No. 1146. LEATHER-PRODUCTION, BY PRINCIPAL TYPES OF RAW STOCK: 1940 Includes the flesh side leather of split sheepskins (fleshers) and excludes the grain leather (skivers). Source: Dept. of Commerce, Office of Business Economics; Survey of Current Business. (Original source is Tanners' Council of America, Inc., New York, N.Y.) No. 1147. RUBBER (NATURAL, RECLAIMED, AND SYNTHETIC)-NEW SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION, AND STOCKS: 1945 TO 1966 [In thousands of long tons. Prior to 1963, excludes Alaska and Hawaii, except for imports and exports, which also include Puerto Rico. Natural rubber refers to dry weights of all types, including liquid latex, guayule, etc. Synthetic comprises SBR (including weight of oil content, beginning 1955), neoprene, butyl, and butadieneacrylonitrile, all years; beginning 1963, also includes polyisobutylene, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, and polysulfide, silicone, acrylic, stereo, and fluorocarbon rubbers. Reclaimed comprises both natural and synthetic rubber reclaims] Represents zero. Z Less than 500 long tons. 1 Differences between "New supply" and "Distribution" not precisely comparable with "Stocks" due to yearend and inventory adjustments. 2 Includes stocks shipped for export which had not yet cleared port. Source: Dept. of Commerce, Business and Defense Services Administration. Monthly data in Survey of Current Business. No. 1148. CHEMICALS PRODUCTION, BY KIND: 1950 to 1966 [Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Data for chemicals shown are restricted to a selected group composed for the most part of inorganic chemicals and related products which are sufficiently important economically to justify publication. Includes data for chemicals produced by Tennessee Valley Authority, and, beginning 1955, by Government-owned privately operated plants] Oxygen, high purity (99.5-100% O).. Oxygen, lower purity (less than 99.5%). Potassium hydroxide (88-92% KOH). Potassium pyrophosphate (100% K.P2O).. Total crude bicarbonate equivalent. Sodium bichromate and chromate. Sodium phosphate: Tribasic (100% Na3PO4). Meta (100% NaPO1).. 50,977 Short tons. Tetra (100% Na4P207). Acid pyro (100% Na2H2P207). 106,967 Tripoly (100% Nas P1010).. 24, 135 689, 776 Sodium silicate (soluble silicate glass, liquid and solid) (anhydrous) ". 923, 032 113, 569 (NA) 1,004, 421 Sodium sulfate: NA Not available. 1 Excludes quantities of acetylene produced and consumed by railroad shops, shipyards, and small establishments using portable generators. 2 Excludes quantities produced and consumed by municipalities. Excludes byproduct coke-oven production. 4 Includes data for decolorizing and water purification grades only. 'Excludes quantities produced and consumed in plants manufacturing soda ash or urea. Total production, including quantities liquefied for use, storage, or shipment. 7 Beginning 1955, excludes quantities produced and consumed in manufacture of methanol and ammonis, produced by ammonia dissociation process, or disposed of as waste, e.g., vented, used as fuel, etc. • Ammonia soda and caustic carbonation processes. Includes quantities used to manufacture caustic soda, sodium bicarbonate, and finished light and dense soda ash. 10 Excludes quantities converted to finished dense soda ash. 11 Prior to 1960, includes amounts produced and consumed in making meta-, ortho-, and sesquisilicates; beginning 1960, excludes these amounts. 12 Includes Glauber's salt converted to 100% Na2SO4. 13 Includes sulfuric acid of oleum grades. Source: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; compiled from manufacturers' reports and published in Current Industrial Reports, Series M28A. No. 1149. SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS-PRODUCTION AND SALES, BY GRoup: 1960, 1964, AND 1965 [Production and sales in millions of pounds; sales value in millions of dollars. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii] Source: U.S. Tariff Commission; annual report, Synthetic Organic Chemicals, U. S. Production and Sales. No. 1150. INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED [In thousands of pounds. Prior to 1959, excludes Hawaii. Excludes exports] Represents zero. Metal mining.. Quarrying and non- 1 Beginning 1950, totals include sales of liquid oxygen explosive. For 1964 and 1965, such sales amounted to 2,184,000 and 5,598,000 pounds, respectively, all for use in coal mining. Represents type of high explosives approved by Bureau of Mines as suitable for safe use in coal mines provided specifications of use are followed. 3 Beginning 1956, includes processed and unprocessed ammonium nitrate blasting agents. Source: Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines; Consumption of Industrial Explosives. Coal mining.. 1 594, 963 73, 564 515, 661 141 371, 035 411,384 79 356, 632 1,520 369, 334 466 410,859 66 140,092 ཚུག 4 181 59 345 9,849 451 No. 1151. ASPHALT AND TAR ROOFING AND SIDING PRODUCTS SHIPMENTS: 1950 To 1966 [In thousands of squares, except as noted. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawall. A square is a quantity of material sufficient to cover 100 square feet of surface area] Source: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Current Industrial Reports, Series M29A. No. 1152. STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS-PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENTS, BY Kind: 1950 TO 1966 [Prior to 1964, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. See Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series P 212, for pro duction of brick] NA Not available. 1 Prior to 1964, not collected separately. 2 Tiles having a facial area of less than 6 square inches. Source: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Current Industrial Reports, Series M32D. [Excludes shipments of ground crude fire clay, high alumina clay, silica fire clay, and dead-burned magnesia or magnesite for direct use as finished refractory products, but not classified as refractories under the Standard Industrial Classification System] 351,050 3, 458 4,617 531, 061 6,000 12,828 137, 060 8,933 S Withheld because data did not meet publication standards. Excludes mullite and extra-high alumina refractories, included under nonclay refractories. Includes other miscellaneous shaped refractory items. Bonding mortars containing more than 60% Al0, dry basis included under nonclay refractories. Includes products referred to as plastic firebrick and the less plastic materials intended for ramming into place after the addition of water (when shipped in dry form). 7 Represents only shipments by establishments classified in "manufacturing" industries and excludes shipments to refractory producers for manufacture of brick and other refractories. Other clay refractory includes calcined clay, ground brick, and siliceous and other gunning mixes. Magnesite predominating. Excludes molten cast and fused magnesia. Chrome predominating. 10 Excludes molten cast. 11 Includes stopper heads and other shaped refractories containing natural graphite. 13 Made predominantly of kyanite, sillimanite, andalusite, or synthetic mullite. 11 Made predominantly of fused bauxite, fused or dense-sintered alumina. 14 Made predominantly of silicon carbide. 15 Made predominantly of zircon or zirconia. 10 Includes dolomite-magnesite, pyrophillite and other nonclay brick and shapes. 17 Magnesite or chrome ore predominating. 15 Hydraulic setting. 1 Magnesite, dolomite, or chrome ore predominating. 20 Includes carbon refractories and gunning mixes. 21 Includes refractory clays subjected to no treatment other than grinding (and usually screening) or weathering, or both. Source: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Current Industrial Reports, Series M32C. |