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imports amounted to 308 tons. The exports varied from 4 tons in 

 1908-9 to 6,359 in 1910-11, and the imports varied from 175 tons in 



1907-8 to 887 in 1912-13. 



SWITZERLAND. 



BEET SUGAR. 



The area used for growing sugar beets in Switzerland is located 

 in the western part, mostly in the canton of Berne, but for some 

 years beets were grown also in the canton of Vaud. With the excep- 

 tion of the four years 1893 to 1896 the data for production and value 

 of beets are for the canton of Berne. In 1904 the area under beets 

 in Berne was 1,148 acres, which decreased to 1,025 acres in 1910. The 

 annual production of beets was 7,656 tons for the decade 1893-1902, 

 and 11,930 tons for the decade 1903-1912, an increase of 58.9 per 

 cent. The production of beets in Vaud was 1,958 tons in 1893, 

 6,656 in 1894, and 11 in 1896. For Berne the production of beets 

 increased from 37 tons in 1895 to 20,221 in 1901, decreased to 16,130 

 in 1905, and increased to 20,772 in 1913. The value of beets produced 

 in Vaud was $8,570 in 1893, $30,301 in -1894, and $40 in 1896. The 

 beets produced in Berne were valued at $253 in 1895, $74,350 in 1901, 

 $63,133 in 1905, and $79,531 in 1913. The annual value of beets 

 produced was $29,300 for the decade 1893-1902 and $49,857 for the 

 following decade, an increase of 70.1 per cent, as against 58.9 per 

 cent for production of beets. The annual value of beets per ton was 

 $3.83 for the decade 1893-1902, as compared with $4.18 for the decade 

 1903-1912. The yield of beets per acre was 12.96 tons in 1904, with 

 a value per acre of $51.94. In 1910 the yield was 11.04 tons, which 

 was valued at $47.91. 



The only sugar factory in Switzerland is located at Aarberg, in the 

 canton of Berne, and produces only refined sugar. The output of this 

 factory averaged 3,631 tons for the six years 1906-7 to 1911-12. The 

 output of sugar varied from 4,012 tons in 1906-7 to 4,032 in 1908-9 

 and 2,976 in 1910-11. The factory was destroyed by fire in January, 

 1912, but was rebuilt and resumed operations in 1913-14. This fac- 

 tory employs 400 people and the wages paid monthly approximate 

 $10,000. 



Very little if any sugar has been exported from Switzerland, but 

 the imports have increased from 87,710 tons in 1904 to 134,145 in 

 1912, decreased to 129,257 in 1913, or an average of 107,203 for the 

 decade. The imports of sugar for the five years 1906-1910 were 

 101,897 tons, compared with 89,915 for the five years 1901-1905, an 

 increase of 13.3 per cent. 



The per capita consumption of sugar in Switzerland is larger than 

 for most of the other European countries and amounted to 61.5 



