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TABLE 7-WORLD PRODUCTION OF MERCURY 1938-47, BY COUNTRIES (In Flasks of 76 Pounds) COUNTRY 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 Algeria 191 256 791 147 121 146 165 326 340 348 Australia: New South Wales 1 2 8 Queensland 3 37 34 15 15 12 3 3 Austria 9 Bolivia (exports) 7 51 2 3 Canada 10 6 2,024 7,057 13,630 22,240 9,682 Chile 44 100 8 100 1,305 2,256 2,563 1,181 862 827 China 560 4,931 3,403 2,756 4,293 3,133 3,510 1,828 1,189 290 Czechoslo- 3 vakia 2,900 2,669 2,582 Germany 1,392 1,218 957 899 493 3,480 3,480 Italy 66,752 67,154 91,230 94,161 75,885 61,945 22,997 25,527 50,822 53,984 Japan 592 1,358 3,394 4,323 5,197 6,706 7,096 3,139 1,361 1,619 Korea 1 1 2 1 1 1 (Chosen) 16 1 2 Mexico 8,519 7,376 11,653 23,137 32,443 28,321 26,053 16,443 11,661 9,700 New Zealand 10 73 150 93 90 30 Peru 145 326 152 209 5 Rumania 21 176 3 Southern Rhodesia 2 3 Spain 41,409 35,912 52,214 86,473 72,288 47,756 34,349 40,694 41,801 35,420 Sweden 59 11 21 1 Tunisia 270 58 125 88 3 Turkey 597 359 500 242 176 271 143 158 75 Union of S. Africa 42 204 579 1,189 1,192 852 764 USSR 8,700 1 1 1 1 1 1 United States 17,991 18,633 37,777 44,921 50,846 51,929 37,688 30,763 25,348 23,244 8 8 3 Yugoslavia Total 6 150,000 145,000 215,000 275,000 265,000 240,000 157,000 131,000 144,000 144,000 1 Estimates included in the total. 2 Production less than 1 flask. 3 Data not yet available; estimate included in the total. 4 Included under Germany. 5 Includes Austria. 6 Estimate. 7 Preliminary. 8 Output of Idria Mine included under Italy until ceded to Yugoslavia after World War II. 9 Present output believed to be at the rate of 10,000 flasks annually. C.I.A. estimate. SOURCE: Bureau of Mines. 25 CONFIDENTIAL

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