STATISTICS ON SALES OF NORWEGIAN SILICON CARBIDE, 1949 AND FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF 1950

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• Publication Date: December 11, 1950
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SECURITY
TO : Department of kate
FROM : Oslo 931 December Ilv
REF : Oslo 921, ,Dec. 8,. 1950
PRIORITY:
AIR POUCH
0 1.. Enclosure
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For Dept.
use only.
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SUBJECT : STATISTICS ON SALES OF 140MIEGIAN SILICON CARBIDES 1949
AND FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF 19500
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There is transmitted/herewith a tabulation of sales of
ai.s zcun cars iue say i/o arenaaa: as e..reverx aorway s So.~.e Pro-
ducer for the period January-December 1949 and January 1 to
November 30, 1950. This tabulation has been made available
tot,he Embassey in accordance with a request made of Mr. Eirik
RAM, the company's Managing Director to whom assurances
have been given that the tabulation will be treated as confim
dential0 In transmitting the tabulation, Mr. Hammer invites
Approve of ekeae9902/II8715 IA=RD083 TOP59 1MMtW8
SECRET
gation made by Mr. K. F. AVENESS of the Norwegian Foreign
Office to the effect that officials of the State Department
had expressed their approval of the scheduled shipment of 50
tons of silicon carbide to Czechoslovakia. Mr. Klaveness has
informed an Embassy officer today that this expression of ap..
proval was made by Mr. John T. EVANS and Mr. Robert W. WRIGHT
of the Department in recent conversations with Mr. Gunnar
%echoslovakia within the near future.
In the reference des atch the Embassy conveyed the allem
atch, it is likely that 50 tons will be made available to
deliveries thus far in 1950 have been made to Russia or to
Czechoslovakia, However,, as indicated in the reference des-
the entire 12 months of 1949, reflecting the fact that the
company sold a larger percentage ' of the costlier abrasive
grades in the more recent period. Attention is also invited.
to the fact that the distribution of sales by countries of
destination recorded in the attached tabulation is based on
tonnage rather than value. It will further be noted that no
11 months of 1950 is greater, than the total value of sales for
.ttention to the fact that the value of sales for the first
TAD. Economic Counselor of the Norwegian Ennbassy at
Harry Conover
Second Secretary
r.sh n.ton, The Embassy desires here to record the fact that
M ammer construes the term "fused silicon carbide,, crude or
in grains" to include refractory grades.
HConover:rvm 12/11/50
45" 0 59
510.1
American Embassy Paris (EXCON)
SECRET
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IS, ARENLAE,, SMELTEVERK9 EYDEHAVN, NORWAY
SALES STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD
January 1 to December 31, 1949 and January 1 to November 30, 1950
SIKA
SIKA
SIKA
SIKA
% of
CO l'NTRIES:
Grain
Run of :
Power
Fire-
TOTAL
total
Micro
Mills
tiers
sand
sa1ei
& Crude
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Kroner
Tons
NORWAY
332,3
33208
45,0
590
715.1
7738561.90
90
224tl0
?
1.0
624,5
851,289.68
8.1
SWEDEN
680?5
500.0
19.9
1200.4
18.138323075
15,0
828,0
579.0
2110
M28.0
_81,O1,93
18mt
DENMARK
89,2
12001
0.3
209.6
2889047-70
2,a
118.2
75.0
0.2
193.4
350,03535
22L
FINLAND
65,0
0
65.0
123,331,50
38.
0
20.0
63.
119 2 2 40
d
GREAT
134493
63703
15000
5925
27241
4e008,372.99
54.1
BRITAIN
1677.&
7*8'
212.
84.9
022?8
125 066.
?260
HOLLAND
130,9
0
0
130.9
2338064?75 1.6
82 -
21,0
2
10509
21.7 17 , i
BELGIUM
&
63L.3
194.9
8
5 .0
300.0
643 0 2
5809601.87 8.1
y~~
LUXEMBOURG
y
101
1
.8
/
0
.0
114.1
1LLO
j 1 125.00i4.8..
FRANCE
22408
9908
40.0
364.6
5929621-951 4.6
7.5
85.0
65.0
X76
_.__323 226.OO 2,7
'
SPAIN
30.0
30.0
064
498500.00
8.4
58.0
127 416.001 0.7
ITALY
13.3
0
0
133
39 ,370,001 0.2
164.9
2.0
1.0
167.9 1
417J20.001 2 02
SWITZERLAND
125.4
j
1254
248,352,00 1.6
182.0
182.0
24 818. 01 2.
GERMANY
121,3
0
1213
3018407065 1.5
499.3
6.0
05.3
1 272 612?90 6
AUSTRIA
34,5
34.5
85,115,91 0.4
159.0
159.0
39927,9O 2.,0
CZECH0SLO
61609
616.9
8652425.00 7.7
VAKIA
0
0
0 1 0
JUGOSLAVIA
57.0
57.0
1152502.80 0,7
60.0
60.0
1 4 16.00 4,8
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SIKA
SIKA
SIKA
SIKA
% of
COUNTRIES:
train
Run of
Pow-
Fire-
TOTAL
total
Micro
Mills
tiers
sand
sales
& Crude
ons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Kroner
Tons
POLAND
100.
10018
2490274
3
75.0
?Q
0C0
1
1 a
SOVIET
454,0
4544.0
.00
19048932
5.7
RUSSIA
Q
?
FAR EAST
3.
3o8
69875,12
0
2.0
210
.20
0
AUSTRALIA
10999
109.9
1409787x98
1?4
163.1
162.1
246 103.2L
2?1
SOUTH
AMERICA
U.SOA?&
16.0
180?0
196.0
1799216,30
2.5
CANADA
- a
325,0
360.4
4 71, 6
/
OTHER
62.0
62?O
122a145a92
008
COUNTRIES
0
0
0
0
TOTAL, 1949
394894
2791.7
3203
917.4
7977?8
1108389972-09
100
TO ALo
Nov,,3?01950
447310
.220347
348.9
723.5
7749.1
139691,93350-11
100
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