minus (e) 4,209,869 4,728,611
(g) Total re-exports
from U.S. 36,804,684 49,144,691
(h) Re-exports from
non-contiguous
territory
to foreign
countries ... 20,008
--------- ----------
(i) (g) minus (h) 36,804,684 49,124,683
(j) Imports into
continental
U.S. from
non-contiguous
territory 4,394,577 2,303,830
(k) Exports to
non-contiguous
territory from
continental U.S. 798,644 972,303
---------- ---------
(l) (j) minus (k) 3,595,933 1,331,527
Net consumption,
continental U.S.:
(c) minus (f) minus
(i) plus (l) 1,303,553,746 1,244,917,516
Population, July 1 107,833,279 106,418,170
Per capita consumption,
1921 12.09 11.70

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CHAPTER XXIII

HOW GREEN COFFEES ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD

_Buying coffee in the producing countries--Transporting coffee to
the consuming markets--Some record coffee cargoes shipped to the
United States--Transport over seas--Java coffee "ex-sailing
vessels"--Handling coffee at New York, New Orleans, and San
Francisco--The coffee exchanges of Europe and the United
States--Commission men and brokers--Trade and exchange contracts
for delivery--Important rulings affecting coffee trading--Some well
known green coffee marks_

In moving green coffee from the plantations to the consuming countries,
the shipments pass through much the same trade channels as other
foreign-grown food products. In general, the coffee goes from planter to
trader in the shipping ports; thence to the exporter, who sells it to an
importer in the consuming country; he in turn passing it on, to a
roaster, to be prepared for consumption. The system varies in some
respects in the different countries, according to the development of
economic and transportation methods; but, broadly considered, this is
the general method.

_Buying Coffee in the Producing Countries_

The marketing of coffee begins when the berries are swept up from the
drying patios, put in gunny sacks, and sent to the ports of export to be
sampled and shipped. In Brazil, four-wheeled wagons drawn by six mules,
or two-wheeled carts carry it to