JAP EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
CONTROL BY ALLIES WASHINGTON, JMareh ,'i. ! The State Department aiuiounced the ! establishment by the Far Last L'umuus j sion of an inter-aHied trade coinnuttee. j Japan 's exports and imports wili lie I controlled exelusivelv by the Allied Supreme Command. Exports of avad able materials and imjiorts > of nou military essentials wili be encourageil to reduee the Allied burden of tryiiig to provide a subsistence level for Japan Private traders cannot yet be perniiited to operate because of slfortages of food, housing and transport. Possible Japanese exports include antimony, tin, rubber, tea, silk, pieee goods, art goods, cotton textiles and j raw silk. The silk industry is now ' operating at aliout one-third of its prewar capaeity. Forty thousand bales.aie at present on hand with prospeets of Ihe production of 10.000 bales a month.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1946, Page 2
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