BRITISH DYESTUFFS
INCREASED PRODUCTION
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, October. 5,
Month by month the production of British dyestuffs has been increasing, and it is now approaching 125,000 tons, which is about half the world supply.
Industrial undertakings which hitherto have been dependent upon Germany, France, and Italy for their supplies are progressively increasing their purchases from Britain. In wartime actual figures cannot be given, but the increase is officially stated to be "very substantial indeed."' In 1914 Britain produced only about one-tenth of the dyes she used last year. She made four-fifths or £6,000,000 worth of .her needs for the home market. Germany, France, and Italy recently produced between them 39.8 per cent, of - the world output, estimated at 250,000 tons, the United Kingdom's share being 11 per cent. From these figures it is possible to judge the effort which the British dyestuffs manufacturers are now making in the export market.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1940, Page 8
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