i6o COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 



Although the trade in cacao butter is considerable, 

 there were, before the war, only two countries that 

 could really be considered as exporters of cacao butter ; 

 in other words, there were only two countries, namely, 

 Holland and Germany, pressing out more cacao butter 

 in the production of cocoa than they absorbed in 

 making chocolate : 



Export of Cacao Butter. 



Tons (of iooo kilogrammes) 

 1911 1912 1913 



Holland 4,657 5,472 7,160 



Germany 3,611 3,581 1,960 



8,268 9,053 9,120 



During the war America appeared for the first time 

 in her history as an exporter of cacao butter. Hitherto 

 she was one of the principal importers, as will be seen 

 in the following table : 



Imports of Cacao Butter. 



Tons (of 1000 kilogrammes) 



1912 1913 



United States 1 ,842 1 ,634 



Switzerland 1,821 1,634 



Belgium 1,127 IX 97 



Austria-Hungary 1,062 1,190 



Russia 955 l ' l 91 



England 495 934 



The next table shows the imports (expressed in 

 English tons) into the United Kingdom in more recent 

 years : 



Imports of Cacao Butter. 



Year 1912 1913 1914 i9 ! 5 ! 9 l6 X 9 J 7 



Tons 477 912 1512 599 962 675 



The wholesale price of cacao butter has varied in 

 the last six years from 1/3 per pound to 2/1 1 per pound, 

 and was fixed in 191 8 by the Food Controller at 1/6 



