CANE AND BEET SUGAR FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600060360-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 360
• Publication Date: October 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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a fac-
tory that was located at Tsinan, Sheraton Pr i e The Zaino
factory vat closed during?World War II It. most
certainly has beau reopened Sugar beets for thi.#
factory were grown in the areas aroun iroan from seeds that
were originally distributed to the farm-
ers, the rsinan factory had a pre-,World
War II. production of between 900. and one thousand tons of_.sugar
beets. doily, which, , is comparatively
small inasmuch as moat factories average around two thousand
tons of sugar beets per day.
cane and beet sugar. Within China proper
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sugar beet factory in.China proper. Within Manchuria, however,
there were a number of sugar beet factories which had been built
In contrast to but ont beet sugar factory in China there were a
number of cane sugar factor'ss on the mainland, with most of
such facilities located in the coastal belt from Shanghai in the
north to Canton in the south. Cane sugar refineries and Drcduc-?
tion facilities were also located on lemma Island and .sech-
ran Province where there was a World War II con^?entr.tion of
s ]1 refineries located in the valley reams between ChnngPlng
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and Chengtu. Throughout the cane sugar growing area in South Chine
there were thousands of small refineries, operated by families or by
small groups of people, nunbsring,in most cases, less then 10; these
"family" refineries produced crude sugar for local use and for sale
to the larger, more advanced, factories. Such small refineries would
use but a few hundred pounds of auger cane daily.
4. Prior to 1946 there were but a few large cane sugar refineries in Chins;
ores wouLct each Lae, on the average, about one thousand tons of cane
daily and would each produce between 100 and 150 tons of sugar per day
from the cane. During World War II only about two new factories were
built in Free China, both in Szechwan Province where they were located
at Tsechung and at Neikiang. Both of these factories were comparative-
ly small, producing about 50 tons of white sugar each per day; however,
they were constructed primarily to be used for training personnel in
their operation and for experimental work. Both the Tzechung and the
Neikiang factories had comparatively modern equipment, power facilities
were available and each was about the same in size. The sugar which
was produced by them was sold on the local domestic market while the
molasses derived as a by-product was used in the manufacture of alcohol.
5. In addition to the Tzechung and the Naikieng refineries there were a
large number, approximately 100, of small refineries in operation dur-
ing the war in Szechwan Province. These small refineries produced but
e very crude form of brown sugar only, using Whatever power, including
animals, that was available.
6. Before World War II there was a large alcohol factory near Shanghai at
Post r- .-A -44- hnth of which were closed duxi the
war.
This factory use
molasses from nearby sugar factories and produces approximately 10
thousand gallons of alcohol daily. There was also an alcohol factory
established d'?1ng the war at Kunming which was comparable in size and
output to the. located at Tzechung. The Kunming factory used molasses,
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