Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-01-23
IMPORTS OF DRINKS
Consular Reports Show United
States Largest Coffee
Consumer.
Amount Of Cocoa Brought to This
Country Nearly Trebed In Ten
Years-Japan and China Send
Most of the Tea.

Washington. OF cocoa into
the United States in the year which
ends with December will exceed those
of any earlier year and approximate
150,000,000 pounds, against o7,OOO,OOo
pounds ten years ago. The growth In
the importation of this article In re-
cent years has been much more rapid
than that of tea or coffee. The guam
tity of cocoa, or cacao, imported In
1912 Is practically three times as great
as in 1902 a decade earlier, while tea
imports show an increase of but ~
per cent, and those OF coffee are act
ually less than In 1902. the comparl'
sons being for the nine months end
ing with September of the years
named
This "a lid increase In importations
of cocoa has brought the United States
to first rank In the consumption or
that article, the present consumption.
based upon the net imports Of the cal
endar year 1911, being l30,ooo,ooo
pounds. compared with 1l2,OOO,Oo0 for
Germany. 60.0O0,0O0 for France. and
56,00O.0oO for the United Kingdom.
out of world consumption OF ap
proximately 500.000,00O pounds. Or
the worlds imported coffee the United
States is also the largest consumer
the net imports last year having been
796,000.000 pounds, compared win
4O4 100000 for Germany, 245, OO0,0Oo
for France, 2S.OOO,OO0 for the United
Kingdom, and 26,000,O00 for Russia
In imports of tea. however. the United
States ranks third, her total imports
Of that article, 100,000,000 pounds, be
ing exceeded by those of the United
Kingdom. 294,000O00 pounds, and
those of Russia 100000 pounds
Germany's tea imports for consump
ton in 1911 amounted to but s,oooooV
pounds, and those of France 3.oooooo
pounds.
Most of the cocoa imported into the
United States Is produced In the west
Indies, Central and South America
or the 131 100000 pounds imported IN
the first nine months of 1912, 3l,Oo0''
900 pounds were from British west
Indies, Is. 100000 from Santo Domin'
go, 20 600. 900 from Ecuador, and IL
100000 from Brazil; while 2O.ooo,ooo
pounds were credited to Portugal ana
1900, 1000 pounds to the United King
dom, though, in fact, produced In Ger
tain OF their colonies
Brazil is the chief source OF our I'M
ported coffee, having supplied $780,
600 900 pounds out Of total OF 65l'
100000 pounds imported in the nine
months ended with September. 1917
compared with 55,0O0.o 600 from Colon
bia, 37,50O,O00 from Venezuela. 81
100000 from the Central American
American states, 29,OoO,OOO from Mex
leo and less than 60,000o00 pounds
from all other countries, including AZ
100000 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 coun'
try Is somewhat less than one-haf.
OF the 100000 pounds Of tea I'M
ported in the nine months under re-
view, 100000 pounds were from ia
pan, 100000 from China. 100000
from the East Indies, and 100000
from the United Kingdom, presumably
the product Of certain of her colonies.
The relative increase In importa-
tons of cocoa, coffee and tea into the
United States is Illustrated by the fol-
lowing compilation of the Statistical
Division OF the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce 1t will be seen
that in the period from 1880 to 1911
imports OF cocoa increased from g.
600 900 to 1874 ,0O0,0 900 pounds; those OF
coffee from 404. 100000 to S0O,Ooo,OO
pounds, and those Of tea from 6S,-
600, 900 to 1O4 900 900 pounds. Imports
of cocoa are thus twenty times as
much as in 1880, while those Of cot
fee In the same period have about dou-
bled, and those Of tea increased about
so per cent