UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 483 



Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates 

 LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



February 14, 1917 



STATISTICS OF FRUITS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. 



PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, AND IMPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND 

 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



By H. D. Ruddiman, Division of Crop Records. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 1 



North America 2 



United States 2 



Canada 8 



Central America 9 



Mexico 10 



West Indies 10 



South America 12 



Argentina 12 



Brazil 13 



Chile 13 



Paraguay 14 



Uruguay 14 



Europe 16 



Austria-Hungary 16 



Belgium and Netherlands 17 



Denmark, Norway, and Sweden 19 



France 20 



Page. 



Europe— Continued. 



Germany 22 



Italy 24 



Russia 27 



Southeastern Europe 28 



Spain and Portugal 32 



United Kingdom 35 



Asia 37 



Japan 37 



Persia 38 



Africa 38 



Algeria 38 



British South Africa 39 



Tunis 39 



Oceania 39 



Australia 39 



New Zealand 40 



Hawaii 40 



INTRODUCTION. 



The purpose of this bulletin is to present in a concise form sta- 

 tistics of fruit and fruit products, including production and trade for 

 the principal producing, exporting, and consuming countries. The 

 figures used have been taken from official sources, usually from pub- 

 lications of the countries treated. Data concerning commerce in 

 fruits are as a rule fairly complete, but those relating to production 

 if not entirely lacking are in many instances either fragmentary or 

 limited to census years. 



Note. — This bulletin contains a brief survey of the fruit industry in principal countries. "While in- 

 tended for general distribution to the public it is of especial interest to fruit growers and dealers. 

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