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Published February 1949
NFIDENTIAL
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TA-8801
A SURVEY OF THE WORLD MERCURY SITUATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
i
WORLD PRODUCTION AND RESERVES
1
ECONOMICS OF MERCURY PRODUCTION
2
USES
3
SUBSTITUTES
4
THE MERCURY CARTEL
4
PRICES
5
TARIFFS
7
THE UNITED STATES
Production, Consumption, and Deposits
7
Foreign Trade
8
Present Situation and Future Outlook
9
Emergency Supply and Demand
10
SPAIN
12
ITALY
14
MEXICO
16
CANADA
17
PERU
18
CHILE
18
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
19
ALGERIA
19
GERMANY
19
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
20
YUGOSLAVIA
20
TURKEY
21
CHINA
21
JAPAN
22
USSR
23
TABLES
1-Estimated Measured and Indicated Reserves of Mercury by Countries
2
2-United States Tariff on Mercury
7
3-United States Imports for Consumption by Countries of Origin, 1937-1947
11
4-United States Exports of Mercury, 1937-1947
12
5-Mercury Produced In, Imported Into, and Exported From Germany, 1935-44
(In Flasks of 76 Pounds)
19
CONFIDENTIAL
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