Table 6.--Finished benzenoid products: Summary of U.S. general imports entered under Schedule 4, Part 1C, TSUS, by major groups and competitive status, 1967--Continued The Note.--The unit values shown for imports of the groups of finished benzenoid products listed in table 6 are weighted averages. numerous individual finished benzenoid products that comprise each group vary widely in quality and unit value. Benzenoid dyes In 1967, the total quantity of benzenoid dyes imported into the United States was 12.8 million pounds, valued at $23.4 million (invoice value), compared with 13.7 million pounds, valued at $25.8 million in 1966 and 12.3 million pounds, valued at $20.5 million in 1965. This is equivalent to a decrease of 6.6 percent in terms of quantity and 9.3 percent in terms of value in 1967 over 1966 and an increase of 4.1 percent in terms of quantity and 14.1 percent in terms of value in 1967 over 1965. Of the 1,534 individual dyes. imported in 1967, 448 were "competitive" (duty based on "American selling price"); 962 were "noncompetitive" (duty based on U.S. value); 76 were "noncompetititive" (duty based on export value). The competitive status of 48 dyes was not available. Table 7 shows total dye imports by class of application and by competitive status. Three classes of dyes accounted for more than half the dyes imported in 1967. Imports of vat dyes accounted for 19.3 percent, in terms of quantity; disperse dyes, 18.4 percent; and acid dyes, 16.9 percent. With the exception · of the vat, basic, and sulfur dyes, all other dye classes showed an insignificant change or a sizable decline in 1967 compared with 1966. Imports of vat dyes totaled 2.5 million pounds, or 38.9 percent more than the 1.8 million pounds imported in 1966 and imports of basic dyes totaled 1.2 million pounds, or 9.1 percent more than the 1.1 million pounds imported in 1966. On the other hand, imports of azoic components, and acid and solvent dyes declined in 1967 compared with 1966. Imports of azoic components totaled 1.7 million pounds, or 26.1 percent less than the 2.3 million pounds imported in 1966; acid dyes totaled 2.2 million pounds, or 15.4 percent less than the 2.6 million pounds imported in 1966; and solvent dyes totaled 203,000 pounds, or 23.4 percent less than the 265,000 pounds imported in 1966. In 1967, imports of "competitive" dyes (duty based on "American selling price") accounted for half of the total quantity and a third of the total invoice value of all imported dyes. Imports in 1967 of "competitive" dyes totaled 6.4 million pounds, valued at $7.9 million, compared with 6.2 million pounds, valued at $8.2 million, in 1966. Imports of "noncompetitive" dyes totaled 6.4 million pounds, valued at $15.4 million, compared with 7.3 million pounds, valued at $17.3 million, in 1966. In 1967, the most significant changes in the composition of imports of "competitive" dyes were in the azoic dye components, fluorescent brightening agents, direct, solvent, vat, and disperse dyes. Despite increased imports of fast color bases and salts, imports of "competitive" azoic dye components declined 27.3 percent as a group and "competitive" Naphthol AS and derivatives declined 51.6 percent in 1967 compared with 1966. "Competitive" fluorescent brightening agents declined 67.4 percent; direct dyes, 41.4 percent; and solvent dyes, 21.9 percent. On the other hand, imports of "competitive"disperse dyes increased 80.2 percent and vat dyes increased 52.9 percent. most significant changes in the composition of imports of "noncompetitive" dyes in 1967 were in the fluorescent brightening agents, azoic dye components, vat, direct, and disperse dyes. Imports of "noncompetitive" fluorescent brightening agents increased 76.9 percent and the vat dyes increased 51.2 percent in 1967 compared with 1966. On the other hand, imports of "noncompetitive" azoic dye components declined 45.3 percent; direct dyes decreased 28.8 percent; and disperse dyes, 17.8 percent. The Table 7.--Benzenoid dyes: U.S. general imports entered under Schedule 4, (Quantity in pounds; value in dollars) The average unit invoice value of imported "competitive" dyes in 1967 was $1.24 a pound (table 7), compared with $1.33 a pound in 1966. The average unit value of "noncompetitive" dyes in 1967 was $2.41 a pound, compared with $2.38 a pound in 1966. In 1967, the unit values of most of the classes of "noncompetitive" dyes were higher than those of the corresponding "competitive" dyes. The unit values shown in this report for the various classes of benzenoid dyes are weighted averages. The numerous individual dyes that comprise each class vary widely in quality and unit value. U.S. imports of benzenoid dyes, by country of origin, are shown in table 8. West Germany and Switzerland were by far the principal suppliers of U.S. imports in 1966; smaller quantities came from the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Imports from West Germany in 1967 totaled $10.3 million (invoice value), or 10.8 percent more than the $9.3 million imported in 1966; and 1967 imports from Switzerland totaled $10.3 million, or 19.5 percent less than the $12.8 million imported in 1966. With the exception of Italy (whose imports increased 17.2 percent), imports from all the remaining countries decreased in 1967 compared with 1966. Imports from Japan declined 49.3 percent; from the Netherlands, 17.0 percent; from France, 18.9 percent; and from the United Kingdom, 8.6 percent. Table 8.--Benzenoid dyes: U.S. general imports entered under Part 1C, TSUS by country of origin, 1967 compared with 1966 1/Consists principally of imports from Spain, Poland, and Belgium in 1967, and Spain, Poland, Belgium, and Mexico in 1966. Table 9 shows U.S. imports of individual dyes in 1967, grouped by class of application. The table also shows the competitive status of each dye, when available, and the Colour Index name, when known, |