140 JUTE AND SIMILAR FIBRES 



About one-half of the total crop is now consumed 

 in the Indian jute mills, the remainder being exported. 



The following table gives the quantities and values 

 of the total exports, and exports to the United 

 Kingdom, during 1908-09 to 1914-15. 



Total Exports 



Year. Quantity. Value. 



Tons. 



1908-09 . . 893,995 13,223,037 



1909-10 . . 730,418 10,058,873 



I9IO-II . . 636,623 10,326,649 



I9II-I2 . . 810,155 15,037,734 



1912-13 . . 876,294 18,033,782 



1913-14 . . 768,451 20,550,929 



1914-15 . . 505,095 8,606,802 



Exports to the United Kingdom 



Year. Quantity. Value. 



Tons. I 



1908-9 . . 337,937 5,601,794 



1909-10 . . 297,799 4,289,508 



1910-11 . . 234,719 3,885,292 



1911-12 . . 345,762 6,530,513 



1912-13 . . 340,673 7,352,i7i 



1913-14 . . 290,369 7,826,358 



1914-15 . . 265,580 4,495,943 



Nearly the whole of the crop is produced in Bengal. 

 Of the 3,323,951 acres planted in India in 1912-13, 

 no less than 2,927,100 acres were in Bengal whilst 

 298,500 acres were in Bihar and Orissa and 98,300 

 acres in Assam. The fibre exported in 1913-14 was 

 shipped from the different Provinces in the following 

 quantities : Bengal, 746,439 tons ; Bombay, 9 tons ; 

 Madras, 22,003 tons ; total, 768,451 tons. 



The exports in 1913-14 were distributed to the 

 following countries : 



Tons. Tons. 



United Kingdom 290,369 

 Germany . . 158,380 

 United States of 



America . 117,744 



France . . 72,708 



Austria-Hungary 45,727 



Italy . . 37,770 



Spain . . 21,181 



