COMMIT Pounds (132 lbs.) ValuePrance (1913) ,293.7 77,81 $715.1 Prance (1915) 1, 99 Germany (1913) 7,653.182 57,979 1,844,262 Germany (1915) Great Britain (1913) 3,321.692 25,164 595,613 Great Britain (1915) 4.068,766 30.824 409.171 United States (1913) 3,715,012 28,144 615,644 United States (191.5) 6,303,693 47.755 668.393 Italy (1913) 621.667 4,711 97,445 Italy (1915) 3,045.698 23.074 258.166 Other countries (1913) 662,028 5,015 122,845 Other countries (1915) 626,626 4.747 64,317 Total 26.267,018 198,994 $4,990,995 Total(1915) 18,427.102 139.599 2,007.784 Nicaragua's coffee trade with the United States increased immensely within the five years • (1910-15), the imports rising from 1,144,182 pounds in 1911-12 to 9,074,757 in 1915-16, or 693 per cent in the five years. The exports of coffee in 1917 reached the amount of $3,000,000.
Great efforts have been made since 1910 to increase the coffee bearing area of Venezuela. The crop of 1910 amounted to about 440,920 bags. Of this about 160,000 bags were expected to be received at the ports of La 'Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Guantu and Sucre and the balance from Maracaibo, Vel de Coro, etc. The exports from Maracaibo in 1911 were 54,716,265 pounds, of which 37,062,068 pounds were sent to the United States. In 1912 the exports were 71,457,942 pounds, of which the United States took 50,273,888 pounds. The average exports for the preceding 10 years, 1902-11, was 53,130,326 pounds. The imports of coffee from Venezuela from 1911-12 into the United States were as follows, in bags of 132 pounds each: 1911-12, 356,890; 1912-13, 376, 296; 1913-14, 378,435; 1914-15, 548,963; 1915 16, 556,101 bags, the increase in the five years amounting to 199,211 bags, or nearly 56 per cent.
While the quantity of coffee produced in Ecuador does not compare with that of most other South American countries, it is still one of the most valuable agricultural products of the republic. Considerably more than half of the crop is sent to Chile. The following shows the distribution of the crop to various countries in 1914 and 1915: The coffee crop of Mexico, which may be produced in the highland regions throughout the republic, varies from 77,000,000 to 110,000,000 pounds annually, about 40,000,000 pounds, or 43 per cent, being exported, and the remainder held for home consumption. Of
course the amount of the latter is largely con trolled by the market price of the product, Mexican coffee of the best brands being highly esteemed. The imports of coffee from Mexico into, the United States from 1911-12 were as follows in bags of 132 pounds each: 1911-12, 258,758; 1912-13, 197,890; 1913-14, 374,133; 1914-15, 399,289; 1915-16, 377,521 bags. This shows an increase in the five-year period of 118,763 bags, or about 46 per cent.
The coffee crop of Salvador, as represented by its exports, in 1910-11 amounted to 74,000,000 pounds, of which 64,000,000 were exported and 10,000,000 retained for home con sumption. The crop of 1911-12 is estimated at approximately 70,000,000, of which 60,000,000 were exported and 10,000,000 held for home consumption. According to government statis tics the average exportation of coffee for the past 10 years is 60,553,377 pounds, and the average production 70,533,377 pounds, or 534, 344 bags of 132 pounds each. The imports of coffee into the United States from Salvador since 1911 in bags of 132 pounds arc as follows: 1911-12, 86,466; 1912-13, 66,335; 1913-14, 66,353; 1914-15, 119,874; 1915-16, 88,298.
The coffee industry of Haiti was seriously affected by the continuous political upheavals of recent years. In 1906 nearly 60, 000,000 pounds of coffee were exported to the United States, whereas we received from that republic in 1916 only 3,320,000 pounds, and an average of only 3,585,000 pounds from 1910 to 1915.
Other Countries of Latin coffee crops of the other and lesser producing countries may be illustrated by the exports from each to the United States during the three years (1913-16) as follows (in bags of 132 pounds each):