The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-04-11
Sugar Consumption
In United States
Hits New High Mark

The sugar consumption of the Unit
ed States in 1921 is put at the high
figure of 97.S pounds per head of popu
lation, which is stated to be an in
creas of ga pounds over that of 1929,
In a report issued this week by the
census bureau of the Department CT
Commerce. The bureau gives the
quantity of sugar consumed during
the year as 5,274,225 ordinary tOns
a. 09, 100 long tons), more than a
quarter of the worlds total production
OF this quantity 1~,266,123 tons were
produced in the continental United
States and 1,066,463 tons were sup
piled by Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. Imports from foreign
countries are returned as 3,336,521 or
binary tons, while exports of sugar
from the United States are given as
394,6 tons.
Highest Rate Ever Reached
The complete figures of consump-
ton, production and importation given
in the report are as follows:
The United States consumed TO-
548, 451, 900 pounds of sugar in 1921,
or 28.4 per cent of the world produc-
ton. This represents an increase of
8.4 percent over the consumption in
1920 and is 25.9 per cent larger than
the average consumption for the 10
year period ending 1920 $685. 1886, 656
lbs.) The per capita consumption in
1921 was the largest in the history of
the country, amounting to 97.7 pounds
compared with Ola pounds in 1920,
1873 pounds in 1913, and 58.8 pounds
in 1900.
Sugar production in continental
United States in 1921 was 1882, 246,-
100 pounds an increase of 30.2 per
cent over the 19"11-1920 average H.
944, 565, $50 pounds). Domestic pro-
duction supplied 24.1 per cent of the
consumption in 1921, as compared
with ia per cen in 1920 and 23.7
per cent in 1919. OF the domestic pro
duction, cane sugar made up 352, 204,-
100 pounds in 1921, an increase of As
per zen over 1920, but 80 per cent
less the average for 1911-1920 (504,-
1890 pounds. On the other hand,
2,180, 042, 900 pounds of beet sugar
were produced, the largest output in
history, and an increase of 81 per
cent over the average for the 10-years
ending 1920 (140,433,6 00) pounds.
Supply From lnsular Territories
1uS SuOuS ltIllJOIi6o vi lllS
United States supplied 1926 30
pounds of sugar for consumption in
this country in 1921, which is very
near the average for 1911-1920 $685.
446, 651 pounds). The amount sup
piled by the territories in 1921 was
20.2 per cent of the American domes-
tic consumption for that year, com
pared with 1919 per cen in 1920.
Of the amount supplied by non-con-
tiguous territory, 977,738,902 pounds
came from Hawaii, S~1S,043,SS0 pounds
from Porto Rico and 337 143 ,94S pounds
from the Philippine Islands. This
represents a slight decrease from 1920
in the case of Hawaii and Porto Rico,
but an increase of morethan 600 per
cent for the Philippines. This large
percentage of increase from the Philip
pines was due to the fact that receipts
from these islands in 1920 were abb
normally small (45,3S7,719 pounds)
and the amount in 1921 unusually
large.
Imports from foreign countries IN
1921 (6,673, 041 ,S07 pounds were less
than for the year 1920 G,550, 1876, 1888
pounds) but larger than the 1911-192O
average 1904, 1907, $50 pounds. Fore
ign imports supplied 55.7 per cent of
the consumption in 1921, 62.7 per
cent in 1920, and So per cent in 1913.
Facts About Sugar.
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