UOTE ESTES SiC CR aR Ne Nts Bae ye) Veal tie) ea Ni 3l 
Eurone—Beet—Germany .............-- Sept.-Jan. 1,150,000 750,000 1,324,579 
G7 XenHSIOMNKIEY “35 dino aewoddossaepor Sept.-Jan. 650,000 535,000 
Hungary and Austria.............. Sept.-Jan. 700,000 
TONED OV OeY 1 Beg use rtiach & ota Gi eae one Om ERE Sept.-Jan. 50,000 50,000 
IRAN Sop edb eos bopene ob ooOeUDuuT Sept.-Jan. 300,000 154,444 110,096 
TS (olen ave beepers = So chase ecicaeee eee nO NRCS Sept.-Jan. 225,000 146,918 74,183 
Russia (Ukraine, Poland, ete.)..... Sept.-Jan. 300,000 238,692 173,486 
MSVOCLOTI Suits terete eteata ae eucieuacawelte ears Sept.-Jan. 175,000 225,000 336,616 
MS) TATA ase Sats Vere eta Nn ctic ones sete ce tay as Sept.-Jan. 175,000 145,000 127,467 
TET ENA TAie ot chcicier RoR GeREN Ee Ce Seinen eee Soca Sept.-Jan. 165,000 160,000 144,600 
SP stilt teh sccs egeeperci cia baas ale psi gieie ayers: su. Sept.-Jan. 175,000 182,843 106,682 
SiMe OTL AMICI er Stree loe. bole rauatclsueNel sl een) secvers Sept.-Jan. 175,000 81,650 139,469 
EU aMal eles peee aes oy chrare le is Wel aueece ost see os Sept.-Jan. 10,000 8,550 10,800 
FO UIMMEAMTN reeset es es kN lacay a eioters Sept.-Jan. 10,000 10,974 2,441 
} OOO Sieh Stent Setar taaie ienae oe eucy 
LNO tall lines Ey WO Cs hr os chanousictevens aieueretene ohoke rs SS 
: 3,565,000 2,689,071 3,250,309 
United States—Beet.....................July-Jan. 950,000 652,957 674,892 
Wanada— GEC Be sscs see os hele cee ees bare Oct.-Dec. 35,000 16,500 22,300 
MORAT, BEB SUGAR CROPS so sees sles ers a ece ere 4,550,000 3,358,528 3,947,501 
GRAND TOTAL—CANE AND BEET SUGAR.........- 17,232,900 15,310,824 15,937,979 
Hstimated increase in the world’s production.. LE ODI ADT Geen et Laos 
—Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal, Nov. 11, 1920. 
UNITED STATES CONSUMPTION FOR SIX MONTHS 
We present in this issue a concise table showing the principal items comprising 
the consumption of sugar in the United States for the six months from January 1 
to June 30, which is 2,207,428 tons refined value. Last year’s figure for the same 
period was 2,120,609 tons. The six months’ consumption this year, therefore, shows 
an increase of only 86,819 tons, or 4.094% over that of the same period in 1919. 
A part of the trade had been calculating on an immense increase in the con- 
sumption this year, which was attributed to the increase in the consumption of 
candies and soft drinks chiefly due to prohibition, but although there is an increase, 
the extent of the increase was curtailed to a large degree by high prices, and the 
inability at times of buyers to secure sugar due to many causes, such as railroad 
congestion, strikes, ete. During the half year under review, a good business was done 
by the Atlantic Port refiners, but in New Orleans, even with the addition of several of 
the Louisiana cane factories which have been melting Cuban raw sugars, the increase 
is not as large as usual. The operations of the Galveston and Savannah refineries 
disclose a good increase, accounting to some extent for New Orleans not showing as 
good a result as the other sections. San Francisco refineries are forging ahead the 
fastest of all. In this connection, it will be remembered that these refineries this 
year are refining about 200,00 tons of Hawaiian raws which, in previous seasons, 
have been shipped to the Atlantic Ports refiners. The consumption of beet sugar has 
not been so large this first half year as in other similar periods, but this was because 
of the fact that so much of the 1919-20 crop was used up in 1919, the carry-over om 
January 1 being relatively small. 
When consumption figures are compiled for the calendar year, it is possible in 
January to arrive at a very accurate result because in most instances that is just at 
the beginning of the new crop season and old crops have been exhausted and stocks 
in all hands from producer to ultimate consumer have run down to a very low point 
in anticipation of new crop sugars (with usual accompanying declining prices). 
