Venezuela. Venezuela's coffee trade was deeply affected by the war; both because the Germans were prominent in the industry, and because the regular shipping service to Europe was discontinued. Large amounts of coffee were piled up at the ports and elsewhere; and when the restrictions were swept away in 1919, an abnormal exportation resulted. Although Germany had been one of the chief buyers before the war, Venezuela was by no means dependent on the German market. In fact, her combined shipments to France and the United States, just before the war, were three times as great as her exports to Germany. These two countries took two-thirds of her total exports in 1920. Spain and the Netherlands were also prominent buyers.
| Coffee Exports from Venezuela | |||
| Exported to | 1906 Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1920 Pounds |
| United States | 35,704,398 | 45,570,268 | 43,670,191 |
| France | 21,748,370 | 46,413,174 | 4,647,978 |
| Germany | 5,270,814 | 32,203,972 | 546,363 |
| Aus.-Hungary | 289,851 | 3,015,723 | |
| Spain | 3,133,012 | 7,372,839 | 15,210,756 |
| Netherlands | 28,549,920 | 2,903,806 | 1,836,209 |
| Italy | 315,293 | 2,805,948 | 719,850 |
| Great Britain | 404,720 | 98,796 | 1,518,175 |
| Other countries | 2,663,507 | 1,631,143 | 5,577,110 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | |
| Total | 98,079,885 | 142,015,669 | 73,726,632 |
| COMMERCIAL COFFEE CHART | ||||
| The World's Leading Growths, with Market Names and General Trade Characteristics | ||||
| Grand Division | Country | Principal Shipping Ports | Best Known Market Names | Trade Characteristics |
| North America | Mexico | Vera Cruz | Coatepec Huatusco Orizaba | Greenish to yellow bean; mild flavor. |
| Central America | Guatemala | Puerto Barrios | Cobán Antigua | Waxy, bluish bean; mellow flavor. |
| Salvador | La Libertad | Santa Ana Santa Tecla | Smooth, green bean; neutral flavor. | |
| Costa Rica | Puerto Limon | Costa Ricas | Blue-greenish bean; mild flavor. | |
| West Indies | Haiti | Cape Haitien | Haiti | Blue bean; rich, fairly acid; sweet flavor. |
| Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | Flat, greenish-yellow bean; strong flavor. | |
| Jamaica | Kingston | Blue Mountain | Bluish-green bean; rich, full flavor. | |
| Porto Rico | Ponce | Porto Ricans | Gray-blue bean; strong, heavy flavor. | |
| South America | Colombia | Savanilla | Medellin Manizales, Bogota Bucaramanga | Greenish-yellow bean; rich, mellow flavor. |
| Venezuela | La Guaira Maracaibo | Merida Cucuta Caracas | Greenish-yellow bean; mild, mellow flavor. | |
| Brazil | Santos | Santos | Small bean; mild flavor. | |
| Rio de Janeiro | Rio | Large bean; strong cup. | ||
| Asia | Arabia | Aden | Mocha | Small, short, green to yellow bean; unique, mild flavor. |
| India | Madras Calicut | Mysore Coorg (Kurg) | Small to large, blue-green bean; strong flavor. | |
| East India Islands | Malay States | Penang (Geo't'n) Singapore | Straits Liberian, Robusta | Liberian and Robusta growths from Malaysia. |
| Sumatra | Padang | Mandheling Ankola Ayer Bangies | Large, yellow to brown bean; heavy body; exquisite flavor. | |
| Java | Batavia | Preanger Cheribon, Kroe | Small, blue to yellow bean; light in cup. | |
| Celebes | Menado Macassar | Minahassa | Large, yellow bean; aromatic cup. | |
| Africa | Abyssinia | Jibuti | Harar Abyssinia | Large, blue to yellow bean; very like Mocha. |
| Pacific Islands | Hawaiian Islands | Honolulu | Kona Puna | Large, blue, flinty bean; mildly acid. |
| Philippines | Manila | Manila | Yellow and brown large bean; mild cup. | |
Colombia. Colombian statistics of foreign trade are issued very irregularly, and no figures are available to afford comparison between pre-war and post-war trade. The figures below, however, will show the comparative amounts of coffee going to the chief buying countries at different periods. From these it will be seen that the countries mainly interested in the trade in Colombian coffee are those prominent in the trade in other tropical American sections. England, France, Germany, and the United States took the great bulk of the exports. A consular report written after the outbreak of the war says:
Prior to the war the United States took about seventy percent of Colombia's coffee crop; the remainder being about equally divided between England, France, and Germany, with England taking the largest share.
| Coffee Exports from Colombia[A] (From Barranquilla only) | |||
| Exported to | 1899 Pounds | 1905 Pounds | 1916 Pounds |
| Great Britain | 22,573,828 | 7,268,429 | 442,026 |
| France | 6,873,722 | 496,120 | 1,685,454 |
| Germany | 9,348,028 | 8,568,131 | ——— |
| United States | 17,991,500 | 43,518,704 | 134,292,858 |
| Other countries | ——— | 7,396,385 | 23,753,678 |
| ————— | ————— | —————— | |
| Total | 56,787,078 | 67,247,769 | 160,174,016 |
[A] These figures are taken from a consular report, which gave statistics only for the port of Barranquilla and did not include the total shipments from that port. Shipments from Cartagena, the only other exporting port of any consequence, amounted to 7,836,505 pounds, destination not stated. The Barranquilla figures, in the absence of official statistics, can be taken as fairly representative of the total trade so far as destination is concerned. They are for fiscal years, ending June 30.