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Island Has Surplus of Arrowroot Starch

KINGSTON, St. Vincent - The little Caribbean island of St. Vincent has one claim to fame - for a long time it has been the world's No, 1 exporter of arrowroot starch. In fact, it has far too much arrowroot.


Last year it shipped 1,195,373 pounds more than the 3,589,000 it produced. But it still has so much of the starch stockpiled that if the 1967 ratio of sales to production is maintained, St. Vincent's present surplus won't be worked off till 1978.  
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