[Official inspection estimated production of coal-tar dyes (including dye aluminum lakes) in 1993-1994].

The number of official inspections of coal-tar dyes and their aluminum lakes from April 1993 till March 1994 were 734 in total, with the quantity which passed inspection amounting to 213 tons in Japan. Data for production by color for each month are summarised in Table 1, and by each producing company in Table 2. The food coal-tar dye produced in the largest quantity was Food Yellow No. 4, occupying a 42.9% proportion of the total during this period.