Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1917 — World's Sugar Production. [ARTICLE]

World's Sugar Production.

The New York Journal of Commerce is responsible for the following figures ta regard to sugar production: The world’s production of sugar in 1918 amounted to 37,193,000,000 pounds. The production in the United States, not including external possessions, was 2,026,000,000 pounds; Imports from Hawaii amounted to 1,137,000.000 pounds, from the Philippines to 217,000,000 pounds, from Porto Rico to 850,000,000 pounds. From foreign sources 5,416,000,000 pounds were received. The consumption in the United States in 1916 was 7,960,000,000 pounds, or 73.13 pounds per capita. The United States exported 1,686,000,000 pounds. ’ v