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export is worth about £1,500,000, and mostly goes to France, the United States, and Germany. 

 The exports from Columbia are of much the same value, and the greater portion is taken by 

 the United States. 



Bolivia is sometimes allowed the honour of producing the best coffee in the world, that 

 from the Yungas district being considered superior even to Mocha. Bolivian coffee is not 

 important commercially, as the supply is not equal to the home demand. Ecuador and Peru 

 both export coffee, and steps have recently been taken to develop an industry in Paraguay. 



hulling coffee in java 



Central America 

 Guatemala is the most important coffee-growing country in this region, exporting coffee 

 to the value of from £1,000,000 to £1,500,000 per annum. About one-half the crop goes to 

 Germany. Coffee is the principal industry, and is estimated to afford emplovment to about 

 half the population at crop time. 



West Indies 

 The production in Jamaica is described on p. 195. Haiti is the principal coffee island 

 of this group, producing coffee to the value of about £500,000 annually. In many of the 

 islands coffee can be easily cultivated and is grown to some extent, if only for home con- 

 sumption. Porto Rico formerly had a nourishing coffee industry, but its value has considerably 



14--C.P. 



