4 BULLETIN 769, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — Importation of fats and oils into the United States. 
Product. 
1912 
1914 
Chinese nut oil 
Coconut oil 
Cottonseed oil 
Linseed oil 
Olive oil, edible 
Olive oil, inedible 
Palm oil 
Palm kernel oil 
Peanut oil 
Rapeseed oil 
Soy bean oil 
-Oleostearin 
Cod and cod liver oil. 
All other fish oils 
Pounds. 
42,787,000 
46,720,000 
2, 160, 000 
2,135,000 
43, 460, 000 
5, 694, 000 
52,771,000 
27, 681, 000 
7,626,000 
10,266,000 
24,959,000 
9,178,000 
21,727,000 
Pounds. 
30,139,000 
58,012,000 
16,016,000 
4,350,000 
50,857,000 
5,609,000 
49,092,000 
21,089,000 
7,365,000 
11, 172, 000 
12, 555, 000 
4,030,000 
14,198,000 
1, 459, 000 
Pounds. 
57,649,000 
64,349,000 
16,598,000 
711,000 
55.435,000 
6,334,000 
29, 270, 000 
4,324,000 
15, 674, 000 
20,181,000 
145,409,000 
649,000 
10,973,000 
3.117,000 
Pounds. 
41,190,000 
163,091,000 
13,826,000 
633,000 
51,055,060 
4,476,000 
34,257,000 
306 
27,405,000 
10, 132, 000 
264,926,000 
5,555,000 
16,618,000 
3, 124, 000 
Total. 
297,164,000 
285,943,000 
430,673,000 
636,288,306 
Table 5. — Exportation of fats and oils from the United States. 
Product. 
1912 
1914 
1916 
1917 
Vegetable oils: 
Chinese nut (tung) 
Pounds. 
80,000 
358,000 
22,870,000 
356,288,000 
3, 151, 000 
59,000 
112,000 
75,000 
7,000 
184,000 
9,375,000 
495,093,000 
57,556,000 
1,224,000 
95,345,000 
1,524,0C0j 
28,989,000 
10,729,000 
Pounds. 
106,000 
506,000 
16,204,000 
216,410,000 
1,994,000 
52,000 
133, 000 
358,000 
96,000 
3,000 
1,490,000 
438,016,000 
21,798,000 
767,000 
85, 145, 000 
3,239,000 
9,980,000 
4, 793, 000 
Pounds. 
132, 000 
478, 000 
9, 119, 000 
188,214,000 
6, 180, 000 
392,000 
57; 000 
5,000 
171,000 
2,063,000 
954,000 
426,660,000 
27,265.000 
2, 279'. 000 
83, 892; 000 
13, 217, 000 
15,338,000 
. 4,207,000 
Pounds. 
244,000 
1,830.000 
4,709/000 
124,843,000 
10,724,000 
Coconut 
Cottonseed 
T/insp.ed . 
Olive, edible 
436,000 
31,000 
167,000 
Palm 
Palm kernel 
Peanut 
145,000 
3,977,000 
Soy bean 
Animal and fish products: 
Fish oils (except whale) 
895,000 
373,349,000 
9,395,000 
1,911,000 
33,403,000 
Lard 
8,375,000 
7,506.000 
2,314,000 
Tallow 
All other fish and animal oils 
Total 
1,082,019,000 
802,100,000 
780,623,000 
584, 254, 000 
Table 6. — Comparison of production with importation and exportation of fats and oils 
in 1917. 
Product. 
Produced. 
Imported. 
Exported. 
Vegetable oils: 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
41,091,000 
163, 091, 000 
Pounds. 
244,000 
Coconut 
188,488,000 
118, 021, 000 
1, 343, 674, 000 
400, 266, 000 
965,000 
1,830,000 
4,709,000 
124, 843, 000 
Cottonseed 
13,826,000 
633,000 
51, 055, 000 
4,476.000 
34, 257, 000 
306 
27,405,000 
10, 132, 000 
264,926,000 
16,618,000 
10, 724, 000 
436, 000 
Olive, edible 
Olive, inedible 
Palm 
31,000 
6, 453, 000 
50, 287, OGO 
232,000 
42,074,000 
439,000 
24, 101, 000 
873,798,000 
52,712,000 
37,930,000 
143,086,000 
74,342,000 
259, 509, 000 
167, 000 
Peanut 
145, 000 
3,977,000 
Animal and fish products: 
895, 000 
373,349,000 
9, 395, 000 
1,911,000 
33, 403. 000 
5,555,000 
2 8,375,000 
Tallow 
7,506,000 
2,314,000 
All other fish and animal oils 
3, 124, 000 
Total 
1 3,616,379,000 
636,288,306 
584,254.000 
1 This figure does not represent the total United States production, as commodities on which neither 
export nor import figures are obtainable are not included, and some derivatives are given (p. 43). 
* Reported as stearin (animal). 
