New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-14
PRODUCTION
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

The receipts of sugar into the u
nited States amounted to 7472728. 900
pounds valued at $347,674,625 in the
! fiscal year ended June 80, 1917, against
1920 0S5,068 pounds valued at $685.
9S6793 in 1916, the high record year,
and 6S22S25,102 pounds valued at
$l55,077,l26 in 1914 While the guam
tity received in 1917 shows an in
increased l24f6, the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, De-
partment of Commerce, announces.
or the total arrivals of sugar in
1917, 5,332745,SS4 pounds valued at
S250,o45Jo94 came from foreign coun-
tries, ll62605,056 pounds valued at
$6274l ,l64 from Hawaii and o77,177,-
900 pounds valued at $53,9S7, ,676 from
Porto Rico. OF the 5 l-3 billion lbs.
imported in 1917 from foreign coun-
tries 4.6690o7 .398 pounds came from
Cuba. ll4367 ,30l pounds from the Do
mnican Republic, l58l07 400 pounds
from South American countries, 257.-
89l 954 pounds from the Philippine
Islands, 26,406,776 pounds from our re-
Gently purchased territory of the Vir-
gin Islands, formerly Danish West
Indies, 21 1885 900 pounds from Japan
and lesser amounts from other coun-
tries.
The imports from the Virgin Is
lands and Japan show remarkable
increases when compared with pre-
vious years. There were no imports
Of sugar from the Virgin Islands in
1916, and the total imports from
these islands in the five fiscal years
l9l2-1ol6 amounted to 25ol2,546 lbs,
Hmillion pounds less than the quaint
ity for 1917. In 1916 the imports
of sugar from Japan were 6,4l0 lbs.
and only 26.4l0 pounds for the five
years l9l2-l9l6, against 2l,8Ss,000 lbs
in 1917. The imports of sugar from
the Dutch East Indies, which amount
ed to $40 l-3 million pounds in 1912.
fell to 218l3 pounds in 1917. The
imports Of beet sugar for 1917 were
only 28S47 pounds.
The production of sugar in the
United States for. the fiscal year end
ed June so 1917, is estimated at p
267 25l $40 pounds. OF which 62l799.-
500 pounds were cane and l64S.l52,-
4S0 pounds beet sugar. This produce
ton with the imports from foreign
countries and receipts from noncon-,
tiguous territories would make the
sugar available in the markets of
the United States amount to $780,
oS0746 pounds. OF this amount L.
24SS40,336 pounds valued at S7.0o6.-
COS were exported as domestic re-
fined sugar, ,344 pounds valued
at S284S75 were re-exports of sugar
in the condition in which imported,
and the shipments to noncontiguous
territories amounted to 1o.32o.532 lbs.
valued at S1,43o74l. DeductinP these
from the receipts and pro-
duction would show S466,0oo.sS4 lbs.
as retained in the United States. an
average of 81 pounds per capita. a.
gainst 7o60 362762 pounds, an aver
age of so pounds per capita in 1914.
The average price OF imported sugar
in 1914 was POI cents per pound; in
1915. 80 cents per pound; in 1916
80 cents per pound: and in 1917. As
cents per pound. an increase of 1920
in three years. The average price
Of sugar from Hawaii was 3 cents
in 1914 and "a cents in 1917: from
Porto Rico the average price was
; ! cents in 1914. and 4s cents in 1917.
Refined sugar exported averaged 36
cents per mound in 1914 against 62
cents in 1917