4 BULLETIN 867, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table II. — Exports of castor beans and castor oil from India for the years 1911-12 to 



1917-18, inclusive. 1 



Year. 



Beans. 



Oil. 



Year. 



Beans. 



Oil. 



1911-12 



Tons. 

 120, 194 

 110,630 

 134, 888 

 82, 815 



Gallons. 

 1, 404, 803 



954, 495 

 1,007,001 



898, 269 



1915-16 



Tom. 

 87, 950 

 92, 447 

 86, 100 



Gallons. 

 1, 451, 655 



1912-13 . 



1916-17 



1,723,469 



1913-14 



1917-18 



2,086,038 



191-4-15 









1 Castor oil for aircraft engines. In Jour. Soc. Chem. Indus., v. 38, no. 2, p. 20R-21R. 1919. 



Approximately 95 per cent of the castor beans exported were 

 shipped out of Bombay. England took 4 per cent, the United 

 States 23 per cent, France 18 per cent, Italy 47 per cent, and all 

 other countries 8 per cent. 



Table III. — Imports of castor beans into the United States from various sources dur- 

 ing the fiscal years 1910 to 1918, inclusive. 1 



Country. 



Imports of castor beans. 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 





2 



2 



12 



1 



503, 773 



2 



1,556 



•5,729 



2 



14 

 1 

 368, 966 

 2 



1 



108 



2 



3 



135, 137 



5 



1 



3 



27 





22 







Germany do 







21 

















United Kingdom do 



43,392 



105, 390 



163, 267 



223,208 



91,007 

 1 



607 



















8,165 



102 



122,918 



984 



3 



44,633 



1,669 



3,136 









1,587 













Brazil do 



158, 351 



28 



2,839 



53, 707 



8,961 



10, 049 



9,744 



7,887 



94, 148 



169,312 





1,930 

 242, 935 









789 

 750, 039 



59 





540 



517,711 



14, 367 



British India do 



J unaica (British West Indies), 



777, 074 

 41 



833, 720 



905, 946 



131 

 2,229 



13 



3 



3,610 



5 



839, 282 



620, 480 















Other British West Indies,- 

















32 













685 



1,542 

 14 



263 



10, 2S4 



2 



39 



58 



1,242 



13,275 



400 



37, 887 



28 

























124, 793 



































2, 541 



















608 



















80, C87 



















9,067 



















771 



Japan (Chinese leased terri- 

















13,426 

















2 

 6 



4,295 

















212 

















256 





















21 





















824 





















1 





















79 























TotaJ { d0 ---' 



^tons. . 



726,002 

 L6,69i 



745, 035 

 17,136 



957,986 

 22,034 



887, 747 

 20,418 



1,030,543 

 23, 702 



924,604,1,071,963 

 21,266 24,655 



766,857 

 17,638 



1,(44,014 

 24, 012 



' These figures are taken from "GenBral imports " in Commerce and Navigation of the United States 

 and represent the bushel as containing 50 pounds of beans. 



Castor beans grow quite abundantly all over China. Reports from 

 United States consuls show that the total exportation of castor oil 

 from seven ports in 1913 was 3,677,266 pounds, while in 1916 the 



