Developments in the Industry  1304
 1390 Foreign trade —- 1305
 1393 World productlon —- 1390



 Sa1e~ of talc, pyrophyllite, and ground soapstone in 1941 were 416,36D shOrt
tons valued at $4,701,892 (see fig. 1), or 48 percent (134,994 tons) greater
in quantity and 56 percent ($1,693,572) greater in value than in 1940. Sales
of crude, sawed and manufactured, and ground all increased in both quantity
and value—the greatest thomage
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1933-41.

increase being in the ground products. Imports of crude materials were greater
in both quantity and value in the 9 months of 1941 for which figures may
be published than in the entire year 1940, but imports of other classes were
le~ in both categories. Exports (both classes) for which data are available
were less in the first 9 months of 1941 than in the whole year 1940.

' Soapstone sold In slabs or blocks Is Included In the chapter on Stone.