SAO PAULO 



COFFEE. 



One cannot speak of Sao Paulo without mentioning in some 

 detail its greatest staple crop, coffee. This State as regards the 

 world's supply of coffee takes up a more prominent position than the 

 U.S.A. as regards cotton, as will be readily recognised from a perusal of 

 the following statistics. 



The production of coffee in Sao Paulo has been as follows : 



1909/10 1910/11 1911/12 1912/13 1913/14 



12,124,051 9,458,376 10,580,172 9,470,833 11,072,387 



1914/15 

 9,206,507 



1915/16 

 11,711,200 



1916/17 

 9,937,895 



1917/18 

 12,210,150 



1918/19 

 7,253,250 



sacks of 60 kilos whilst the production of the world is shown in the 

 following table :— 



The coffee consumption of the world reached its highest figure in 

 1914 /15 with 21,378,646 sacks of 60 kilos ; in 1916 111 it was estimated 

 at 14,600,000 sacks and during the last few years the consumption is 

 stated to be 18 millions, but I doubt whether these consumption 

 figures are reliable. 



The following remarks, taken from the Trade Report, April, 1921, 

 of the London & Brazilian Bank Ltd., show the importance of coffee 

 as an export crop to the country. 



" During the twelve months ended 31st December, 1920, the total 

 value of coffee exported from Brazil amounted to approximately 

 50 per cent, of the total value of Brazil's exports for the year, which 

 demonstrates that this product still continues to constitute the axle 

 of Brazil's wealth and export trade. The following comparison of the 



