COUNTRY EXPORTED TO 1914 bags 1915 bags United States 5,817,628 5,880,619 Prance 1.902.647 1,808,815 Sweden 245.851 1,346,839.
240,844 688,252 Great Britain 272,493 479.701 Norway 36.375 306,669 Denmark 45,413 279,865 Argentina 240,932 261.457 British South Africa 123,690 183.457 Greece 7.500 117,800.
ryipnt 106,475 111,843 51,820 85,310 Uruguay 35,654 S2,763 Algeria 72,758 49,425 Chile 26.684 39,692 Gibraltar 12,200 14,100 Turkey in Asia 64,682 2,550 Rumania 11,813 2.220 Turkey in Europe 70,122 2,000 Russia 18.913 800 Germany 1.876,138 Austria 1,033.173 , Belgium 522.195 All others 53.352 56.170 Total 14.533,581 13,401,515.
A comparison of the exports for 1915 with those of 1914, the year immediately preceding the World War, shows a decrease of only 1,132,066 bags, or 7.7 per cent. The increase of 1,605,334 bags exported to Scandinavian countries may be accounted for by the cessation of any direct exports in 1914 to Germany and Austria. The United States continues to be the largest purchaser of Brazilian coffee, the average imports from that country in the five years, 1910-15, amounting to 5,646,000 bags, or nearly 45 per cent of the entire crop. The total value of all the coffee exported from Brazil to the United States in 1917 was $110,052,616.
Of all the republics, Colombia ranks next to Brazil both in the production and exportation of coffee. Of the average value of all exports from 1911 to 1914, inclusive, amounting to $24,309,000, the average value of coffee for the same period was $12,144,000, or 50 per cent of the whole. The coffee crop of the republic averages about 126, 450,000 pounds, or 958,000 bags (132 pounds each) annually. About 25,000 bags are re tained for home consumption, the remainder being shipped to the United States and to Euro pean countries. The United States is Colom
bia's best customer for its coffee crop, its im ports from that country averaging more than 70 per cent of the annual production. The im ports in 1915-16 amounted to 109,363,456 pounds and in 1916-17 to 118,410,000 pounds.
The principal coffee producing districts are the department of Cundinamarca, which duces the renowned Bogota brand; the Ocana, Cucuta and Bucaramanga districts, in the de partment of Santander, and in the Tolima and smaller valleys of the Cordilleras. It is esti mated that there are 125,000,000 coffee plants in these districts, and as they are valued at 30 cents each, they represent an investment of $37,500,000.
Coffee is the principal crop of Guatemala. The districts best suited to its culture are Antigua, Barbereno, Costa Chuva, Alta Verapaz, Costa Cuca, Costa Grande, Pochuta and tumbador. In some of the dis tricts coffee of very fine quality at an altitude of 5,000 feef, but the yield of the trees is comparatively light. The total area under cultivation is about 98,800 acres. Germans own and control between 50 and 60 per cent of the plantations. The best coffee is grown in the department of Alta Verapaz.
The total production of coffee in Guate mala in 1913 amounted to 104,623,600 pounds, and in 1914 to 91,852,200 pounds. Prior to the World War about three-fourths of the crop was marketed in Europe, Germany taking the largest share. The following statement shows the exports to the various countries just prior to the war, 1913: