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THE CUBA RE V IE TV 



The Sugar Industry 



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Per Capita Consumption in America 



America shattered all sugar-devouring 

 records in 1922 by achieving a per capita 

 consumption of 102 pounds, according to 

 an estimate made by The American Sugar 

 Bulletin. 



The estimate is based on a population 

 of 110,000,000. The per capita consump- 

 tion in 1921 was 88.26 pounds. 



In 1922 the total amount of sugar con- 

 sumed was 5,010,757 tons, an increase of 

 17^ per cent over 1921. Eight hundred 

 and twenty thousand tons of refined sugar 

 went to sixty foreign countries. This is 

 much more than ever exported before, ac- 

 cording to the Bulletin. 



Canada's 1922 Export 



Exports of refined sugar from Canada 

 during 1922 were the largest in the history 

 of Dominion trade, amounting to 141,362 

 long tons, as compared with 38,735 tons 

 in the preceding year. The United King- 

 dom, as usually, was the principal pur- 

 chaser, but shipments were sent also to 

 numerous other countries which do not fig- 

 ure ordinarily as buyers in this market. 



The exports, with principal countries of 

 destination according to official government 

 figures, were as follows: 



Tons of 

 Country 2240 Lbs. 



United Kingdom 98,887 



France 9,403 



Germany 8,268 



Belgium 5,250 



Norway 5,028 



Italy 4,664 



Newfoundland 3,498 



Netherlands 1,450 



Other Europe 2,774 



Other countries 2,140 



Total 141,362 



New Sugar Company 



The American Sugar Refining Company 

 has qualified to do business in Oklahoma, 

 proposing to invest a capital of $10,000 

 in its local enterprise. 



Europe's Estimated Requirements 



In a tabulation of estimated productioiJ 

 and consumption in Europe during the 

 year, published recently by C. Czarnikow, 

 Ltd., of London, probable imports for all 

 European countries were put down at 

 1.921,000 tons. Of this total it was esti- 

 mated that about 1,320,000 tons would be 

 brought in as raws, and the following was 

 given as a tentative estimate of the quan- 

 tities to be drawn from various sources. 



Country Tons 



Peru 140,000 



Brazil 140,000 



Java 130,000 



Mauritius 175,000 



Natal 15,000 



British West Indies 120,000 



Santo Domingo 30,000 



Others outside of Cuba 50,000 



Cuba 520,000 



Total 1,320,000 



In addition to the 520,000 tons above 

 specified, it was estimated that Europe 

 would take from the United States 350,- 

 000 tons of refined, produced from Cuban 

 raws, making the total of Europe's require- 

 ments from Cuba during the year approxi- 

 mately 893,000 tons, raw value, according 

 to this calculation. 



Larger Sugar Machinery Exports 



Exports of American sugar mill ma- 

 chinery in 1922 were worth $3,798,628, as 

 against a value for this trade in 1921 of 

 $15,628,253, according to the figures com- 

 piled by the Department of Commerce, 

 but while trade for the year was much be- 

 low that of the year before, the value of 

 exports during December was larger than 

 that for December, 1921, the figures 

 for the two months being $260,565 and 

 $214,981, respectively. December figures 

 are normally low, owing to the general be- 

 ginning of seasonal grinding operations in 

 this month in tropical sugar countries. 

 December, 1922, however, shows a larger 

 total than any of the first five months of 

 the year, whereas in 1921 December was 

 the low month of the twelve. 



