SINO-SOVIET BLOC SUPPY OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE

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• Publication Date: April 14, 1958
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Control No
14 April
MEMORANDUM FOR: Economi Defense Ittelligelce Committee
FROM Chairman, EPIC
SaJECT : Sino-Sowlet 31oc Svpply of and Require:lons
io: Pht1a1tc Anhydride
REFERENCE : ELIO Case Ac, 27,1 ..-EORET
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The attached intelligence summtry has been prepared by CIA
in response to the ...clferenced EDIC Case NO. 27 initiated by the.
Department of Commerce:, It is new- eletributed for review and
acceptance by EDIC membos,
. If no request for consideration of '4h1s summary ia an EDIC
meeting Is received prior to COB 15 April 1.958v it will be
considered approved and EDIC Case Nca 27 will be regarded as
closed,)
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Requirements for 7.1rtlIeic: 41Anydrieis
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EDIC Case Nor 27
Control tio?, blY50/
Th Apill 1958
SUBJECT
Sino -Soviet Blc,c Supply vf and Requirements for Phtbalt:
Anhydride,
mgmuso AGENCY AND IJATE
Department of Commeroe, ?.5. March 1958,?
AADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF INFCRMATICN
As soon as possible,
PROPOSED USE
To complement the review CUMN
of Commerce Technical, Taek Urcup In
phthalic anhydride is of suffictent
to warrant its additton to tho u,s,
Oy undertaken by a Department
circler to determine whether
Positive List and possibly 4
recommendation for its ineJ!usion InternaWnai
REFERENCE
Memorandum to Carman f WIC from Departnent C,Asmen
representative p 25 March 29q,
BACKGROUND
The B1,:c is a rit imperter ti phthal07' -;mhydride and phthal4te
esters,. The USSR hes reeenty expressed interest in 1moorting
substantial quantities tf phthalcArthydrlde, At least part of tile,
Bloc intereat in imports"OfphthaIle anhydride, is. believed due -4
expansion of facilities produc.ing,plasties, dyes and rubber
Inadequate equipment and teehnolegy appear to be responsible fo
the current Bloc shortage of phthalie anhydride rather than a
Shortage of the basic raw material, naphthalene, Meat of the Blcv
countries have plans to increale pteduction of phthallc anhyd:Ale
hy 1960,
PhthaliC anhydride is cbtalteii by the oxidation of naphtnalene*
with the use of a vanadium pentoxide catalyst andcondensatiOn
the resultant product ' Two- thouutOd five-hundred' pOthde.of
naphthalene are required t!,0 prod ucto !,'(1,010 pounds of'phthal5O anhydridir,
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ANION!
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Phthalic anhyiride 'became an important item during World War II
as a plasticizer for smokelsee poOder =4 as a base for insect
repallants. ?A, principal t1S3 for rhttialie =hydride 1,0 in the productiola
or phthalate eaten: employed as plasticisers or 8orta:33ra for rubber
and plasties. Alive reSinas, made from phthalic anhyclaide? are used
for outdoor paints and are of strificance in the sueace coatang of
naval. vessels. Anthraquinene vat dcras for military ,zaiforms use
phthalic anhydride as a base.
PRODUCTION
? Naphthalenes, the raw material for phthalic anhydride, in
produced in several Bloc aountriete katimated 14.1aa Production of
napMthalene in 1957 ip a$ follawsi
Country
Metric Tans
100000
Czechoslovakia at 100
Bast Clammy 5,600.
Hungary 950
Poland 31
Rumania 1g..
usplt upp000
Althwgzh the above quantifieu of naphthalene cu-Ild support a
subatantial inoreaae in the produationvf phthalid aha
further processing ofrnaphthalena into phthalic Anhydride has untii
not/ bscn limited by deficienclea $11.both fachntaallAUle and plant
equipraenta, Only 1 plant3 have.loain'idantified a3 praducers of '
phthant anhydride; in the Picc, Froduation of phthalic anhydride
in the Bloc in 1957 is estitated as follows:
Couptrz Qu!tutitv latric Tons
Czeslovalcia
East uarmany 9p60)
Hungary 800
Poland 2,31403
Rumania 200
USSR l'OpCCO c- 1'2,000
Tote. 28O3 26p800*
Tiao USSR announced in July 157 that new techr_al,av and
equipmant for the oxidation of nauhthaleno to phthaaia, anhydriaa
have been Teio?.:t nexpertraptal workshop usinc the new p favota
is sehaddled to be built at a cokaacherai.eal plant in Gorlovka, a:faat
sulaasq,aant constraatian of 2 additianal workshops at other cok,a.
