648 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



WORLD CORN PRODUCTION, 1922. 



The total area planted to corn during 1922 in 13 countries amounted to 

 131,893,000 acres compared with 133,613,000 acres for the same countries 

 in 1921 and an average of 133,639,000 acres for the period 1909-13. 



The corn production for 16 countries this year amounts to 3,455,712,000 

 bushels, as compared with 3,792,537,000 bushels for the same countries 

 last year, and an average of 3,573,096,000 bushels for the five years 

 1909-13. Decreases were shown for all countries reporting except Canada, 

 Hungary and Chile. The production of the United States, Canada and 

 Mexico this year is 2,972,077,000 bushels as compared with 3,166,281,000 

 bushels in 1921 and 2,894,318,000 bushels for the period 1909-13. Six Euro- 

 pean countries produced 273,554,000 bushels in 1922, as compared with 324,- 

 530,000 bushels last year and 459,494,000 bushels for 1909-13. Five coun- 

 tries in the southern hemisphere produced 195,160,000 bushels this year, 

 as compared with 284,638,000 bushels in 1921 and 210,377,000 bushels for 

 the period 1909-13. Reports are not available for many of the tropical 

 corn producing countries of which Brazil is probably the most important. 

 The Brazilian corn crop for 1920-21 was estimated to be about 186,450,000 

 bushels. 



The United States and Argentina supply approximately 80 per cent of 

 the corn entering into the world trade. Argentina frequently exceeds 

 the United States in the quantity of corn exported, but in 1921 shipments 

 from the United States exceeded those from Argentina by 21,000,000 

 bushels. In 1920, exports from Argentina were 50 per cent more than the 

 prewar average, but in 1921 were slightly less than for the period 1909-13. 

 The United States exported 132,000,000 bushels in 1921 as compared with 

 45,000,000 bushels during the period 1909-13, an increase of 193 per cent. 

 Exports from Rumania show a decided decrease, amounting to 17,000,000 

 bushels and 30,000,000 bushels in 1920 and 1921, respectively, as com- 

 pared with the prewar average of 39,000,000 bushels. Imports into the 

 United Kingdom, France, Germany and Belgium show a decrease over 

 the prewar years. In 1921 the United Kingdom took 78,000,000 bushels 

 as compared with 83,000,000 bushels during 1909-13, France 12,000,000 

 bushels as compared with the prewar average of 19,000,000 bushels; 

 Belgium 19,000,000 bushels as compared with 26,000,000 bushels during the 

 prewar period; and Germany took 16,000,000 bushels or about haTf as 

 much in 1920 as during 1909-13. Imports into Canada and the Scandi- 

 navian countries show an increase over the prewar average. Imports 

 into Denmark were 19,000,000 bushels in 1921 as compared with 11,000,000 

 bushels during the period 1909-13 or an increase of over 70 per cent. 



