1002 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1941

Salient statistics of the fuel-briquetting industry in the United States,
1937—41
[Data regarding packaged fuel are given separately at end of this chapter]
Year
Production
 — East- I Cen- Pacific
em I tral Coast Total
States States States
— — —
 Thousands of net



Im-
ports
tons
Ex-
ports'
Con-
~mnui~
——
Value
of pro-
~
sands
of
dol
lars)
PlantS
in
oper-a-
tion
Aver-
age
out-
put
per
plant
(thou-
sands
of net
tons)
Average value pernet ton, f. o. b. plant
~
East- Cen- Pacific em tral Coast
States States States
















1937    
1938    
1939    
1940    
1941    
271
251
243
331
458
636
546
574
652
752
89
74
75
68
89
996
871
892
1~051
1,299
7
14
1
 
(3)
25
17
13
23
~27
978
868
880
1,028 ~1,272
6,394
5,702
5,802
6,439
8,002
31
35
31
32
32
32
25
29
33
41
$4.19
4.34
4.23
3.95
4.21
$7.01
7.18
7.15
6.95
7.09
$8 94
9.38
8.96
8.84
8.36
' Exports reported separately by Department of Commerce beginning with 1937.
 ' Production plus imports minus exports.
' Imports for January to September, inclusive, totaled 108 tons.
 ' Figures for imports and exports cover January to September, inclusive.



 Production.—Tho output of fuel briquets in 1941—1,298,606 net
tons valued at $8,001,829—topped all previous records and represented
a 24-percent increase in both tonnage and value over 1940. The increased
activity in 1941 is directly traceable to efforts to meet increased fuel
demands in the national emergency. If operated at its full present capacity,
the industry could more than double its 1941 production. An active promotional
campaign by the operators 6 has seemed to stimulate both production and sales.
 Briquets were produced in 17 States. Almost half of the entire output was
concentrated in Wisconsin; West Virginia and Pennsylvania followed in order,
with large increases. Other States producing over 20,000 tons were, in order
of importance, Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Michigan.
Increased production was reported in all but 6 States.
 Packaging of bulk briquets at the plants, amounting to 37,000 tons, was
reported by 17 fuel-briquet operators; no dat,a are available on the quantity
of briquets packaged by retailers.

Production of fuel briquets in the United States, 1940—41

1940


1941





Plants
Iset tons
Value
Plants
Net tons
Value
Percent of
increase over 1940 in— Value

Eastern States      
Central States      
Pacific Coast States - -
4
23
5
330,985
651,880
68,005
$1, 308,789
4,529, 114
601,049
4
23
5
457,511
751,801
89,294
$1, 926,048
5,329,408
746,373
38.2
15.3
31.3
47. ~
17.7
24.2

' 32
1, 050,870
6,438,952
' 32
1, 298,606
8,001,829
23.6
24.3
 ' 1940:11 plants in Wisconsin; 2each in California, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Washington, and West Virginla and leach in Arkansas, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and
Wyoming. 1941:10 plants in Wisconsin; 2 each in California, Illinois, Michigan,
Nebraska, Washington, and West Virginia; and 1 each in Arkansas, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and
Wyoming.

 ' Coal Dealer, Biggest Stott Briquet Sales and Advertising Promotion Set
for 1941-42 Season: Vol. 38, No.5, 1941, p. 57; Berwind Anticipating Big
Year: Vol. 38, No.5, 1941, p. 49; United Briquets Growing In PoJ)ularity:
Vol. 38, No.5,1941, p. 52.
 Black Diamond, Binkley Entertains Kansas City Retailers: Vol. 107, No.3,1941,
p. 37; Water-borne Shipments of Berwind Briquets: Vol. 107, No. 12,1941,
p. 30.