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TABLE 6-STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE JAPANESE MERCURY INDUSTRY
APPARENT
YEAR
IMPORTS
MINE OUTPUT
EXPORTS
CONSUMPTION
1930
7,167
121
348
6,940
1931
7,640
102
406
7,336
1932
9,883
69
696
9,256
1933
10,703
234
812
10,125
1934
14,442
196
754
13,884
1935
23,673
148
899
22,922
1936
14,845
429
957
14,317
1937
16,003
368
783
15,588
1938
11,078
716
377
11,417
1939
14,500
1,429
870
15,059
1940
19,020
3,520
870
21,670
1941
38,120
4,323
1,450
40,993
1942
546
5,197
1,450
4,293
1943
7,842
6,706
1,041
13,507
1944
349
7,096
635
6,810
1945
3
3,139
145
2,997
1946
1,361
1947
1,619
USSR
In prewar years the USSR was self-sufficient and the world's fourth largest
producer, with an output of about 8,700 flasks of seventy-six pounds annually, prac-
tically all of which was produced at the Nikitovka mines in the Ukraine. The Ger-
man armies closed in on the mines in 1941, but the Russians removed the equipment
to deposits further east before the Germans arrived. However, the USSR had lost its
one large producer at a time when consumption was almost immediately increased by
war requirements (fulminate primers, pharmaceuticals, etc.) from 8,700 flasks to a
rate of more than 15,000 flasks annually. Large-scale production of mercury deposits
in Asiatic Russia began in 1939 or 1940 with the building and expansion of Im.
Frunze, an antimony-mercury combine. After the loss of Nikitovka, production of
Im. Frunze at Khaidarkan, Chauvai, and Turgai in Central Asia was increased and
exploitation of other deposits began, such as the Chagan-Uzun in the Altai Mountains
and those near Vladivostok in Siberia. Estimated 1943 capacity of the Im. Frunze
combine was believed to be about 5,000 flasks; Chagan-Uzun, 2,500; and the Siberian
deposits, 800.
By the summer of 1942 domestic production is believed to have reached a produc-
tion rate of about 6,500 flasks annually. Chinese mercury shipments amounting to
3,480 flasks in 1941 and 5,800 flasks in 1942 were flown to Russia from Kunming to
alleviate the shortage but supplies still became drastically short. The USSR requested
23
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"ocrText": "CONRIDENTTTAL\nTABLE 6-STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE JAPANESE MERCURY INDUSTRY\nAPPARENT\nYEAR\nIMPORTS\nMINE OUTPUT\nEXPORTS\nCONSUMPTION\n1930\n7,167\n121\n348\n6,940\n1931\n7,640\n102\n406\n7,336\n1932\n9,883\n69\n696\n9,256\n1933\n10,703\n234\n812\n10,125\n1934\n14,442\n196\n754\n13,884\n1935\n23,673\n148\n899\n22,922\n1936\n14,845\n429\n957\n14,317\n1937\n16,003\n368\n783\n15,588\n1938\n11,078\n716\n377\n11,417\n1939\n14,500\n1,429\n870\n15,059\n1940\n19,020\n3,520\n870\n21,670\n1941\n38,120\n4,323\n1,450\n40,993\n1942\n546\n5,197\n1,450\n4,293\n1943\n7,842\n6,706\n1,041\n13,507\n1944\n349\n7,096\n635\n6,810\n1945\n3\n3,139\n145\n2,997\n1946\n1,361\n1947\n1,619\nUSSR\nIn prewar years the USSR was self-sufficient and the world's fourth largest\nproducer, with an output of about 8,700 flasks of seventy-six pounds annually, prac-\ntically all of which was produced at the Nikitovka mines in the Ukraine. The Ger-\nman armies closed in on the mines in 1941, but the Russians removed the equipment\nto deposits further east before the Germans arrived. However, the USSR had lost its\none large producer at a time when consumption was almost immediately increased by\nwar requirements (fulminate primers, pharmaceuticals, etc.) from 8,700 flasks to a\nrate of more than 15,000 flasks annually. Large-scale production of mercury deposits\nin Asiatic Russia began in 1939 or 1940 with the building and expansion of Im.\nFrunze, an antimony-mercury combine. After the loss of Nikitovka, production of\nIm. Frunze at Khaidarkan, Chauvai, and Turgai in Central Asia was increased and\nexploitation of other deposits began, such as the Chagan-Uzun in the Altai Mountains\nand those near Vladivostok in Siberia. Estimated 1943 capacity of the Im. Frunze\ncombine was believed to be about 5,000 flasks; Chagan-Uzun, 2,500; and the Siberian\ndeposits, 800.\nBy the summer of 1942 domestic production is believed to have reached a produc-\ntion rate of about 6,500 flasks annually. Chinese mercury shipments amounting to\n3,480 flasks in 1941 and 5,800 flasks in 1942 were flown to Russia from Kunming to\nalleviate the shortage but supplies still became drastically short. The USSR requested\n23\nCONFIDENTIAT"
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