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Estimated average annual Quantity and Value of tea 

 imported into the United States : 



Countries. Quantity, Value. 

 Pounds. 



China, ..... 43,000,000 $7,000,000 



Japan, ..... 38,000,000 5,500,000 



India, ..... 100,000 20,000 



Java, ..... 200,000 30,000 



Ceylon, ..... 100,000 20,000 



England, .... 3,000,000 650,000 



Ireland, .... 1,000 500 



Scotland, .... 12,000 2,500 



Germany, .... 10,000 2,000 



Russia, ..... 200 60 



Belgium, .... 50 25 



Canada, .... 300,000 50,000 



Total, . . . 85,000,000 $13,000,000 



The average annual exports range from 1,000,000 to 

 5,000,000 pounds. 



Showing varieties most in demand in the United 

 States : 



Varieties. Kinds. Quantity, 



Pounds. 



Oolong, ..... (Formosa), . . . 10,000,000 



" ... (Amoy and Foochow), . 8,000,000 



Green Teas, . . . (all kinds), . . , 10,000,000 



Japans, ..... ... 38,000,000 



Pekoes and Congous, (China), . . . 10,000,000 



India, Java and Ceylon, ....... 6,000,000 



Total, ........... 82,000,000 



During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1 890, there was 

 imported into the United States, at all ports, 84,627,870 

 pounds of tea, of which 43,043,651 pounds were received 

 from China and 37,627,560 pounds from Japan, the bal- 

 ance consisting of imports from India, Java and Ceylon, 



