THE SOLID FUEL SITUATION IN FRANCE (1938-1941)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: March 4, 1941
• Content Type: REPORT

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Nand stdaa
do Calais
Nooo11o
Loire
ourgogrte arI
Niv i'nais
atLrd std foraiut
Tarn and Aveyron
Dourbotinaia
Auvorgne
0rbuse
A1~eo
Vasgaa 1oridion~1Q8
Out
Fz~ovonoa
Corittat
Dud-Out
Wirioue
TOTAL
basins
Norcl. and Pas
do C alai, s
No ee Ua
Loire
l3ourgogne and
Nivornais
Bard ande rau1t
Tarn and Avoyron
13ourbannaie
Auvergne
Cruse
Alpo s
Vasgos 1Ykridjona1e s
dueet
1936
28,2:8,h92
6, ??9, 210
302
2, -7?, /483
2,1t ,$72
1, 5!i 2, 582
95, 08i
X89, L2
1~ , 2CJr~
) 2, 078
d8, 2;;Lg
51i,IiLg0
19:2
X1,938,901
it, 7t0, b72
3,618,519
2,63,29
1, 815, 667
5253 `?O
b30, 3L7
13,172
145w, 3:Lb
51,25
Lt9429, 92?
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1910
2).I, i2i,70?
126, 099*
2, 7? 8, 7 dab
3, 210,141
2, 3Wa, J14
615,10
722,678
1$,62x4
$C11Z4, S2b
69,030
6l, `~35
:9, 285, 29~
9~'Fiureo up to 15 June only
19LL0
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TOTAL
CQ4 L tO1UCT1ON
vThI rLi: C4 NUM1,TIC N O' $()LIN MIN ; AL CC)N. U -`tI L-f IN ANCE
Cc1 Linitt Co(t1 Li1fita Briciuo tea
~ ras ar *_ n. wr- :-- aar w
o to 'r~r u fan ~tac `
in i, uLCC~ic
Aiac i f 2+.l iuIh1 1!
M 1 :4i1it 2 iL+1t5 /e 2()t3 b 1
Toulouse 1U9 p- 3).h -. --
atht- tie nnc X17 -- oG ~- 5,3
Cie rniant-irrarid 9e -- 7
4
Lyon (approxirately) 210 .. -- -- --
..~. L
TOTAL
19)4tJ
Franc cr~1 iioductian
V1u~ dos rase in mime stocks
I'iut; dub 4~1 L of iirt torts o v
+
oxnorts:
19iiU
tt-~INT.1 OF JUN1 JI94~ 11 TI
Imports 7,`(92,700 tans
!,,ports _ ?-:IJ4uC tons ?,b 2_, 2LXC) tone
11us docroa.se in railroad stocks
Toni consumption 19L~O
Consumption 1938
0 nsurnption 1939
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n Phu !L'Qf)
Emit
19
941
TAL
PR0nUc' iced Q i p , f~ Ja
'hou(1 or ''v)
Xn n :u,nch hit ?oki ci 'in
TO Fr ,! L
:L9h0
'i
01)UC`jI i1 W!., QtJ TTA
(In Tou or
TOTAL
i9L0
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poi` 0 OL f F L IN L49
C'a~ntry Deatinwti~n Col Coka ri ucttm
OQz'many
~o1iwn M Luxmbct~
5wi too r1 rn 1
A: Qri i, Tt o A, '1?roooo
?r noh kit Afrioct?
'9nr JQu tori~t1 Af iwt
(tncl~trJi F'o o rn1 Cxnoroin)
Othor coZQn:L
Oth*r oQu t1'i00
,Cck~
int') UQLl;
Ooko ' 113 coal)
~4J116 ww MtEF~i ,v1
35119 tS eL.?
--
392.
u.;
u1 0,1
4! Ida
;cP0 M' OF - OLIN IN 19L~O
(I n Thouoan~ of '.'a?1o )
Germany
01Cium and Luxombour~
Italy
w`witorland
Ai eria, ittnisia, Morocco
French West Africa,
French &iuatorial Africa
Othor co1oni c
Other countries
9.7
U. U
into coal;
Colto 1t3 coal)
2O.
7
TOTAL
Coal Coko Brit ottc Total
-- . (Coke convoo
10.8
229.3 :37.9 2C 19 306
S~CflE1
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Count a;1' tin~tiQn 0 0th ''atis
OokQ QOfVfl't@d
4oi1
(uo~fc~ .: c9~1)
TOTAL
Bai fiwn tn 1 LuX Inbaurg 1W9.2 0.5 0.2 Lw
ltt
wi.t arlan:t L 1. 0.1
A,Lria, nit, and 'io 'ceco i ? 9.1 7.)
11 :
FrOnch Wt Af ica, 5.3 O. L. b
FxQnah Africa
OthQ ' o J,~)nt s
Othor countries r l 2
Ceurrbry of An}i 1Ltcita Coal LLi 'note Total Coko Litnitu Coal
Anthracito~,~ettari uos
and Cost ~t_ ... -
GrLt
Germttny 229.1 2, 17.b
~aliiwn d433.L
Nothe rlands ?2.(
90 . E~
Folancl 0.2 1,273.7
ktussia .,`
Turkey
Indochina 211.x:
Moi'hcco ..,
Other U.?
