"Other countries" in 1916 included Italy, 1,135,137 pounds; Venezuela, 20,564,321 pounds; Dutch West Indies, 400,132 pounds.
Central America. The three largest producing countries of Central America, Guatemala, Salvador, and Costa Rica, were all closely linked to Germany by the coffee trade before the war. German capital was heavily invested in coffee plantations; German houses had branches in the principal cities; and German ships regularly served the chief ports. Accordingly, when the blockade became effective, these countries were placed in a difficult position. But fortunately for them, a special effort had been made shortly before by Pacific-coast interests in the United States to divert a part of the coffee trade to San Francisco[313] The market to the east being shut off, these countries turned naturally to the north. This trade with the United States has apparently been firmly established, and there has not yet been much of a return to German ports.
Guatemala. Of the three countries named, Guatemala was the most heavily involved in German trade. In 1913 she sent to Germany 53,000,000 pounds of coffee, a fifth more than in 1900. Her shipments of more than 10,000,000 pounds to the United Kingdom were about the same as at the beginning of the century. The war turned both these currents into United States ports, and they continued to flow in that direction through 1920. The figures follow:
| Coffee Exports from Guatemala | |||
| Exported to | 1900 Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1920 Pounds |
| Germany | 44,416,064 | 53,232,910 | 452,206 |
| United States | 14,057,120 | 21,188,444 | 78,226,508 |
| United Kingdom | 11,467,680 | 10,666,604 | 2,341,217 |
| Other countries | 3,041,584 | 6,641,936 | 13,185,638 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | |
| Total | 72,982,448 | 91,729,894 | 94,205,569 |
"Other countries" in 1913 included Austria-Hungary, 4,205,400 pounds; Netherlands, 407,900 pounds. In 1920, they included Netherlands, 10,355,625 pounds; Sweden, 422,421 pounds; Norway, 57,408 pounds; Spain, 97,519 pounds; France, 27,956 pounds.
Salvador. Salvador is one of the countries in which the publication of foreign-trade statistics has been irregular in the past, and none is available to show the full trade in coffee at the beginning of the century. A consular report gives figures for the first half of 1900. The most recent statistics show that the United States still holds much of the trade gained during the war, although Salvador is sending to Scandinavian countries many millions of pounds of her coffee that came to the United States in war-time.
| Coffee Exports from Salvador | |||
| Exported to | 1900 (1st 6 mos.) Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1920 Pounds |
| United States | 6,700,101 | 10,779,655 | 46,262,256 |
| France | 22,948,712 | 15,955,920 | 6,686,714 |
| Germany | 6,607,892 | 12,120,133 | 813,166 |
| Great Britain | 4,396,465 | 3,415,187 | 4,226,061 |
| Italy | 4,322,003 | 9,538,976 | ——— |
| Aus.-Hungary | 1,335,626 | 3,557,482 | ——— |
| Belgium | 210,834 | 5,508 | 3,104 |
| Spain | 24,799 | 377,729 | 364,296 |
| Other countries | 3,920 | 7,193,107 | 24,509,071 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | |
| Total | 46,550,352 | 62,943,697 | 82,864,668 |
"Other countries" in 1913 included Norway, 2,070,220 pounds; Sweden, 2,238,332 pounds; Netherlands, 738,694 pounds; Chile, 609,441 pounds; Russia, 95,625 pounds; Denmark, 140,665 pounds. In 1920, they included Norway, 10,726,375 pounds; Chile, 1,772,346 pounds; Netherlands, 1,071,614 pounds; Sweden, 9,635,947 pounds; Denmark, 1,061,772 pounds.
