Jepan also has been attempting to increase her output of crude oil and also to develop a synthetic produc, ton. but these have not met with much success. Crude oil production list year' amounted to around 2,700,- 000 barrels, or unchanged from 1999. In 1936 Jepan embarked upon a plan to produce by 1941 about 16,000,000 barrels of synthetic fuel. Progress in the. construction of plants was slow, and this has been further im-
Delay on Payments Is Charged to Japanese U.S. Companies say Funds Held up by Govt. Curb A number of cases in which American representatives selling goods here for Japanese companies have experienced difficulties and long delays in collecting commissions for their services were reported among importers in New York recently.
The trouble, which in some instances has led to a sharp exchange of letters and cables between -the American companies and Japanese suppliers, is attributed to Japan's stringent regulations against sending funds outside the country, states the "New York Times."
Some importers who specialize in Japanese goods said yesterday that they had trouble in getting funds released early last year, but recently have been getting payments with fair regularity from suppliers in Tokyo and Osaka, They added, however, that they have given up hope of collecting some payments which fell due last Spring.
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