UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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BULLETIN No. 473 



Contribution rotn the Bureau of Crop Estimates 

 LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



February 12, 19i7 



PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES 

 AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



By Perry Elliott, Division of Crop Records. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction 1 



United States 6 



Hawaii 16 



Porto Rico 17 



Philippine Islands 18 



Cuba 20 



British West Indies 22 



Mexico 24 



Canada 25 



Costa R ica 27 



British Honduras 27 



Argentina 27 



Brazil 29 



Peru 30 



British Guiana 31 



Paraguay 32 



United Kingdom 33 



Germany 35 



Austria-Hungary 37 



Russia 43 



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France 46 



Italy 48 



Belgium 50 



Netherlands 51 



Spain 52 



Denmark 56 



Sweden _• 57 



Roumania 58 



Switzerland , 60 



British India 61 



Java 62 



Mauritius 65 



Japan 65 



Formosa 66 



Straits Settlements 66 



Fiji Islands 67 



Australia 67 



Egypt 69 



Natal 70 



The ton used in this bulletin is the short ton of 2,000 pounds. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The data presented in this bulletin cover the period from Sep- 

 tember 1, 1903, when the Brussels Convention went into effect, to the 

 close of the sugar year 1912-13, with a comparison of the preceding 

 decade. 



These two decades exhibit considerable improvement and economic 

 changes in the sugar industry. Prior to the adoption of the Brussels 



Note.' — This bulletin is a concise account of the sugar production of the United States 

 and of practically all foreign countries. It is Intended for general circulation. 



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