IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL EXTRACTION INDUSTRIES OF CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 142
• Publication Date: June 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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The total yearly production of tea oil in China amounts to approximately..
300,000 quintals, only about half of which is exported. The Southwest s
portant in tea o11 production. Hunan stands first in production of tea oil for
edible im-
1 Purposes. Some figures for production (in shah-tan) [one shih-tan equals
10.23 Pounds] 3n Hunan during representative years are as follows;
IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL EXTRACTION INDUSTRIES OF CHINA
TEA-SEED OIL PRODUCTION -- Ching-chi Tao-pao, 9 4 , 4ay 50
1937
229,469
1938
155,532
1939
232,493
1940
192,188
1947
98,000
1948
180,000
1949
120,000
During wartime, production diminished considerably, as can be seen in
the 1947 figure above, and this resulted in rising prices for tea oil.
From 1932 to 1938, the average yearly production in Kwangsi Province was
approximately 60,000 piculs. Because of local utilization of tea oil for
manufacturing lampblack and hair oil, Kwangsi exported only about one third
of its tea oil production. I some In 00ekiang Province, eight lisien bordering on Kiangsi annuallyomC produce ls. where there areutwo i portbest ant maaklity ets tea oil in this area comes frhu-chow
tea oil yearly and Wen-chou which handles 15,000hpiculs. Booth 12 markets sh tscshi of ,000
oil on to Canton and Shanghai for export.
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xport.
In Kwangtung, six hsien along the Kfangsf border have a yearly production
of 15,000 piculs. Formerly, this oil was used primarily in the manufacture of
hair oil, but since the war it has been used for food. In Kiangsi, some ten
hsien throughout the province collectively produced over 10,000 piculs yearly.
In Kwefchow, eight hsien produced 105,000 pic_ls yearly before the war. After
the war, because tea oil prices rose and plantings increased, there was a
surplus of 60,000 piculs to send to the south for export abroad. _
hsin - Pan T ien-
PEPPERMINT OIL AND MENTHOL ICE -- Ching-chi Tao-pao, 28 Nov 50
The peppermint oil and menthol ice industries have been steadily develop=
ing in Chin. since 1920. Sooc:,o.+ in Kiangsf produces an especially fine type
of peppermint oil which comes from a plant known as wu-pa-klo (mentha arvensis),
The areas around Chli-men in Anhwei and Hangchow in Chekiang have a high output
of crude peppermint oil. Production ranges from 4 to 8 shah-chin per mou. The
amount of land planted increased from 10,770 mou in 1936 to 100,000 mou in 14o.
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The following figures show the growth in national production of refined
peppermint oil and menthol ice between 1936 and 1940 (unit in pounds).
1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
reppermint oil 48,500 100,500 432,000
582,000 482,400
Menthol ice 41,000 85,400
336,000 520,400 432,600
Only 5 percent of the menthol ice made from peppermint oil was exported
and 95 percent of that went to the US. Most of the peppermint oil exported
went to European countries, chiefly to Belgium and Denmark. -- Tien-hsin
(p an Tien-hsin?)
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