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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE LV.—Imports, exports, cost, production, and consumption of refined 
Foreign. 
Years. 
Imports. Exports. Difference. 
SIXTH DECENNIUM. 
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 
12, 985, 704 9, 156, 314 3, 829, 390 
18, 301, 798 9, 758, 699 8, 543, 099 
18, 442, 609 7, 581, 589 10, 867, 020 
6] 797, 115 350, 500 1, 446, 615 
6, 947, 033 2, 927, 067 4, 019, 966 
3, 707, 436 2, 600, 548 1, 106, 888 
1, 297, 214 1, 222, 609 74, 605 
10, 285, 583 2, 638, 658 7, 646, 925 
8, 928, 636 1, 506, 640 7, 421, 996 
5, 503, 756 2, 292, 948 3, 210, 808 
20, 773, 529 1, 966, 9523} 18, 806,577 
16, 864, 163 2,591,483 | 14, 272, 680 
7, 198, 498 1, 513, 048 5, 685, 450 
7, 890, 037 907, 768 6, 982, 269 
6, 357, 544 2, 183, 570 4,173, 974 
5, 449, 262 4, 054, 884 1, 394, 378 
2, 364, 611 2, 411, 224 —46, 613 
1, 937, 027 2, 563, 142 —626, 115 
1, 767, 074 2, 766, 536 —999, 462 
1, 364, 233 4, 202,721 | —2 838, 488 
1, 806, 973 5, 022,388 | —3, 215, 415 
2 014, 800 5,518,546 | —3, 503, 746 
23, 853, 646 4,833,586 | 24, 020, 060 
65, 695, 464 8, 887, 719 56, 807, 745 
58, 503, 452 4,944, 979 53, 558, 473 
102, 593, 694 2,194,821 | 100, 398, 873 
160, 538, 677 4, 666, 426 | 155, 872, 251 
70, 782, 278 5, 230, 174 65, 552, 104 
87, 388, 008 585, 958 86, 802, 050 
1, 209, 857 789, 751 420, 106 
151, 520 353, 014 —201, 494 
1, 204, 180 59, 198 1, 144, 982 
217, 481 244, 236 — 26,755 
509, 504 404, 642 104, 862 
39, 279 398, 049 —358, 770 
15, 251 123, 153 —107, 902 
19, 931 121, 215 —101, 284 
308, 688 6, 733 301, 955 
1These imports are for calendar years and not fiscal years. “ 
2The hogsheads, tierces, and barrels in which a part of the sugar was exported in these years were 
3These imports are estimated by taking the mean between 1819 and 1821. 
4¥From 1836 to 1839 a small quantity of candy is included in the imports and exports. 
5 For 1807 and 1815 the price per pound of the imports is taken, and not the average price per pound 
6 These statistics are for nine months only, from October i, 1842, to June 30, 1843. 
7 Beginning with 1867, the ‘‘Consumption” of refined sugar, withits ‘‘ Value”’ and ‘Paid for customs,” 
by subtracting the exports from the imports and the ‘‘ Valve” and ‘ Paid for customs” are calculated 
8From 1854 to 1861, inclusive, the exports exceed the imports. 
The rates of duty on refined sugar vary according to the grades and qualities imported. 
Value of foreign refined sugar 
Average 
price per 
pound. 
Cents. 
. 008 
. 054 
. 053 
. O57 
- 044 
. 043 
076 
. 046 
- 054 
- 036 
"052 
"048 
consumed. 
Value. 
Dollars. 
33, 740 
465, 914 
582, 108 
82, 769 
178, 258 
47, 751 
5, 670 
353, 312 
407, 694 
118, 659 
167, 1718 
7, 311, 616 
73, 493, 392 
3, 885, 604 
4, 214, 420 
5, 446, 274 
6, 439, 373 
5, 457, 380 
4, 284, 239 
1, 769, 130 
1, 361, 390 
378, 879 
227, 715 
Rate of 
duty. 
Cents. 
