Island Has Surplu 
Of Arrowroot Starch 
KINGSTON, St. Vincent— The 
little Caribbean island of St. Vin- 
cent has one claim to fame— for 
a long time it has been the| 
world’s No. 1 exporter of arrow- 
root starch. In fact, it has far' 
too much arrowroot. 
Last year it shipped 1,195,373] 
pounds more than the 3,589,000 “ 
produced. But 
still 
much 
that 
starch stockpiled 
1967 ratio of sales 
maintained. 
production 
Vincent’s present surplus won 
worked 
1978 
