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Table 9—The Annual Capacity of Chemical Wood-pulp Industry in United states of America by Processes, 1936-49

Table 10—Capacity and Production of Chemical Pulp in Sweden, 1937-47

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(Source: Statistics published by United States Pulp Producers' Association) (In thousands of tons of 2,000 lb.) Sulphite. Sulphate. SemiYear. Soda. Chemical/ Maximum Chemical Total. Total. Total. Maximum Fibre. (1) Bleaching. Bleaching. (2) (S) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 1936 .. 2,256 2,035 656 126 5,073 1937 2,494 2,531 703 196 5,924 1938 2,661 3,471 703 198 7,033 1939 2,665 3,682 665 154 7,166 1940 .. 2,891 3,990 680 185 7,746 1941 3,138 4,661 546 220 8,565 1942 3,189 5,093 492 247 9,021 1943 3,040 5,185 473 253 8,951 1944 2,907 1 j 917 5,162 1J68 482 357 11,993 1945 .. 2,880 1,934 5,299 1,236 495 376 12,220 1946 .. 2,908 1,954 5,377 1,266 494 354 12,353 1947 2,892 1,981 5,495 1,413 505 482 12,768 1948 2,953 2,065 6,314 1,563 540 530 13,965 1949 2,976 2,118 6,981 1,728 520 605 14,928

(Source : Statistics published by United States Pulp Producers' Association) (Tons of 2,000 lb.) Sulphite. Sulphate. Year. Capacity. Production. Capacity. (5) Production. (1) (2) Bleached. (3) Unbleached. (4) Bleached. (6) Unbleached. (7) 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1,901,000 1,929,000 1,929,000 1,962,000 1,973,000 1,973,000 1,896,000 1,874,000 1,890,000 1,863,000 1,808,000 514,030 447,147 511,176 359,807 402,832 450,559 361,695 307,817 374,782 542,651 614,604 1,289,511 1,115,131 1,120,018 590,436 •127,822 218,272 224,218 351,763 596,628 809,760 800,667 1,268,000 1,295,000 1,323,000 1,345,000 1,345,000 1,334,000 1,334,000 1,334,000 1,312,000 1,246,000 1,246,000 95,794 108,724 140,061 86,781 37,677 36,907 40,191 54,014 47,397 , 116,689 187,253 1,175,810 948,637 925,640 749,752 359,204 337,461 375,820 372,526 603,011 784,456 781,711