UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 473 
Contribution rom the Bureau of Crop Estimates 
LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
February 12, 1917 
PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES 
AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
By Perky Elliott, Division of Crop Records. 
CONTENTS. 
Pape 
Introduction 1 
United States 6 
Hawaii 16 
Porto Rico 17 
Philippine Islands 18 
Cuba... 20 
British West Indies 22 
Mexico 24 
Canada 25 
Costa R ica 27 
British Honduras 27 
Argentina 27 
Brazil 29 
Peru 30 
British Guiana 31 
Paraguay 32 
United Kingdom 33 
Germany 35 
Austria-Hungary 37 
Russia 43 
Page. 
France 46 
Italy 48 
Belgium 50 
Netherlands 51 
Spain 52 
Denmark 56 
Sweden 57 
Roumania 58 
Switzerland 60 
British India 61 
Java 62 
Mauritius 65 
Japan 65 
Formosa 66 
Straits Settlements 66 
Fiji Islands 67 
Australia 67 
Egypt 69 
Natal 70 
The ton used in this bulletin is the short ton of 2,000 pounds. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The data presented in this bulletin cover the period from Sep- 
tember 1, 1903, when the Brussels Convention went into effect, to the 
close of the sugar year 1912-13, with a comparison of the preceding 
decade. 
These two decades exhibit considerable improvement and economic 
changes in the sugar industry. Prior to the adoption of the Brussels 
Notb.t— This bulletin is a concise account of the sugar production of the United States 
and of practically all foreign countries. It is intended for general circulation. 
62069°— Bull. 473—17 1 
