New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-27
U.S.. HEAVY COFFEE DRINKER
Consumes Over Third of All En-
tering International Commerce.

Washington. MAY o6-More than one
third of the 2.5ooOOocoo pounds OF coffee
annually entering the international COM
rnercc OF the world is consumed in the
United States. its imports Of that article
being twice as much as those Of Germany,
three times those Of the Netherlands, four
times those OF France. nearly ten times
those of Great Britain. and one-half as
much AS those Of all Europe. next to the
United States the great coffee consuming
section Of the world. according TO the lat
est official reports received by the Bureau
Of Statistics. Department OF Commerce and
Labor.
The United States uses S75oco,on pounds
Germany 4o4.Oc0OJo the Netherlands 26j,-
O0OOp. France 245c0oco. Austria Hungary
IL 10000, Belgium 100000, the United
Kingdom SGn,000 and sweden @,op,"p
Italy, Norway Switzerland and Denmark
consume from 45O10,OD to 100000 pounds
each or tho countries on the western
hemisphere. Argentina and cuba each i'm
port about 20.ocoGn pounds q year Canada,
about Scoo,O00 Chile 100000. and Uruguay
about sG1Or. while Australia, the island
continent, consumes between 10000 and
countries are comparatively large import
ers % coffee. the imports into Egypt aver
aging about 10000 pounds year, the
Cape of Good Hope 2o.0oo.on and Algeria
about 100000 pounds.
While the United states is the worlds
largest consumer OF coffee. the imports
have not increased during recent years. In
the fiscal year 1907, for example, the i'm
ports aggregated l.O9i0n.ho pounds. In
1905. 1,o4s OOD 600 IN Irc9. 100 6n, in 1911,
So 1000 and In the present year probably
will aggregate approximately 5000 2"
pounds. or less than the annual average OF
the period since lHn. In ISL imports OF
coffee amounted to 8lsO0O60 pounds; In
1881. sb5nO.nn In 1891 59ono1co; in 1901.
300. 900. and in 1911 100000. Cocoa has
to large extent supplanted coffee as an
American beverage. the imports having in
creased from $4,000 pounds In 1871 TO more
than 100000 pounds In 1911
The worlds leading coffee producing
countries are. according 10 the Department
81 Agriculture: Brazil, 22D,Cooco pounds,
I'm 1893: Venezuela. 100000 pounds: Mexico.
100000: Colombia. 92.iOoop. Porto Rico.
100000. Hayti. Al 10000. Dutch East
Indies. 100000, British India, 2s.ncoOoo
Arabia. I5.2n,"co and Abyssinis, 100000
The world's.supply in 1909 aggregated near
Is 1900. 10000 pounds. but in 1910 fell below
900 10000 pounds due to a decrease or
q about 100000 pounds In the exports from
Brazil.
Brazil rs now and has for many years
been the chief source OF the coffee i'm
ported into the United States OF the SIS
90 pounds imported last year 65l.0oOcOO
pounds was from Brazil. as against 2A,-
OOO. 90 from all other parts OF the world,
chiefly American countries.
The average price OF the coffee imported
into the country has greatly increased in
the last few years. During the present
fiscal year so far as elapsed the average
import price has been 10 cents a pound. as
against 10 cents in 1911, cents in 1910 and
s., cents in 1909 Present import prices are
still however, somewhat below the high
level which prevailed in the period 1870 to
$3.50. when the average import price ranged
from Il cents 10 more than l6 cents q
pound Domestic consumption per capita
reached it's highest total in 1902, 1884
pounds. as against S pounds In 1891, 1917
pounds I'm 1901 and % pounds In 1911.