Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-18
ITALIAN SUGAR
GROWERS SAVED
BY WARDEMAND
Conditions of Market and I'm
ports and Exports Set Forth
BY u. S. Consul

Conditions Of the Italian sugar mar
ket before and since the beginning Of
the European war are set forth by r.
C. Tredwell, United States consul at
Turin. Italy, In the Commerce and
Trade Reports published on February
%. Mr.. Tredwelfs article follows, in
part: !. -."....
In response to a number of inquiries
concerning sugar conditions in this
market, an effort has been made to
collect all available data for interest
ed Americans. The Italian customs
classification divides sugars into two
grades and the duties are as follows:
(al First class; unit, quintal lof
220.46 poundsl; duty, % lire (equiva-
lent TO $S.67 per 100 pounds. Sugar is
considered as of the first class when
on being refined it Yields more than
"a per cent. The yield ID calculated
by deducting from the ssacchR-ose per-
centage the proportion Of soluble
ashes multiplied by 5. Sugars mixed
with materials of nature to decrease
the yield shall also be considered as
of the first class.
tb) Second clsas: unit, quintal (of
220.46 pounds; duty, IS lire tequiva-
lent to $40 per 100 poundsl. -
There Is drawback allowed on i'm
ported sugar used In the manufacture
Of vermuth, liquors, jams, ssrups, can
died frait, and biscuits lH should be
noticed that Italy is no longer a men,
Der of the Brussels Sugar Conven.
toni :t,,. -
The internal tax on the manufacture
of sugar during the year 1916 amounts
to 1918 lire and 1920 lire per quintal
($6.5S and s6.32 per 100 pounds) for
the two grades respectively. BY de-
cree of September Is, 1915, the In
tes nal tax on the manufacture of SUI
gar was increased 5 lire per quintal
(s0.44 per 100 pounds).
Imports and Exports. 80.
The average production of raw
sugar in Italy is estimated at 10000
metric tons lmetric ton equals 2206.6
pounds) persannum, and the importa-
tons are consequently OF. little i'm
portance. 80.
AUSTRIA hungary has usually sup
piled about five-sixths of the imports
and France practically all of the re-
mainder. ~
ltalys exports OF sugar nave under
gone some interesting changes since
the commencement QL hostlhtles IN
Europe. In 1912 the kingdom sent to
other countries 56 metric tons valued
1t $4,000; in 1913, 1929 tons, worth
s5s.ooo; ana IN 1913 zs,slsg TONS.
valued at $lsl5o IVY IL = r.
the average value per loo pounds
u the sugar imported IN 1914 was.
1rst class, VII anu SECOND class,
sz-S6; ana OF that exported, nrst CLASS,
1924 and second class, $2.S6.
Domestic Proouetion 81 sugar
and 5eets. d.
1t has already been remarked that
The production of raw sugar in Italy
to about 100000 metric tons.
This is derived entirely from the
sugar beet. and of the 100000 acres
under cultivation in Italy less than
2000 acres are IN the Turin consular
district. Consequently, only six of the
iorty-odd Italian sugar refneries are
70 be found in Piedmont. The prin.
cipal refinery is at Spihetta Marengo,
md belongs to the S0ciete Generate de
Sucreries. This company manufac-
lures sugar of the second class and a
Dy-product containing molasses, which
Is used as a cattle food.
More than so per cent Of the land
Under sugar-beet cultivation is in the
OF Veneto, and that de
1artment and the Department Of Emf
la produce four.fifths OF the Italian
crop. The yield of sugar beets in Italy
Ind In Piedmont during the past
.hree years was, In metric tons: 1912
Italy, 1,743,000, Piedmont, N,000:
L913-Italy, $50, 900, Piedmont, 22,.
100; 1914-Italy, 1850 900, Piedmont,
Il, 700. An average yield. however, is
to be about 1,723,280 met
'ic tons for the whole of Italy and
., 800 tons for Piedmont. .,4z.s..
Variations In Yield. IL.
Conditions in the sugar market
lave fiIctuated considerably during
he past three years. In 1912 there
vas a smaller production of the sugar
,eet, especially in the Turin district,
han in previous years; but climatic
nm difionS f,v0rnd fh,S formation f,f