If S02 was added: Ko tolerance. 

 Moisttire: Less than 22 percent by weight. 



£. Production in Areas Outside Japan Proper 



1. In 1915 Jfijjan started the production of agar-agar in 

 Sarafuto (Sakhalin Island) . Ahnfeltia plicata and A. plicata var 

 Tobuchiensis are fotmd in fair quantities in the Karafuto and Kuril 

 Islands area. These species are called Itaniso by the Japanese. Unlike 

 the other species, itaniso is not mixed with other kinds of seaweed in 

 the manufactxire of agar-agar. Production in Karafuto was increased year- 

 ly until recently the annual production amounted to 825 metric tons or 

 23 percent of the total production of Japan. (Karafuto production is 

 inclxided in the figures given for Japanese production in the accompanying 

 tebles.) 



2. In 1917 Japanese industrialists started manufactviring agar- 

 agar in Korea. Host of the various species of seaweed used are available 

 in considerable quantity along the coast of Korea. At present the annual 

 agar^agar production edacity of Korea is 635 metric tons. Since the 

 Japanese manufacturers have left Korea, it is reported that only a few 

 plants are operating and that production is negligible- 



3. I>atch industrialists of the Netherlands ^st Indies started 

 production of agar-agar when China placed a boycott on Japanese goods. 

 They constructed plants in several South Sea Islands where raw material 

 is found in sufficient quantity. Production fig\irea of this enterprise 

 are not in the possession of the Japan Agar-A^r Control Co]!Q)any. 

 Exports from Japan to the Dutch East Indies fell off from 228 metric tons 

 in 1934 to- 64 in 1940. 



4. In 1937 some Japanese ag£u:-agar manufacturers went to 

 Chintow, China, to attempt the orgeuiization of a like industry in that 

 area. Baw material was found along the coast in small quantity, but, as 

 the water in the processing area was not of suitable quality, the project 

 failed. 



5. Australia and New Zealand began the production of agar-agar 

 during the war years, and Australia is now producing about 80 metric tons 



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