IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTER OF MILLED RICE IMPORTED. 3 
Table I. — Quantity and value of rice imported into the United States during the fiscal 
years ended June 30, 1912, 1913, and 1914, according to the countries from which 
-Continued. 
Part II.— Completely Milled Rice— Continued. 
Exporting country. 
1912 
1913 
1914 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
North America: 
Pounds. 
Dollars. 
Pounds. 
152 
7,337 
3,395 
18,379 
Dollars. 
4 
526 
215 
526 
Pounds. 
Dollars. 
13, 734 
18,710 
1,472 
656 
950 
64 
411,413 
6,158 
2,522 
542 
30,417,603 
42,294 
531,653 
43,781 
4, 189, 440 
153, 705 
195,618 
240 
33 
12, 268 
452 
114 
South America: 
British Guiana 
15 
Asia: 
China 
13,047,902 
466,469 
21,560,121 
820,009 
864, 736 
1,306 
393, 708 
10,844 
528, 147 
16,436 
16,381 
1,204 
Hongkong 
2,571,362 
37, 190 
91,991 
1,295 
2, 852, 803 
19,505 
100, 220 
803 
130, 573 
■ 5,734 
Siam 
4,153 
57 
4 
215 
20 
9 
Africa: 
2 
Total 
25,008,414 
848, 469 
32,715,479 
1,203,005 
95,503,998 
3,017,108 
Recapitulation: 
8,924,279 
33,916 
276, 196 
1,670 
7,725,425 
29, 263 
264, 246 
1,271 
59,508,996 
420, 093 
542 
35,574,334 
33 
1,980,161 
12, 834 
15 
16,050,219 
570, 603 
24,960,791 
937, 488 
1,024,096 
Africa 
2 
Total, all rice 
73, 486, 678 
2, 466, 848 
84,494,805 
3, 103, 086 
150,288,049 
4,934,766 
COUNTRIES FROM WHICH RICE IS IMPORTED. 
Most of the rice imported into the United States is shipped from 
the continents of Asia and % Europe. China and the Netherlands are 
heavy exporters of completely milled rice, while Japan leads in the 
uncleaned or "brown" rice business. Practically all rice received 
from China and Japan reaches the United States through the Pacific 
coast ports, principally San Francisco, Cal., and is mostly used to 
supply the demand in the Western States, where there are consider- 
able numbers of Japanese and Chinese residents. The imports from 
other countries of North America were of little importance until 
1914, with the exception of rough rice from Mexico, when Canadian 
dealers began sending in milled rice which had been imported by 
them in a "brown" or rough condition from Asia. The United 
Kingdom, with its great shipping interests, in 1913 ranked first 
among the European countries which export rice to the United 
States. During the following year, however, the Netherlands and 
Germany, where numerous large mills are established, furnished a 
major part, of the rice imported from Europe. Italy and Spain, as 
producers and milling centers, also supply American dealers with 
rice in considerable quantities. The rice imported from European 
markets is practically all completely milled, and a large percentage 
