Isolated acts of sabotage and the torpedoing of the Nissei Maru at the wharf on 17 November 1942 meant that only small amounts of phosphate were exported to Japan during the occupation.
Actos illados de sabotaxe e o torpedeo do Nissei Maru no peirao, o 17 de novembro de 1942, lograron que só pequenas cantidades de fosfato se exportaran a Xapón durante a ocupación.