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is to issue a decree prohibiting the establishing of plants for the
manufacture of dyestuffs and intermediate products.
b. As a general
rule, the output of the German-French company shall be intended for the French
domestic and colonial markets only.
c. In imports to France, its
colonies and protectorates, Germany shall receive preferential treatment in
that such products as are not manufactured by the German-French companies shall
as a general rule be purchased only from Germany and at reasonable tariff
rates. The recently levied minimum tariff rates on dyestuffs would seem
appropriate provided that the exchange rate of the French franc did not exceed
0.06 RM.
As to the Société des Produits Chimiques et
Matières Colorantes de Mulhouse, Paris, and the Société
Anonyme pour l'Industrie Chimique, Mulhouse-Dornach, we have written to the
Reich Ministry of Economics under date of July 13, 1940, that we have placed a
trustee for these companies at its disposal. The ultimate fate of these two
enterprises can be determined only at a later date. As, after the war, there
would be no economic basis for the existence of the first-named firm, it is
questionable whether it would be advisable to have this enterprise continue to
operate.* |
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| AUXILIARY PRODUCTS FOR DYEING PURPOSES AND AUXILIARY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS |
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| [The report continues with concrete proposals
concerning each of the fields of sale discussed earlier under the general
discussion of the development and status of the French chemical
industry.] |
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| 8. Imports. In connection with the question of imports,
mention should be made of the fact that IG has, in the last few years, imported
from France and her colonies and mandates an annual average amounting to
approximately RM 1,100,000 including especially: |
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Chromium ore.
Phosphate.
Bauxite.
Aromatic substances.
Antimony, et cetera.
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| IG is, of course, greatly interested in securing continuation of the
import of these products also in the future. At this point, however, we refrain
from making concrete suggestions or re- […quests] |
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* Concerning the eventual
handling of the French dyestuffs plants, see subsection VIII D, volume VIII,
this series.
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