Tokyo, Aug. 19.
An agreement on the quantity raw materials to be shipped to Japan from the Netherlands East Indies has leeen reached between the Govern ments of the two countries concerned, the "Asahi" reported today.
As a result of the accord, the paper added, the Netherlands East Indies will iherease shipments of petroleum, rubber and tin to Japan.
Negotiations between the two countries have now turned to the problem of the entry of Japanese into the Dutch colony and the launching new Japanese business and industrial enterprises there.
Economic relations between the Netherlands East Tndies and Japan have been developing constantly, the Asahi continued, as the war in, Europe has closed the Dutch colony's pre-war markets and sources of supply. As a result, Japan's exports of cotton and rayon textiles, chemical goods, and other products to the Islands have increased sharply during the past few months—Havas London, Aug. 14 The United Kingdom Commercial [Corporation, which was established some time ago to deal specially with Balkas trade, is now actively at work fand has been given n monopoly of the entry of certain goods, mainly Empire raw materials, into the Balkans, says Reulor's Lobby Cor. respondent.
Reporls state the corporation Is progressing well and has now extended its operations to Turkey where, it expected, it_ wilt handle a large art of Anglo-Turkish trade.—Reuter Tokyo Government to
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