COPPER 113


Copper (unmanufactured) imported into the United States, 1937—41, by
countries,
in millions of pounds 1
Country
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
(J~an.—
Sept.)
Africa:
 Belgian Congo     122  118
 British:
   Union of South 1  4 34 32 (2)
   Other South 4  9 30 55  14
Australia 5  5 6 2  1
Bolivia 6  5 4 8  9
Canada 61  88 95 103  102
Chile 199  135 240 409  641
Cuba 28  36 20 23  13
Ecuador (2)     (2)       3      5
Malta,. Gozo, and Cyprus Islands 9  3 3 9________
Mexico 108 . 94 105 87  77
Newfoundland and Labrador 16  13 20 20  10
Peru 82  80 77 84  53
Philippine Islands 1  3 3 4  4
Turkey   5 11 12________
United Kingdom 2.  . 1 1 (2) (2)
Yugoslavia 32  21 19
Other countries 6  2 5 10  3
 560 504 673 983 1,050


I Data include copper imported for immediate consumption plus material entering
country under bond.
2 Less than one-half million pounds.


Copper (unmanufactured) imported 1 into the United States, 1937—41
~ear Pounds
Year Pounds
 1937 559, 749, 133 1938 504,327,779 1939 672,594, 122
1940 -  982,684,6471941 (Jan.—Sept.) 1,049,948,570
I Data include copper imported for immediate consumption plus material entering
country under bond.


EXPORTS

 Tótal ex~ôrts of ëOpper as refined metal and in prim ary
fabricated shapes slumped sharply, according to the incomplete foreign trade
data available for publication for 1941; they were surpassed by all but 3
years of the present century. The foregoing statement gives a partial picture
only, because huge demands for manufactured products that contain copper
causcd the shipment of considerable but unknown quantities of this metal
from the United States.
 Comparison of export data for the first 9 months of 1941 with those for
the similar period of 1940 reveals some drastic changes. The largest export
class—refined copper in ingots, bars, etc.—declined 78 percent
during the 1941 period. . Other important decreases were 52 percent for pipes
and tubes, 41 percent for rods, and 37 percent for old and scrap. Plates.and
sheets moved against the general trend and increased 7 percent. Bare-wire
exports were 30 percent lower during the first 9 months of 1941 than in the
same months of 1940, and rubber-covered wire was 68 percent lower. Weatherproof
wire, however, gained 30 percent in the 9-month period of 1941 and the vastly
more important "other insulated wire," 84 percent.