The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Tne worlds leading importers o
ccffee. according TO the latest ofiicia
reports of the various countries thus
far received by the Bureau Of Stats
tics, Department Of Commerce anC
Labor, are: the United States. 81
million pounds; Germany 4O4 mil
lion; Netherlands. 265 million; France
245 million; AgstriaHungary. 127 mil
lion; Belgium 95 million; the United
KingdoY. IS million; and Sweden, g.
millioR. Italy, Norway, Switzerland
and Denmark also consume consider
able quantities, ranging from 45 to %
million pounds each. OF the countries
on the western hemisphere, Argentina
and Cuba each import about 20 million
pounds per annum; Canada, about s
million; Chile. 7 million, and Urugary
about 3 million, while Australia, the
island continent, consumes between
1h and million pounds per annum.
Certain OF the African countries are
comparatively large importers OF
coffee, the imports into Egypt ayerag-
ing about 10 million pounds year;
the cape of Good Hope. 20 million, and
Alg ria, about Is million pounds.
While the United States is the
worlds largest consumer of coffee,
the imports have not increased dur
ing recent years In the fiscal year
1902, for example, the imports aggre-
gated 1901 million pounds; in 1905,
1,04S million; in 1909, 1850 million;
In 1911, S75 million; and in the pres
ent year will probably aggregate APP
proximately 500 million pounds, or
considerably less than the annual av-
erage of the period since 1900 In
1871 imports OF coffee amounted to
31S million pounds; in 1881, 455 mil
lion; in 1891, $40 Million in 1901, S55
million; and In 1911, S75 million.
Cocoa has to large extent supplant-
ed coffee as an American beverage,
the imports having increased from 3h
million pounds in 1871 to over l40 mil.
lion pounds in 1911.
The worlds leading coffee-produc.
ing countries are, according to the
Department OF Agriculture: Brazil,
2A billion pounds in 1909; Venezuela,
"a million pounds; Mexico, so million;
Colombia, 92ia million; Porto Rico,
As million; Haiti. Al million; Dutch
East Indies, 35 million; British India,
2S million; Arabia, 15h million, and
Abyssinia, 10 million. The world s
supply in 1909 aggregated nearly 3
billion pounds, but in 1910 fell below
2 billion pounds, due to decrease of
about $50 million pounds in the ex-
ports from Brazil.
Brazil is now and has for NANCY
years been the chief source of coffee
imported into the United States. OF
the S75 million pounds imported last
year, 65l million pounds were from
Brazil, as against 224 million from all
other parts of the world chiefly Amer
lean countries. The second largest
source of our imported coffee is Co
lombia, IS million pounds. followed in
order by the Central American States,
81 million; Venezuela. 40 million; the
United Kingdom. "a million; Mexico
% million, the Dutch East Indies. 8
million; Haiti and Santo Domingo, 4
million; the British West Indies,
million Netherlands, ? million; Alden
IL million; Turkey in Asia, 1-3 mil.
lien, and Germany, million pounds
Less than IL million pounds, it will be
observed, are imported from Asia, even
including the arrivals from European
countries whose exported coffee is,
presumably largely the product OF
their Asiatc colonies.
The average price of the coffee inn
ported into the country has greatly i'm
creased in the last few years. During
the present fiscal year so far as elaps-
ed the average import price has been
lSe per pound, as against Ice in 1911,
Sc in 1910, aud 6iac in 1908. Present
import prices are still. however. some
what below the high level which pre-
vailed in the period 1890 to 1896. when
the average import price ranged from
ite to over l6c per pound
Domestic consumption per capita
reached its highest total in 1902. 1884
pounds, as against pounds in 1891,
l0is pounds in 1901. and 9h pounds
in 1911.
Porto Rico and Hawaii are the only
portions Of the United States in which
coffee is produced and from which it is
exported in any considerable amounts.
From Hawaii the exports to foreign
countries last year aggregated about
million pounds, and the shipments