Tokyo, Nov. 2. Loaded with 200 metric tons of tung oil the Takaoka Maru left Hankow on October 18 for the United States, according to information received today by the "Nikkan Kogyo," a trade journal published in Osaka. shipment was made in accordance with an agreement between Japanese authorities and the United States Consul-General at Hankow after negotiations were begun by the latter at the instance of consumers of tung oil in America.
This consignment formed part of 4,000 metric tons of oil for which American importers had paid prior io the start of the Sino-Japanese conflict.
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