養殖真珠の発展過程 -8-

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Japanese pearl industry who had enjoyed its rapid growth and boom after the close of the world War II suffered from severe depression starting from 1966, and by 1970 more than 550 companies both in fishery and trade in pearl industry went bankrupt. The Japanese pearl industry and trade were deeply depressed, but this depression was limited only in the field of pearl industry and trade, other fields had maintained the booming. The main cause of the depression is refered to that foreign buyers of pearl sharply cut down the amount of pearl to purchase, because they had at the time over stock-in-trade, and this naturally resulted in sharp decrease in price of Japanese cultured pearl. The price went down by 30% in 1967 as compared to the price of the previous year. This low price continued until 1970. The initiative in settling the price of cultured pearl which was on the side of Japanese producers now transfered to the hand of foreign buyers. The depression was in the worst in 1971, when the price per momme was only 824 Japanese yen. During 1966 to 1971, all efforts have been made to reduce the production to a half, and to control the price by means of stocking the over-production by Governmental agencies. From 1972 to 1975, the situation gradually turned to a better, and in 1975 the depression was successfully overcome. The price in 1975 recovered to 2247 Japanese yen per momme.
宝石学会(日本)の論文
1978-12-15