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BULLETIN 1399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
POSTWAB BEET-SUGAR SITUATION 
Immediately following the war there was a groat reduction in the 
area planted to sugar beets in (he territories composing the Republic 
Employing the area, factory run, and sugar production, given in 
Table 43, as a base, the season 1919-20 shows a drop in acreage of 
40.7 per cent and a drop in sugar production of 66.5 per cent. The 
season 1920-21 shows a slight improvement, with the acreage 37.3 
per cent and sugar production 18.8 per cent below pre-war (1912-13). 
During 1919-20 the German Republic imported (net) 103,363 short 
tons, bringing the per capita supply up to 33.8 pounds, which was 
7-") per cent of the pre-war average. (See Table 47.) During the 
next season a net import of 63,860 short tons brought the per capita 
supply up to 92.4 per cent of normal. 
During the past four years then^ lias been a marked recovery in 
the area planted to sugar beets, as brought out in Table 45. 
Table 45.- 
Sugar beets and beet sugar: Production in Germany, 1923 boundaries, 
1919-20 to 1924-25, compared with 1912-13 
Year 
lining 
September 1 
Acreage > 
Beets worked 
Per- 
Per- 
Total 
centage 
of 
Total 
centage 
of 
1912-13 
1912-13 
Acres 
Short tons 
1, 074, 979 
100.0 
14, 679, 155 
100.0 
637,540 
59.3 
5, 286, 904 
36.0 
674,200 
62.7 
7,223,917 
49.2 
821, 439 
76.4 
8, 296, 621 
56.5 
SSI). 902 
81.9 
10, 258, 466 
69.9 
829, 371 
77.2 
8,087, 130 
55.1 
3 875, 648 
81.5 
3 10, 713, 888 
73.0 
Fac- 
tories 
Sugar produced (in terms of raw) 
At heet-sugar 
factories 
Total 
Per- 
centage 
of 
1912-13 
From 
molasses 
and at 
refineries 
Total 
1912 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1923 
1924 
No. 
302 
260 
262 
263 
263 
264 
Short tons 
2,340,268 
783, 123 
1, 198, 042 
1. 115,606 
1,695,503 
1, 240, 038 
3 1, 700, 733 
100.0 
33.5 
51.2 
60.5 
68.2 
53.0 
72.7 
Short tons 
2 81,620 
2,343 
9,007 
18, 136 
8, 430 
24, 181 
Short ir>7is 
2, 421, 888 
785, 466 
1.207,049 
1, 433, 742 
1, 603, 933 
1,264,219 
Statistics furnished by Die Deutsche Zuckerindustrie. quoting German Sugar Organization, revised to 
conform with latesl figures carried by the official publications of the organization. 
' Excludes acreage for sugar-beet seed. 
2 Quantity made in the total Empire. 
3 Estimated. 
ACCUMULATION OF SUGAR STOCKS IN GERMANY 
During the season 1921-22, although the sugar-beet area within 
i he Republic of Germany increased to 76.4 per cent of pre-war 
(1912-13), the season was not favorable. Two hundred and sixty- 
three factories produced only 60.5 per cent of the pre-war normal 
(1912- L3), to which should be added 18,136 tons of sugar produced 
at refineries or made from molasses, giving a total of 1,433,742 short 
tons produced. Referring to Table 41 on "Supply and disappear- 
ance of sugar in Germany/ 5 it will be noted that this is nearly the 
quantity of sugar that was on the average available for the domestic 
use of the whole Empire during the ove-year period 1909-10 to 
L913-14. During the pre-war period the average per capita supply 
<•!' sugar within the Empire was !."> pounds. In 1921-22 the produc- 
tion within the Republic itself was 16.4 pounds for a population of 
61,755,000 that was probably consuming sugar at a pate below pre- 
war. On top of this surplus production, the German Republic 
imported (net) 179.66 1 tons, bringing the per capita supply up to 
52.3 pounds. 
