The Bossier banner., 1917-09-13
Some Sugar Statistics.

The Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce of the Federal Depart
ment of Commerce has fufnihsed the
Banner for publication the following
facts and figures about sugar-the
domestic produttion, exports and I'M
ports:
''The receipts Of sugar into the
United States amounted to 1.472, u.s.
SOS pounds valued at s:s47, ,G74.625 i'll
the fiscal year ended June 30. 1917,
against 7,62O.Osa, ,06s pounds valued at
S30s, ,9s6.793 in 1916 the high record
year, and 6.s22, ,s25. .1O2 pounds valued
at S1I'077.126 in 1914. While the
quantity received in 1917 shows an in
crease of 91a per cent over 1914, the
value increased 124 per cent.
'Of the total arrivals of sugar in
1917. 5,332. .745.s54 pounds valued at
$23O, ,9456!4 came from foreign coun-
4 tries, 1.162. Cos, ,0,6 pounds valued at
/ $62 74i, ,164 from Hawaii and 977,317,-
996 pounds valued at S.3.9s7,767 from
j Porto Rico. OF the 5 1-3 billion pound
imported i'll 1917 from foreign ceuE
tries 4.669,O97 .39S pounds came froI
Cuba, 4,367. .SO1 pounds from the Ds
minican Republic, las, 107, AGO pound;
from South American countries, 261.-
| S91,9.54 pounds from the Philippine
Islands, 26,4O6, 776 pounds from our X
Gently purchased territory Of the Vi
gin Islands, formerly Danish West II
dies. =, $4,000 pounds from Japan, ali
1.-The imports from the Virgin Islands
and japan show remarkable increases
when compared with previous year
There being no imports OF sugar fro
the Virgin Islands in 1916, and Il
total imports from these islands In t.
five fiscal years 1912-I916 amounted
25.912.54G pounds. one-half millis
pounds less than the quantity for 191 I.
In 1916 the imports Of sugar from ,Is-
, pan We're G4lO pounds, and only 26,d
. pounds for the five years 1912-19i
, against Il ,SS.O 900 pounds in 1917. III
, imports Of sugar from the Dutch Ea
. Indies, which amounted to 30 1-3 III
) lien pounds, In 1912. fell to 21,s
. pounds in 1917. The imports Of beet
sugar for 1917 We're only 2s,S47 pounds.
The production of sugar in t.
United States for the fiscal year end
!. June 30, 1917, is estimated at 2,26,
. 251 $40 pounds, OF which 621 1898
!. pounds were cane and 1,6d5, ,452,4 .
pounds beet sugar This productio
!. with the imports from foreign con
!. tries and receipts from noncontiguot !.
territories would make the sugar avail
. able in the markets Of the Unite
. States amount to 9. 739 .9S0, TAG pound
: OF this amount. rs, ,SIO,3 pount
: valued at $77 ,096, COS were exported
domestic refined suger. 5.711,A
= pounds valued at S2s4.S57 were rec,
!. ports Of sugar in the condition
. which Imported and the shipments t
noncontisuous territories amounted t
19,329,:ai32 pounds, valued at si,437, III
Deducting these shipments from the re
ceipts and production would shoy
: 4, ,466, ,O99 .534 pounds as retained in ta
!, United States, an average Of ~ pound
!. per capita, against 7,96O,362,16
:. :. pounds, an average Of rs pounds pc
! capita in 1916. and S.7I}, 70 ~
:. pounds an average of 50 pounds pc
!. capita IN 1911.
- ''fhe average price of importe
sugar in 1914 was 2.o1 cents pc
pound; i'll 1915, b. cents per pound
In 1916, 3.s cents per pound, and
ID 1917. 40 cents per pound, an increas
Of of H. per cent in three years. III
Id average price OF sugar from Hawa
n was 3 cents in 1914 and "a cents
Or 1917; from Porto Rico the avera,
Sd price was 81 cents in 1914, and j
ns cents IN 1917. Refined sugar export,
2 averaged So cents per pound III ID
against 81 cents In 1911