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Edible Product? 



World's Cocoa Consumption. 



The following tabic shows the consumption of cocoa in the various 

 countries of the world during the years 1901— C4 :— 





1901. 



1902. 



1903. 



1901. 



rercentage of 

 Increase or 

 Decrease be- 

 tween 1901 and 

 1903. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Per 



cent. 



KJ 111 ICU KJ \JC\i ICc • • • • • • ••• 



20,665 



23,120 



28,508 



33,159 



+ 



16] 



» ' VI 1 1 J ( 1 l I v ••• ••> • • • ••• 



18,410 



20,601 



21.491 



27,101 



+ 



26 



J- 1 ( l I IV v • • • ••* rt • • • 



17,91(5 



19,343 



20,638 



21,799 



+ 



51 



TTni tiPfi TCin fffioin 



V 111 \J\J Vl AVI A J j_, V I V/ AAA *•> * ■ ■ <•• 



18,908 



20,386 



17,485 



20,552 





17 1 

 1 1 ft 



TTnllfl.nrI 



AAl'lltllH. ( ••• ••• •■• ■ ■ • 



14,378 



14,666 



16,741 



21 124 



+ 



26" 



Switzerland ... 



4,363 



5,707 



5,856 



6,839 



+ 



J ( 



Spain 



5,931 



9,259 



(5,006 



5.611 





6| 



Belgium 



1,865 



•>.277 



2,767 



2,792 



+ 



f 



Austria-Hungary ... 



1,685 



1,820 



2,034 



2,510 



+ 



91! 



Kussia 



],/;>/ 



1,818 



1,900 



2,055 



+ 



8{ 



Denmark ... 



762 



802 



1,150 



996 





13* 



Sweden 



455 



591 



774 



870 



+ 



121 



Canada 



459 



312 



585 



(550 



+ 



11" 



Australia ... 



568 



554 



443 



550 



+ 



24 



Italy 



006 



4oo 



468 



479 



+ 



Ol 

 -4 



Norway ... ' ... 



368 



410 



439 



472 



+ 



n 



Portugal ... 



100 



112 



136 



180 





Finland 



25 



47 



61 



63 



+ 





Including Holland's exports 



109,173 



122,491 



127,482 



147,802 







Percentage of increase against the 





+ 12i% 











previous year ... 



+ 8% 



+ 4*% 



+ 16% 







Without Holland's exports 



Percentage of iucrease against the 

 previous year... 



? 



+ 8% 



116,998 



+ 7% 



121,471 



+ 4% 



138,864 

 + 14* % 







From the tables of production and consumption given it would be gathered 

 that in 1904 the consumption was greater than the production, but this in reality 

 was not the case. The error appearing in the totals in these tables is caused 

 by the figures for Holland, where, for statistical purposes, the total amount 

 of cocoa imported is also given as having been consumed, whereas in reality 

 a large portion was re-exported, as is shown in the following table : — 

 Cocoa Imported and Exported from Holland. 



1902. 1903. 1904. 



Tons. Tons. Tons. 



Imported ... ... 14,666 ... 16,741 ... 21,124 



Exported ... ... 5,493 ... 6,011 ... 8,939 



Amount actually consumed 9,173 10,730 12,185 



On referring to the table of consumption, it will be seen that the most 

 important increase occurred in Germany, viz., 26 per cent. ; while among the other- 

 most important users, the United Kingdom increased 17£ per cent., and the 

 United States 16| per cent. Amongst the smaller consumers Austria-Hungary 

 increased 24£ per cent., and Switzerland 17 per cent. Taking into account the 

 incorrect figures given for the consumption in Holland, it will be seen that 

 whereas the crop in 1904 increased 16 per cent., the consumption only increased 

 14£ per cent, against the 1903 totals. 



