COPPER MARKET--STATISTICAL NOTES
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Publication Date:
April 1, 1953
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Country: Haiti
Subject: Copper Market -- Statistical Notes
Place Acquired
Date Acquired:
Date of Info: 1951- Early 1953
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consumption
1. Haiti, an unindustrialized country, consumes little copper. It depends exclusively
on foreign sources for its supply of this metal.
2. According to figures supplied by the Fiscal Office of Haiti, total imports of copper
and its alloys for the period of October 1951- Septemberrr 195the 2 samounted ame period 187 1metric
tons 122 rsic 7 valued at US ;300,1.9 (cif. value). duri
ng Oct 51, total imports amounted to 52b amou~n.ted ~odl9tmetS r~cbtons8199En101tons 545; and
obey, November and December 9
18 tons 97L..
3? The countries of origin for copper imports were as follows:
Tonnage data is not kept by the Haitian Government; the only import
(Note:
records are in terms of dollar value.)
Note: Date of statistics not given
Country of on in
Value
US
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Bel
US $ibl,X22
$ 3,796
g
Italy
3,362
223
2
UK
,
1
972
France
,
; 902
Switzerland
$ 860
Germany
Statistics of copper imports are compiled in Haiti under the general classification
of Hcopper and its alloys". It is not possible to know the comparative quantities
of blister copper, electrolyte' oppeer~and refined ined and copper imports.
wire. The US is the largest
The copper imports consist mostly of shee H--Lu ,
000 per annum.
about US 160
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supplier with a total supply amounting
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b. Haiti's consumption rate for copper is almost equal to its volume of imports. Only
a negligible quantity of scrap is gathered locally.
Production.
7. There are no copper mining enterprises, ore smelters nor refineries now in operation
in Haiti. Mrs. Helen Christian (American) and Messrs. Fauber-Bonhomme & Associates
(Haitians and Americans) recently date not specified] obtained privileges from
the Haitian Government to exploit copper mines in, respectively, Gde. .iviere du
Nord and Terre-Neuve. Both concessions are in the northern part of the island.
The companies have not yet / April 1953_7 started production. The concession for
the Gde. Riviere du Nord mine was previously held by the Societe D' Exploitation
Niniere S. A., which shipped 70 tons of copper ore (14% copper content) to the US
between October 1950 and June 1951. No shipments elsewhere. It is reported that
copper ore originating from Gde. Hiviere du Nord has an average copper content of
14%.
Scrap
8. The volume of copper scrap exported by Haiti is negligible. Such scrap is usually
mixed with bulk shipment of other metal scrap, so no statistical data for copper
scrap shipments is available. Scrap was exportec.to the US.. Germany and Belgium.
Manufacture
9. A few months ago prior to April 1953 7 the Haiti Metal Co., S. A. was organized
in Port-au-Prince to manufacture aluminuul kitchen vessels. It is expected that as
soon as they start making copper items, imports of copper to Haiti will increase
according to their demand.
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