Countries
TOTAL
Great 32~ L~,9o0.i
Ge rnrany 0.2
elgii m 209.5
Netherlands 20.3
~o~.and
kus sip
Turkey
Indochina 1.1
4orocoo JJs..1 1~ .
r OUheyJ, r-~ V.~
Countries
12, 29)4.9
(in 2'hquQ n(i oV orw)
8LI9 {3 3:4.2 902
1M'OW1. 01' LID N i99
(In 'r'houcanda oL' 'Fans )
13,937 2,792.4 212.2
I I OTiT O? SOLID FtflLS I1 19LO
(Irk Thauands oi' Tons)
Li ;nits Total Coko Lignite Co&1 Total:
Anthracite Briquette Briguett Coko converted
and Coal into coal
5,293. ~ 1b2.2 r? 35.E
1?i wM l.3
966.9 O.~ 1,177.2
rt 8;.9 rr 106.2 231.8 0.2
3.1 ~~ 3.1 .r rr
)i. ?7
1d . Ua
18.9
10.7.
TOTAL 8Ci..U. ~s01~3. 0.8 6,631.0 360.x, 0.2 293.J
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'T'ota'l
Coke convi'tod
irvto coal
(CokcE1. g ccaa1'
-
,8W4.3
1,913
1, 2$L. j
?1.5
~2L1~8
27.7
14h.5
1 2.3
198 19i)4.7
i)4.7
.6 I1~ 1
0.1 3.2
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Croat 5.?
cnrniany 1
EQiitn 79.E
No the rlant
Polcncl
pi s9
Cpl~u i s Q 1 ~V
t 1 Indochina
Morocco
Othor
Ootlltri?a
9e
229.
1,:36 . L 24 1
0.2
=into Ooal
(Qo a ~
27.7 116.1
21).6 1,389.6
3.8 1
ww ^^
ww rw
w- rw
ww
r^
:1,h42.2 7118 O.i
OQNSUMPTiOt4 O ~ COAL N 1'ATtl IN 1940 AND 19L1
The tablo bolow dives tho tommo oL' coal rocoivod each month by
the Orupnmornt Gharbcnnier da la Seino for domes sic coniurnptioii, small
commorco and ~na11 industry, that is, oxclusivo ot; the tonnage usod by
heavy indttstry, oto.
19)-l
June
July
Auust
SeptL mrjber
October
Novembor
December
2,Oa~'L) Wfs
3,000 tons
28, 000 tuns
4,O0O tons
4O, ()U0 tons
9,o~ tons
9l, Or)O tons
1143,000 tons
IOTA ~7,OOO tans
The monthly average in 19L'-39 was
that Paris received in J rnnriths/ ittle less than double the monthly
avera o of normal timos.
s~ca~
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~~ 3c)1 p 1 Q1s' J1p F'UN IN 1941
In ThQuaanda Tone)
LignitQ`o1 C0k6nitQ Uoa1 'total:
Anthr QitQ ~r::q tte . uott OAk~ o?rve Q
,~
and ~0~
1
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CURL Wp1 N TH PAE o c N
Jnu~' 19&
12I1,UUU tor;re
powo~ p'i_~nt~ 9,QOO tone
1U~ r ~ nano
1ct
m11 i n:h t ie1i UU tot
DAmact~e iuo1 e ~
)8e3 ,LiU to
TA ~ STr~UATI(N Ill DEO h ;R i9ho
1U5,UUU to
%,(XX tone
70,000 tOVW
3y1i(~UU t?rLn
bo~cupiaci ono,
Sock o! NQVCmhor 30 ~9,199 done LS,236 torn
Cownpbt?~fl in Novombor
pro~aal~ stock t th t1 of iooobO' Li,OOU tor
COAL SITUATIQFRANCE i9L /19LII$.
fl :b Franco dot~r3.0ted ~o
fl?i44 ria 19LL119L, the cn&1 cttuat1o
2) jecuiOJ01~
Stoek tc of ~ovort~~ior4 :30
9
C0 ~~onc
Corra-~rt~~tiOn irr rtovc~rabor
ho end o~ 1)acomhor 9,OLU tone
5
probahlo ~toc~- t1 ~
ricOtt o 1tit is hc1nhandicappod by
r~ormale
--~- about of
irj Novombor rodueblvn wac only
~l~a Kok ?~ tr
d to be ixupot'td from ie1tiUm, Lorraina, and
murh tha?t coaJL ha
Oorma?
-
tn
1atr on ?r~
~omrnand
1
~, nton~la~' j'or ~r~ut1co (iona
,~~~~~~~~~r rho ~,~on p
In a
ovoroomo, it had been poo~l~ i.o ~o
many wd 4
i 1o3~ rar cntrac for
a+ d 16 Octobor 193 , 'bhe 011ow:Lig e o atieai '' ~~-
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ioo, UUU tong o Qo~i ?rom ~olgiu and Lod
end the ~~~~Ji numir off' frof Uht o~rt _
end b~r~as ~v4L~blo in bolgiuj,t
in1kv th? uaaft~ln o of thv o addition 1
qu~n~i~,fo~ of oocl doubt'
u1~
~:oa~ttior~ ~f ooa~ to ~+~onar, iuvt ~u u~tr~
4 ovora~~r ~~~~
lloa1tioLf9r:
Atguj Oct Novo-b@r k toao end
oi,t
Iron industry
i+1vannjvn3 Lndutry
Uha oL i a n lu t
Toxti1v /!dathar
Comont
Othor builatjn
to tterlalc
Food
Navitation and
Txansportabfan
aUgrtr and Alcohol
thtndr7
F
3t,~oo 2, 5GU~, U,t
9, UUU 5't, UUU 51, Ucu
b, U5U t2, 25? 13, 7uu
3, UU 2U,1 UO 13,900
U, U0J 0, 0(10 uc'U
U, c,so 13,you 1 , UU
2L, Uo Et7, t~&7
~U, 3UU `r, uuu !f