IMPORTANCE A1STD CHARACTER OF MILLED RICE IMPORTED. 



Table I. — Quantity and value of rice imported into the United States during the fiscal 

 years ended June 30, 1912, 1913, and 1914, according to the countries from which 

 shipped — Continued . 



Part II.— Completely Milled Rice— Continued. 



Exporting country. 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



North America: 



Pounds. 



Dollars. 



Pounds. 



152 



7,337 



3,395 



18,379 



Dollars. 



4 



526 



215 



526 



Pounds. 



Dollars. 





13, 734 

 18,710 

 1,472 



656 



950 



64 



411,413 

 6,158 

 2,522 



542 



30,417,603 

 42,294 

 531,653 

 43,781 

 4, 189, 440 

 153, 705 

 195,618 

 240 



33 



12, 268 





452 





114 



South America: 



15 



Asia: 



13,047,902 



466,469 



21,560,121 



820,009 



864,736 





1,306 





393, 708 



10, 844 



528, 147 



16, 436 



16,381 

 1,204 





Hongkong 



2,571,362 

 37, 190 



91,991 

 1,295 



2, 852, 803 

 19, 505 



100, 220 

 803 



130, 573 

 5,734 





4,153 





57 



4 



215 



20 



9 



Africa: 



2 















Total 



25,008,414 



848,469 



32,715,479 



1,203,005 



95,503,998 



3,017,108 





Recapitulation: 



8,924,279 

 33, 916 



276, 196 

 1,670 



7,725,425 

 29, 263 



264,246 

 1,271 



59,508,996 



420, 093 



542 



35,574,334 



33 



1,980,161 

 12, 834 







15 





16,050,219 



570, 603 



24,960,791 



937, 488 



1,024,096 

 2 



















73, 486, 678 



2,466,848 



84,494,805 



3,103,086 



150,288,049 



4,934,766 







COUNTRIES FROM WHICH RICE IS IMPORTED. 



Most of the rice imported into the United States is shipped from 

 the continents of Asia and Europe. China and the Netherlands are 

 heavy exporters of completely milled rice, while Japan leads in the 

 uncleaned or " brown" rice business. Practically all rice received 

 from China and Japan reaches the United States through the Pacific 

 coast ports, principally San Francisco, Cal., and is mostly used to 

 supply the demand in the Western States, where there are consider- 

 able numbers of Japanese and Chinese residents. The imports from 

 o\ her countries of North America were of little importance until 

 1914, with the exception of rough rice from Mexico, when Canadian 

 dealers began sending in milled rice which had been imported by 

 them in a "brown" or rough condition from Asia. The United 

 Kingdom, with its great shipping interests, in 1913 ranked first 

 among the European countries which export rice to the United 

 States. During the following year, however, the Netherlands and 



Germany, where numerous Large mills are established, furnished a 



major part of the rice imported from Europe. Italy and Spain, as 

 producers and milling centers, also supply American dealers with 

 rice in considerable quantities. The rice imported from European 

 market-, i- practically all completely milled, and a large percentage 



