Vot,. 5, No. 10
CHEMICAL DIGEST
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Production and Consumption of Copper Sulfate in Italy. Italy outranks all other countries as a producer and consumer of copper sulfate, according t o Assistant Trade Commissioner E. Humes a t Rome. Production has increased from 31.000 metric tons prewar to three times that quantity in 1926 with a productive annual capacity of 140,000 tons. Domestic production capacity is more than sufficient for home requirements and allows a considerable exportable surplus, but there is always a demand on the Italian market for copper sulfate in large crystals obtainable only from abroad. The foreign trade in 1927 registered an important increase, imports having increased from 8238 metric tons in 1926 to 12,800 tons, while exports advanced from 8086 to 10,826.-Chem. Markets, 23, 214 (Aug., 1928).
