The annual production of white sugar 

 in Guatemala is unofficially placed at 

 42,000,000 pounds, and of brown sugar at 

 100,000,000 pounds. Of this, some 

 30,000,000 pounds of white sugar were 

 exported last year, as well as approxi- 

 mately 3,000,000 pounds of brown sugar. 

 The brown sugar, or panels, is consumed 

 to a great extent in the manufacture of 

 alcohol, and also sells heavily in the local 

 retail market in the place of the white 

 sugar. 



Brown-sugar estates are numerous 

 throughout the Republic, whereas white 

 sugar is produced almost exclusively in 

 the Department of Escuintla, on the 

 Pacific slope. In the order of their im- 

 portance, by nationalities, the principal 

 producers of white sugar last year were: 

 Italian, 1,000,000 pounds; English, 3,800,- 



German, 9,800,000 pounds; Guatemalan, 

 22,000,000 pounds. As indicated, German 

 interests furnish about 25 per cent of the 

 crop. It is estimated that this year's 

 crop will amount to only 35,000,000 

 pounds. 



Guatemalan laws permit the shipment 

 of sugar from the country upon the pay- 

 ment of a tax of 25 cents per 100 pounds, 

 but last year food conservation regula- 

 tions were passed which prohibted the 

 exportation of sugar except under license 

 issued by the President of the Republic. 

 These licenses were extremely difficult to 

 obtain, but were secured for the exporta- 

 tion of sugar amounting to 75 per cent 

 of the total crop. By far the greater part 

 of this sugar went to Mexico, some to 

 British Honduras, and the remainder to 

 Honduras. — Walter C. Thurston, third sec- 

 retary to American legation, Guatemala. 



