The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-09-15
SUGAR STATISTICS.
Data Relating to Imports and Exports
and Domestic Supply.

The receipts Of sugar into the
United States amounted to s7,472..
728,906 pounds valued at s347,674..
625 in the fiscal year ended June 80
I1917, against 7,620,085, pounds
valued at $308,986,793 in 1916, the
high record year, and 6,822,825, ,102
pounds valued at s155,077,126 in
1914. While the quantity received in
1917 shows an increase of ga per
cent over 1914, the value increased
124 per cent.
Of the total arrivals of sugar in
l1917, 5,332, ,745,854 pounds valued at
$3.50, ,945,694 came from foreign
countries, 1852, ,605,056 pounds
valued at $62,741,16a from Hawaii,
and 977,377,996 pounds valued at
$53,987, ,767 from Porto Rico. Of
the five and one-third billion pounds
imported from foreign countries,
1862 9,o97,39s pounds came from
Cuba, 4,367,301 pounds from the
Dominican Republic, 158,107, AGO
pounds from South American coun-
tries, 267,891, 1854 pounds from the
Philippine Islands, 26,406,7 ,776 pounds
from our recently purchased territory
of the Virgin Islands, formerly the
Danish West Indies, 21,885, 900
pounds from Japan, and lesser
amounts from other countries.
The imports from the Virgin Islands
and Japan show remarkable increases
when compared with previous 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 1912-1916
amounted to 25,912,546 pounds, one
half million pounds less than the
quantity for 1917. In 1916 the i'm
ports of sugar from Japan were 6410
pounds, and only 26,410 pounds for
the five years 1912-1916, against 21,-
#885,00O pounds in 1917. The i'm
ports of sugar from the Dutch East
Indies, which amounted to $40 1-3
million pounds in 1912, fell to 21,-
813 pounds in 1917. The imports of
beet sugar for 1917sWere only 49,
SAT pounds.
The production Of sugar in the
United States for the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1917, is estimated at e.
267,251, $40 pounds, of which 621,-
799,360 pounds were cane and 1,645,-
452,480 pounds beet sugar. This pro-
duction with the imports from for
eign countries and receipts from nom
contiguous territories would make
the sugar available III the markets of
the United States amount to $780,
$50, TAG pounds. OF this amount t.
PAS, 8,840,33 pounds valued at $77,-
096,6G8 were exported as domestic
refined sugar, 5,7I1,344 pounds
valued at 1884 ,8T5 were re-exports OF
sugar in the condition in which inn
ported, and the pnents to non
contiguous territorIss amounted to
19,329,532 pounds, valued at 81 ,439,-
TAI. Deducting these shipments
from the receipts and production
would show 8,466,099,534 pounds as
retained in the United States, an
average Of 81 pounds per capita,
against 7,96O,362,762 pounds, an
average of 78 pounds per capita, in
1916, and 8,793, ,794,928 pounds, an
average of SO pounds per capita, in
1914.
The average price of imported su-
gar in 1914 was 2.01 cents per pound
in 1915, 3.2 cents per pound; in 1916,
3.8 cents per pound; and in 1917, 4.5
cents per pound, an increase OF liz
per cent in three years. The aver
age price of sugar from Hawaii was
:, cents in is14 and sd cents in 1917;
from Porto Rico the average price was
81 cents in 1914, and 5.5 cents IN
1917. Refined sugar exported aver
aged 3.6 cents per pound in 1914
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