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Japanese Drug and Medicinal Exports for 1928. Chemicals, drugs, and medicines exported from Japan during 1928 amounted to approximately 21,000,WO yen (approximately $10,5OO,MX)), according to the Ministry of Finance. The largest item, pyrethrum, or insect powder, was valued a t 7,487,675 yen, doubling that for 1927. Next came camphor, totaling 5,447,522 yen, a decrease of 190,210 yen on the previous year. The export d u e of the leading articles during 1928 was as follows: Camphor Oil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peppermint Oil. ................... Ginseng.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyrethrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camphor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menthol, Crystal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menthol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iodine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yen 1,003,019 2,075,890 251.519 7,487,675 5,447,522 3,914,516 178,680 412,670
Chem. Age, 20,448 (May 11, 1929).
