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These figures indicate that the present annual World Production 

 of coffee is between 1,250,000,000 and 1,300,000,000 kilogrammes 

 or from 2,750,000,000 to 3,000,000,000 pounds. 



Chief Coffee Importation Ports. 



The principal European markets are England, Havre, Hamburg, 

 Bremen, Holland, Trieste, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Bordeaux, and 

 Marseilles. 



The principal markets of the United States are New Orleans, 

 Baltimore, and New York City. Although Boston has large whole- 

 sale distributing houses, seventy-five per cent of the coffee handled 

 is obtained from New York. 



