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of coffee imported into the United States through various domestic 

 ports considerably more than one-half entered through the port of 

 New York. Entries through that port for the 10 years 1901-1913 

 averaged 645 million pounds annually. The port of New Orleans 

 ranked second, with an average of 211 million pounds, and San 

 Francisco third, the entries being 31 million pounds. 



Chicory root. — The imports of chicory root during the five years 

 1910-1911 averaged 2,895,791 pounds annually, of which 81 per cent, 

 or an average of 2,345,263 pounds, came from Belgium and 16.1 per 

 cent, or 474,485 pounds, came from Germany. 



Coffee substitutes other than chicory root. — The imports of coffee 

 substitutes other than chicory root in 1910 were 200,008 pounds; in 

 1911, 169,201 pounds; in 1912, 70,810 pounds; in 1913, 116,897 

 pounds; and in 1911, 188,446 pounds. More than half of this product 

 came from Germany. 



COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 



The yearly imports of crude cocoa and leaves and shells of cocoa 

 was about 2 million pounds from 1851 to 1866 ; from 1867 to 1879 the 

 average was about 3| million pounds ; increased to 7 million pounds 

 in 1880 and to 176 million pounds in 1914. During the last 20 years 

 about one-half of the cocoa came from countries in North America, 

 chiefly the British West Indies, Cuba, and Santo Domingo. Twenty 

 3 7 ears ago countries of South America — Brazil, Ecuador, Dutch 

 Guiana, and Venezuela — supplied nearly one-half but decreased to 

 about one-third during the last five years. Also large quantities 

 came through Portugal and the United Kingdom. 



The cocoa and chocolate exported in 1902 was valued at $166,000. 

 Five years later this was doubled, amounting to $349,000, which in- 

 creased to $499,000 in 1911 and decreased to $337,000 in 1914. Dur- 

 ing the last five years, 1910-1911, Canada received the greater por- 

 tion of this product. Other important markets during the same 

 period were Panama and Cuba. 



Imports of chocolate, including cocoa, prepared or manufactured 

 during the five years ending with 1914 averaged nearly 3 million 

 pounds annually. The Netherlands supplied a little more than one- 

 half, or 51.3 per cent; the United Kingdom, 18.6 per cent; Switzer- 

 land, 15.7 per cent; and the greater portion of the remainder came 

 from Germany. 



TEA. 



Tea has been an important article of our foreign commerce, the 

 imports ranging from 17 million pounds in 1851 to 91 million pounds 

 in 1914. The import value of this product has ranged from 5 

 million to 17 million dollars for the years 1851 and 1914, respectively. 



