THE CUBA REVIEW 



29 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



because of any large extcusiou of production within the Empire, but owing mainly to the 

 diversion to this country of Mauritius sugar which ordinarily would have gone to India. Our 

 imports of unrefined sugar were last year roughly at the same level as before the war, but 

 our supplies of refined were less than half the quantity received in 1914. The maintenance of 

 supplies of unrefined sugar is due to the large expansion of Cuba's shipments and to increased 

 imports from the Philippines and Peru, which together have been sufficient to replace the quan- 

 tities formerly obtained from Germany and .'vustria. On the other hand, in the case of refined 

 sugar a large increase of supplies from the United States has only partially balanced the absence 

 of supplies from Germany and Austria and a great falling off in shipments from the Nether- 

 lands. Imports of sugar into the United Kingdom follow: 



1915 1916 



Cwt. Cwt. 



19,537,500 22,.529,571 



10,109,633 8,215,283 



L'ni-efined sugar. 

 Refined sugar . . . 



1914 



Cwt. 

 21,983,003 

 17,877,806 



Total 



39,860,809 29,647,133 



Countries Supplying the Sugar. 

 The imports of the above two classes, by countries of origin, were as follows: 



Country Whence Imported. 

 Unrefined. 



Mauritius ■ 



British West Indies (including British Guinea) 



India 



Total British. 



Java 



Philippine Islands 



Cuba 



Peru. . 



Brazil 



Hayti and San Domingo 



Germany 



Austria-Hungary 



Other European countries 



Other countries not in Europe. 



Total. 



Refined : 



Mauritius 



United States .... 

 J ava 



Argentina 



Germany 



Austria-Hungary. 



Netherlands 



France 



Russia 



Belgium 



Other countries in Eurowe 



Other countires not in Europe . 



Total. 



30,744,854 



— Co7isul General Robert P. Skinner, London. 



HONGKONG SUGAR. 

 Sugar prices in Hongkong during 1916 

 compelled Chinese consumers to diminish 

 their purchases. Europe took about two- 

 thirds of the export of refined sugar and much 

 high-grade raw sugar. During the year 

 324,000 tons of raw sugar were imported, 

 compared with 670,000 tons in 1915, and 

 80,000 tons of refined sugar exported against 

 100,000 tons in 1915. A greater proportion 

 than ever of the imported raw product was 

 exported as white sugar for Chinese con- 



sumers. Shipments to the United States 

 increased considerably. Most of the imports 

 in 1916 came from Java and a great deal of 

 the balance, 234,000 tons, from the Philip- 

 pine Islands. The production of sugar in 

 Hongkong colony has increased somewhat, 

 and imports from nearby ports on the South 

 China coast amounted to about 6,700 tons. 

 The season of the Hongkong refineries was 

 only fairly satisfactory. — Consul GeneralGeorge 

 E. Anderson. 



