Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-06
) RECORD OF TEA COCOA !
; AND COFFEE IMPORTS !

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Imports of cocoa into the Un,tsd
states IN the year hic ends Decem1
year and approximate 10000 oeo
pounds, against $1,000, 900 pounds '' w
years ago. The growth in the imnorta
ton OF this article In recent years ha.
oeen more rapid than that OF tea
or coffee. The quantity OF cocoa 80
cacao. imported in 1912 is practica,Ix
three times as great as in 1902. n d.
cade earlier. while tea imports show
an Increase OF but 20 per cent and thoss
Of coffee are actually less than in 1902
n ended with September Of tha
years named. w"
This rapid increase I'm mport.,;o,.
OF cocoa has brought the United States
to frst rank In the consumption of that
article, h present consumption. based
upon the net imports of the caleder
year 1911. being 1900 900 pounds.
compared with 49, 600, 900 for Germany
$4,000. 900 for France, and &C. 0O, 900 for
the United Kingdom. out OF a world
con OF approximately SOC. o0o.-
conee the United States Is also the
largest consumer, the net imiorts last
year having been 1861 0O, 900 pounds.
compared with 404. 00O. 900 for Germany.
245: 1000 900 for France. 5000. 900 for the
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Russia. In imports OF tea, however. the
United States ranks third, her total
imports of that article, 100. 900 900
pounds. being exceeded by those Of the
United Kingdom, cs4. 900, 900 pounds.
m those of Russia. l55. 900, 900 pounds.
Germany's tea imports for consumption
in 1911 amounted to but 5000, 900
pounds. and those OF France, s,OOo.0 900
pounds.
Most of the cocoa imported into the
United States 10 produced in the West
Indies. Central and South America. OF
the 131, 900, 900 pounds imported In the
nrst nine months OF 1912. 81, 900, 900
pounds were from the British West In
dies, $4,000, 900 from Santo Domingo.
10000, 900 from Ecuador, and 12, 900, 900
from Brazil: while 5000, 900 pounds
were credited 10 Portugal and 1900, 900
pounds to the United Kingdom, though
I'm fact produced in certain OF their
colonies.
Brazil is the chief source of our i'm
ported coffee, having supplied 435, OOO,-
600 pounds out of a total Of 65l. 900, 900
pounds imported in the ! months
ended with September. 1912, compared
with 55. 000.O 900 from Colombia. 37,5Oo-
900 from Venezuela, $4,000, 900 from
the Central American states, 90, 900, 900
from Mexico. and less h co. 900. 900
Guiding 42.000.00o pounds imported
from Europe.
Japan usually supplies about one
half Of the tea consumed in the United
States, though in the current year the
proportion imported from that country
is somewhat less than one-h&lf. or
the 81, O0O, 900 pounds of tea imported
In the nine months under review, 29,-
100000 pounds were from Japan, 49,
900, 900 from China. o. 1000, 900 from the
Gas Indies. and 100000 from the
United Kingdom, presumably the prod
not nf certain Of her c01Onipa
The relative increase I'm im%portations
of cocoa, coffee and tea into the United
States is illustrated by the following
compilation by h statistical division
of the bureau of foreign and domestic
commence. 1t will be seen that in the
period Of 1885, to 1911 imports Of cocoa
increased from $500, 900 to 134,00 900
pounds: Q Of coree, from 100000.
900 to 500, 000. 900 pounds; and those OF
tea, from $4,000, 900 to 100000. 900
pounds. Imports OF cocoa are thus 20
times as much as In 1880, while those
Of coffee have about doubled in the
same period and those of tea increased
about SO per cent.
Imports of crude cocoa or cacao, cof-
fee and tea into the United States at
decennial periods from 1880 and in 1911
n 1912, showing average import price
per pound for each period.
Crude Cocoa Coffee Tea,
Mil Import Mil Import Mil Impt
Cal. lion Price lion Price lion Price