*13,y c6aparsanp U.S. prtiaa cc' pt+14c aa4y4ri2a in 2956 vaa
abaat tons M592570600 Us),
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chernica% plants. The combined capacity of the latter two shops is
planned to be 27,04) metric tons,
TRADE
Available data from the U.S. flapartment of Commerce on shipmatits
of phthalio anhydride from Western countries to the Bloc are inaluded
in Table L These data* together isAth reports for previous years*
ear4r indicate a rising',..xend .in Bloc imports of phhhalic ankairide
and phthala.tes from the We3te, The USSR appears to be the largest
iasporter and in 195`.? prtbably impoxted at least 5 thousand tons() If
information were icviii.lable on shipments from other Weetern counaries
such as BeIgiump the ilethealands;, Eweden and the UK, a more complete
picture of B1o(.3 imporas would be obtained; while shipments of pirth,a3.i3
anhydride and,phthal.atee from Bloc ontries (chiefly aet Ciermany)
to the West have been obsprvad inreoen years* the Bloc undoubtedly
has been a net importer of these ?beat:Ica/a,
Some intra-Bloc shipmens have been observed. The indications
are that these have fa:iirlatod largely n East, Q;exlman.),- and have been
destined mainly fox f,he USSR,, al',Yeagh USSR* Czechoslovakia:I;
Poland* and Hunger:T. way eaport mall quantities of phalla.lic anhydride
and phthalates c1.4e:r; Mac cat:a:tram], Acol.'-ding to ors reporto
East German shipmeais a phthalic anhydride ta, the IU5a. were prcajected
at an amatal rate ci te 6 thousarri aaas fur the 1.95'4, 60 perioc.,
CONSW,IPTION AND USES
Data are inedequete to establi,lh a preoise consumption pattern
for phthalial anhydride i.n the Blao* although avaiaabla nformation
on the USSR and Easa Lierrraxszy? incileate that the largest portion goes
into plastios,, paints and p)t&eis.. Inorea.ses in, requirements
for conventionet use can Le e4zcatod beaauce .hs :tirrent eraphaale
on inureasing produa:A.on c. rithetace,, No data are 411railable on
requiTements of phthalie aahydritle an the paoduation (Jf ltrategie
itana,
Domoatia, consunation af phthalao anhydatde Ira Fatet flearmany in
1957 estimated at, about 42600 toce* with the semai,ning 5,000 tons
exported., Of the demest:la (alneuaipta..or. aboir? Z.,,,i4U) to 21 00 tons were
laced An Cthe producx) Of plestia.Azeraa (diEutyl ..ththalaaa and
diot1y,1 phthalate): About 'itp6013 tot s fplk-tstiaerS walls exported,
The te bal. upply eAr ghtha1.it athydride awaithLn itc. the USS1 in
1957 13 tentatiaek, st4a tmtfi ??,13 2C ( ) 4 2ec:,./300 %WIN In view
of the over-0.1 B?.she:Age, :11:, it that upp,y arri consumption
in the USSR aae ataalt kale ax,:lt,t, Act crit.a.a tc a USSR' l'aport, almost
011r4 ! milayeirfde y.1..e: a'aava; 7 tits of p)asticisere-
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90 percent or the phthalic anhydride is required for lacquers, paints,
and plastics. It is Last required tor the production of insecticides,
accelerators for the vulcanisation Of rubber, for the production of
benzoic acid and for use in additives for lubricating oils, The
Soviets admit that requirements exceed eupply and plan to put new
capacities into operation shortlyk although their construction
planning has been plagued by delsys,; Heavy emphasis was placed on
increasing the productiot of synthetics in the original Sixth Five
Year Plano and this has since been reiterated with even. greater
emphasis in the planning for 1959-61, no that an increasing consumption
of phthalic anhydride can be predicted.
Muth of the phthalip anhydride consumed in Czechoslovakia is
used in the production of dyestuffs with most of the balance ging
into phthalate ester plasticizers. Requirements are grtwing steadily
and in 1957 exceeded production by about 35 percent.
In Hungary and Rumania phthalie anhydride is also used largely
tot dyestuffs and plasticizers. Requirements in Hungary approximate
output. In Rumania requirements are growing at a fatter rate and
are expected to use up any increase* in production,
Poland utilizes itephthalates,in the production of plastics
varnishes, dyes and ?libber product*. The consumption picture for
phthalic anhydrlde is somewhat confUsed because of evidence that it
is both exported and imported but Poland is clearly a net importer
of the phthalate esters.. By /9600 Production of phthalates in Poland
is expected to rise to 70000 tons, enabling her to meet requirements
from domestic sources.
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Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
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Table I
Soviet Bloc imports of Phthalic Anhydride froze Selected Western Countries, 1956-57
Metric Tone
Weat Ge
France
1956
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1957
1956
774
let Half
1957
1956
let Half
2957
let Half
1956 1957
total 826V
1093/
266
1699
3031
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N0A., 95
17
24
72
53
70
82
18
621
589
4
45
300
734
2662/
16992/
3031
22
95
IL0 Includes phthaIic acid, its salts, esters, and halogenated, nitrated and sulfonated derivatives Reported shipment
to the Bloc totaled 144 tone in 19550
20 The noncom-Soviet trade agreement for 1957 provides for shipment of 2,000 tonso
30 Italy also shipped 304 tons of esters of phthalic acids.
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