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ing the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13. The average production of sugar 

 per ton of beets increased from 262 to 296 pounds for these two dec- 

 ades, respectively. The average production of sugar per acre for the 

 same periods was 2,783 and 3,377 pounds. Of the 217 factories in 

 Austria-Hungary in operation during the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13, 

 194 were in Austria, but they are much smaller than the Hungarian 

 factories. During this period the average area of beets per factory 

 was 3,014 acres for Austria and 12,487 for Hungary. The Austrian 

 factories each annually used an average of 36,895 tons of beets and 

 produced an average of 5,312 tons of sugar. The Hungarian fac- 

 tories each used annually 110,881 tons of beets and produced 17,610 

 tons of sugar, a little more than three times the amount produced 

 by the Austrian factories. 



The consumption of sugar in Austria-Hungary has more than 

 doubled during the last 20 years. The consumption was 354,105 tons 

 in 1892-93, which increased to 756,300 tons in 1913-14. The average 

 consumption of sugar for the five years 1898-99 to 1902-3 was 428,007 

 tons, which increased to 705,918 tons during the five years 1909-10 to 

 1913-14, an increase of 64.9 per cent. The per capita consumption 

 increased from 18.5 pounds in 1900-1901 to 29.8 pounds in 1910-11. 



The imports of sugar into Austria-Hungary have been small, but 

 have increased from an annual average of 39 tons during the decade 

 1884-1893 to 167 tons for the decade 1894-1903 and to 930 tons for 

 the decade 1904-1913. The exports have more than quadrupled dur- 

 ing the last 30 years, and have increased from 280,200 tons in 1884 to 

 1,184,383 tons in 1913. During the decade 1894-1903 the annual ex- 

 ports were 693,711 tons, as against 378,282 for the preceding decade, 

 an increase of nearly 100 per cent. During the decade 1904-1913 the 

 annual exports were 754,721 tons, as against 693,711 for the preceding 

 decade, an increase of only 8.8 per cent. Thus the exports during the 

 10 years since the adoption of the terms of the Brussels Convention 

 show a much smaller percentage of increase than for the 10 years 

 preceding the convention. The percentage of the sugar crop exported 

 increased from 56 per cent during the decade 1884-1893 to 63.1 per 

 cent for the decade 1894-1903, but decreased to 52.6 per cent for the 

 decade 1904-1913. For the last 20 years and more the United Kingdom 

 has been the principal market for Austro-Hungarian sugar, receiving 

 as much as all other countries combined. During the decade 1893- 

 1902 that country received 46.4 per cent of the exports of sugar from 

 the Dual Monarchy, which was equivalent to 28.3 per cent of the 

 sugar output. During the decade 1903-1912 the United Kingdom 

 received 48.9 per cent of the sugar exported, which was equivalent 

 to 27.9 per cent of the sugar produced during that period. 



