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ID567
NameMotor fuels market in China
TitleMotor Fuels in Foreign Countries - China, exclusive of Manchuria
Year1937
AuthorSmith, A. Viola, Trade Commissioner, Shanghai
CollectionNARA, General records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (RG151)
Sub collectionRecords Relating to Commercial Attaches' Reports, China (Peiping), 1937, Box 117
Reference NumberEntry 14, Box 125
Repository typeArchive
Description

Shanghai - Special Report No. S-4. Shanghai, China, July 9, 1937 - 48p

I. Production - p.1

  • Oil Productions in China proper (by province), and Manchuria (by type of oil) in 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934
  • Gasoline
  • Power Kerosene
  • Diesel Oil, or Gas Oil
  • Alcohol
  • Benzol
  • Methanol
  • Blended Fuels
  • Gases, Compressed
  • Charcoal Gas
  • Process of Manufacture
  • Producing Plants

II. Marketing and Consumption - p.13

  • Imports of Motor Fuels into China (Exclusive of Hong Kong and Manchuria)
  • Anti-knock Substances
  • Control of Market 
  • Major oil companies operating at present
    • Asiatic Petroleum Company, Ltd. (British), representing the SHELL interests
    • Standard-Vacuum Corporation (American), representing the Standard Oil interests
    • Texas Co. (China), Ltd. (American), representing the Texas Oil and its affiliated interests
    • Kwang Hwa Petroleum Company (Chinese), but controlled and supplied jointly by the Asiatic Petroleum Company
    • Cathay Oil Company (American)
  • Carriage of Gasoline
  • Storage Facilities
  • Alcohol Utilization
  • Government Control
  • Tax Functions

III. Trade Promotion - p.26

  • Packing
  • Catering to Government Departments
  • Cooperative Associations
  • Financing of import
  • Filling Stations

Regulations for Handling Petroleum Products - p.31

  • Harbour Regulations for the Port of Shanghai (May 10, 1913)
  • Harbour Notification #1 of 1934
  • Harbour Notification #3 of 1921

Customs Bonding Regulations

  • Bonding Regulations for Petroleum Oil Tanks and Warehouses
  • Fees for Bounded Oil Tanks and Warehouses
  • Special Bonding Regulations for Crude Oil Refining Factories
  • Regulations governing Importation of liquid fuels

Municipal Regulations

  • Storage of hazardous and dangerous goods
  • Kerosene Oil

IV. Scientific and Technical - p.41

  • Octane Range
  • Test Results
  • Alcohol
  • Gases

V. Miscellaneous - p.46

  • Advertising Methods
  • Attitude of Motoring Public
  • Use of Alcohol

Appendix - p.48

  • Motor fuel producting plants
  • Executive Yuen Instruction No. 1773, April 2, 1937

Confidential Notes - Not for Publication in Any Form - p.50

Sources of Information - p.51

Comment

Records Relating to Commercial Attaches' Reports, China (Peiping), 1937, Box 125, folder "Foreign Service - Copies of Reports - Peiping - 1937 - July 7", p. 13-63

 

Keywordsreport ; commercial attache ; special ; Beijing ; Shanghai ; petroleum ; production ; marketing ; distribution ; advertising ; consumption ; regulation
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