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TROPICAL AGRICULTURE 



States is shown in somewhat more detail in the following 

 table : 



TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES DURING 

 THE FOUR YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1914. 



SilkObs.) 



Ostrich feathers (value) . . . 



Buffalo hides Obs.) 



Kangaroo hides Oos.) 



Cocoa and chocolate (lbs.) 



Coffee Obs.) 



Curyy (value) 



Ixtlb or Tampico fiber (tons) 



Jute (tons) 



Kapok (tons) 



Manila (tons) 



New Zealand flax (tons) . 



Sisal (tons) 



Cinchona Dark Obs.) .... 



26,666,091 



3.42S.307 



Logwood (tons) 

 C:amphor (lbs.) 

 Chicle (lbs.) . . . 

 Copal, kauri, and dammar 



dbs.; 



Gambler or terra Japonica 



Obs.) 



Batata Obs.) 



Guayule gum Obs.) 



Gutta Joolatons or East 



Indian gum Obs.) 



Gutta percba Qbs.) 



Rubber Obs.) 



Mangrove bark (tons) 



Rattan (value) 



Bananas (bunches) 



Dates Obs.) 



Figs Obs.) 



Lemons Obs.) 



Olives (gals.) 



Ginger, preserved Obs.) .... 

 Coconuts, unshelled (value) 

 Coconut meat or copra Obs.) 



(Coconut oil Obs J 



Chinese nut oil (gals.) 



Palm oil (lbs.) 



Olive oil Ig^') 



Lemon oil Obs.) 



140,970,877 



87S466'797 



»ii,333 



6,874 



6S.S38 



2,070 

 74.308 



a,679 



1I7,7»7 



3,826,048 



4,304.741 

 6,508,208 



23,021,822 



18,764,507 



878,30s 



19.749,522 



51,420,872 



1,648,921 



72,046,26a 



$925,269 

 44,699,222 

 29,504,592 

 23459,728 

 134.968,924 

 3.044,947 

 , 350,177 

 $1,704,105 

 37,817,051 

 51,118,317 



Rice Obs.) 



Castor beans (bushels) 



Cassia vera Obs.) 



Ginger root, not preserved 



57,100,406 



4,405,827 



430,458 



208,774.79s 



745,035 



Pepper Obs.) 



Sugar Obs.) 



Tea Obs.) 



Tobacco Obs.) , 



Vanilla beans Obs.) . 



22,065,074 



3,937,978,265 



102,653,943 



48,203,28s 



1,140,650 



26,584,962 



$3,806,696 



4,906,362 



148,785,846 



885,201,247 



$10441 



9,835 



101,001 



2,099 



68,536 



S.364 



114.467 



3,891,823 



39,571 



3,398,941 



7,782,005 



2S.1 15.739 



21,002,795 



1,517,066 



14,238,625 



48,795.268 



1.304406 



1x0,210.173 



21.779 



$898,552 



44,520,539 



25,208.248 



18.765408 



145,639,396 



5,076,857 



468,339 



$1,949,406 



69.912,496 



46,370,732 



4.767.596 



47.159.238 



4.836.515 



357.174 



190.063.331 



957.986 



6.795.943 



5,979,314 



25,802,252 



4,104.618,393 



101406,816 



S4.74o.380 



841,628 



32,101,555 



$6,252,298 



16,234,751 



1,097,038 



143.509,852 



863.130,757 



$11,191 



9.573 



125,389 



2,842 



73,823 



7,827 



153,869 



3,553,239 



37,027 



4,200,530 



13,758,593 



28,573,201 



17.064,998 



1.318.598 



10.218,191 



45.345,338 



480,853 



90,170,316 



15,187 



$1,040,121 



42,357,109 



18.1S5J41 



16.837,819 



151,416413 



3,946,076 



551,330 



$1,781,377 



40,870,367 



50,504,192 



5,996,666 



50,228,706 



5,221,001 



381,093 



322,103,547 



887,747 

 6,853,915 



7,756,090 



27.562.361 



4,740,041,488 



94,812,800 



67,133,963 



1.049,497 



25,650,383 



$3,944,928 



13,042,828 



1.007,562 



180,548,794 



1.114,195.777 



12,737 



84,144 



3,349 



SI417 



4.838 



213.048 



3.944.S09 



40.863 



3.488.271 



5.896.556 



38.647.148 



13.706.205 

 3.015.158 

 3.275.540 



18,663 ,»98 



1,923,138 

 143,065,161 



5,568 



$958418 



48,683,592 



25,786468 



30,506,563 



s.743.130 



.$1,805,909 



60.076,664 



58,012,425 



4,018,254 



49,092,150 



6,780,936 



486,371 



355.064.251 



928.322 

 6,261,851 



3,528,142 

 25,297,726 



5,417.995.129 



97,809,571 



57,406,522 



835,271 



Among the largest items of imports in the United States 

 in 1914 were cane sugar, coffee, and silk, the aggregate value 

 of these three imported products being $354,000,000. Other 



