81,407,346 45,244,232
Salvador 75,314,003 61,822,223
Guatemala 71,653,700 81,081,600
Mexico 41,855,368 42,456,491
Costa Rica 27,730,672 39,788,002
Nicaragua 21,661,621 18,171,515
Porto Rico 15,330,590
Jamaica 5,781,440 9,046,464
_Asia_--
Dutch East Indies 77,168,254 72,864,649
British India 36,920,464 40,340,384
Singapore (port of export) 12,367,156 11,935,034
_Other countries_ 216,891,567 220,132,690
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Total 2,268,109,976 2,238,581,412
In 1906 there was an increased total of 2,680,855,878 lb, due to the
Brazil export rising to 1,847,367,771 lb. The aggregate value of the
coffee annually entering the world's markets is about L40,000,000.
_Coffee Consumption._--The United States of America consume nearly one
half of all the coffee exported from the producing countries of the
world. This might of course be due merely to the States containing more
coffee-drinkers than other countries, but the average consumption per
head in the country is about 11 to 12 lb per annum, an amount equalled
or excelled only in Norway, Sweden and Holland. Whilst one great branch
of the Anglo-Saxon stock is near the head of the list, it is interesting
to note that the United Kingdom and also Canada and Australia are almost
at the foot, using only about 1 lb of coffee per head each year.
Germany, with a consumption of about 6 to 7 lb per person per annum uses
considerably less than a quarter of the world's commercial crop. France,
about 5 lb per head, takes about one eighth; and Austria-Hungary, about
2 lb, uses some one-sixteenth. Holland consumes approximately as much,
but with a much smaller population, the Dutch using more per head than
any other people--14 lb to 15 lb per annum. Their taste is seen also in
the relatively high consumption in South Africa. Sweden, Belgium and the
United Kingdom, follow next in order of total amount used.
In many tropical countries much coffee is drunk, but as it is often
produced locally exact figures are not available. The average
consumption in the
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