page_title: Société Anversoise du Commerce au Congo
hierarchical_section_title: Société Anversoise du Commerce au Congo
caption_attribution_description: English: Congo Free State concession companies overlain on an old 1890 map of the area
context_page_description: The Société Anversoise was a concession company of the Congo Free State, headquartered in Antwerp. It was, with the Lulonga Company and the Abir Congo Company, one of the main producers of rubber in the Free State. Alongside Abir and the Lulonga Company the Société Anversoise handed back control of the concession to the Congo Free State in 1906. The Société Anversoise merged with Abir in 1911 to form the Compagnie du Congo Belge with a focus of the management of rubber plantations instead of the harvesting of naturally occurring rubber. The Société Anversoise was quoted on the Antwerp Stock Exchange from 27 July 1898.
context_section_description: The Société Anversoise (English: Company of Antwerp) was a concession company of the Congo Free State, headquartered in Antwerp. It was, with the Lulonga Company and the Abir Congo Company, one of the main producers of rubber in the Free State.  Alongside Abir and the Lulonga Company the Société Anversoise handed back control of the concession to the Congo Free State in 1906.  The Société Anversoise merged with Abir in 1911 to form the Compagnie du Congo Belge with a focus of the management of rubber plantations instead of the harvesting of naturally occurring rubber.  The Société Anversoise was quoted on the Antwerp Stock Exchange from 27 July 1898.
caption: Congo Free State concession companies, Société Anversoise shown in dark green
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