Prices of tin, rubber, and quinine all vital necessities for proposed American defence mensures—have remained unchanged since the recent world depression, Producers: and manufacturers agreed then to stabilize costs and profits, thereby maintaining prices, Netherlanders feel that the present scale both protects their markets and does not lay too much strain on for~ feign manufacturers.
Trade Balance Surplus 'A trade" balance surplus of $110,- 000,000 in the U-S, in favour of the Duich in the Far East is expected by the end of 1941.
Until the first of December, 1940, total United Siates imports from th NEL, amounted to $148,853,000, Dutelt imports from the United States to the Indies for the same period totalled $47,508,000.
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