20 PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 



AVERAGE ANNUAL PRODUCTION,o 1905-1909 (CROP YEARS). 



Country. 



Pounds. 



Per cent 



of 

 "world" 

 produc- 

 tion. 



British India b 



Japanese Empire 



Java 



Slam 



French Indo-China 



Korea c 



Madagascar 



Philippme Islands 



Italy 



United States (including Hawaii) 



United States 



Other countries 



"World" total 



69, 



17, 



6, 



6, 



5, 



1 



720, 400, 000 

 644,119,000 

 899,600,000 

 824, 000, 000 

 000, 000, 000 

 200, (XX), 000 

 953,000,000 

 716, 000, 000 

 703,400,000 

 565, 389, 000 

 531,989,000 

 869,851,000 



114,095,759,000 



61.1 



15.5 



6.0 



6.0 



4.4 



2.8 



.8 



.6 



.6 



.5 



.5 



1.7 



100.0 



AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPORTS, 1905-1909 (CALENDAR YEARS). 



AVERAGE ANNUAL IMPORTS, 1905-1909 (CALENDAR YEARS). 



Country. 



Pounds. 



Singapore 



Japan 



China 



Germany 



Dutch East Indies. . 



Ceylon 



United Kingdom 



Netherlands 



France 



Philippine Islands. . 

 Other countries 



"World" total 



9,858,190,474 



Per cent 



of 

 "world" 

 imports. 



100.0 



a The United States crop is computed from the official returns, wluch are for rough rice, allowing 45 

 pounds rough to 1 bushel, and 162 pounds rough to 100 potmds clean. China, which is omitted, has a 

 roughly estimated croi) of .5(),(KKl,()00,l)00 to 60,()()(),UOO,(KH) pounds. Other countries omitted are Afghanis- 

 tan, Algeria, Colombia, Federated Malay .States, I'eisia, Trinidad and Tobago, Tiu'key (Asiatic and 

 European), Venezuela, and a few other countries of small production. 



bData for British India refer to years beginning April I of the years mentioned in the heading. Pro- 

 duction given here is estimated unoilicially for the entire country on the basis of oflicial returns for about 

 0.7 per cent of the area harvested. 



c Estimated from olTicial returns of exports of this country, and from per capita consumption of rice 

 in Japan, ls'.)4-19()3, including food, seed, and waste, but not iucludiug rice used for sake (270 pounds per 

 annum). 



