IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL EXTRACTION INDUSTRIES OF CHINA

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2
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December 22, 2016
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August 24, 2011
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142
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June 29, 1954
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2 STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2 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. the 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. 9 STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2 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?) STAT STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700190142-2