Europe consumes about 648,700 tons, divided nearly as
follows:--

lbs.
Great Britain 803,360,096
France 160,080,000
Belgium 19,840,000
Netherlands 42,000,000
Russia 70,000,000
Denmark and Sweden 22,000,000
German Zollverein 101,300,000
Other parts of Germany 160,000,000
Austria 50,000,000
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1,428,580,096

The following figures show the quantities of raw sugar in general, in
tons, imported into the British markets for the last five years,
compared with consumption:--

Entire British
Years. Importations. Consumption. Surplus.
1847 415,289 290,281 125,008
1848 354,834 309,424 45,410
1849 362,087 299,041 63,046
1850 332,470 310,391 22,089
1851 419,083 329,561 89,472
1852 360,033 358,642 1,391
Deduced from Parliamentary Paper, No. 461, Session 1853.

The consumption of sugar then in the whole world may be roughly
estimated at two and a half million tons, of which the United Kingdom
may now be put down for 350,000; the rest of Europe 420,000, and the
United States 300,000.

The United States produce about 140,000 tons of cane and maple sugar,
which are exclusively used for home consumption, the remainder of
their requirements being made up by foreign importation. The American
consumption, which in 1851 amounted to 133,000 tons of sugar cane
reached last year a total of 321,000 tons, almost as much as England
consumed--358,000--and more than the consumption of 100,000,000 of
persons on the continent.

The whole production of tropical sugar, is about one million and
a-half tons, while the consumption is probably two million tons; but
the manufacture of sugar from beet root, maple and other sources,
supplies the deficiency.

The total quantities of sugar, and molasses as sugar, consumed in the
United Kingdom in the last six years, were, according to a
Parliamentary paper, No. 292, of the last session, as follows:--

Cwt. sugar. Cwt. molasses.
1847 4,723,232 1,256,421
1848 5,003,318 865,752
1849 5,283,729 1,021,065
1850 5,