TIN CONSUMPTION.
INCREASE".' MAI NTAINED.
'■■■ .'.'"" ■: A^continuedoupward-/trend .in tmV.cbn--X -sumption- is-shown, in,, statistics - published ;"-;-. '..-iQ-'THe "'.Hague ■ Statistical; Bulletin 'of .=-;•■■ ."■ '."-'■ the : Iriteiniati"oiial % "Tin""-ilesearch' and/'De- '"";- •' ._..'■. velopmeilt; Council^:': World apparent consumption has increased by 14 per cent "-.."■■ ''in ' the—year' 1 ' ended ■September, . 1936; to ■ .153,75r.-:lons,i.againstM'l34,9l6* tons in .-the: V- .;". : ,preyious • "year, ; : while.- r wbrld. ■ production ". . figures y jtor'the Game" periods were respec- ■'-';'• ■ \ tively -"166,032 tons and '124,585. tons. :..- . .. . In r Great Britain there was. only a small .". --; •'percentage increase in the year-, ended September, 1936, but in the 'United States :*.■•' -.cpnsunVption'.increasedt-.by 25.4 per. cent, ;',.- ■'.•■;' . a p4\* n ?,?f rance 21.5. per. cent. Consumption'in .'Russia has 'again ■ exceeded all ••'-■ ' :•_'. previbus/r.'records; :.'ahd, more than* ':■.:'': '."... doubled :ia the last. : fiye "years;. The in■r crease compared .with last year- is over. 32 per /cent;-- and ''Russia now; fourth ';'.'-' ":■"..among;;the" iinTConsumiug; countries of the : .'.."- :world.- -'- .*';/. ~-;■■ .-" - .•"-**; Out-of the total' of 151,200 tons, of tin ■ - ' used -in''mamif;icture- in the year ended. ../ \. : September,V"^l936, ; -'-.it -'is - estimated;;-that 57/200. tons were used in.tinplate manufac-, :• . ture, '12.800--to'ns -in-the 1 motor industry, - -/ ■• : - in" ..other;.,industries: A ! .-.".. .;,: .record world outputpf 3,522,000.- tons' of "; tinplate"*-. is" ; ~ for" the .'year, - the ; .'■-' -figure for the*•previous'l2;months ,being '■;■:■ V 3,097,000 .tons.' • .'.■':' ..'."•.■• \ '■''
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 4
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188TIN CONSUMPTION. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 4
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