Dominican Republic. The comparatively small production of the Dominican Republic was divided among the United States and three or four European countries before the war. Since the war the exports have been scattered among the former customers in varying amounts. Germany is again a buyer, although her purchases have not come back to anything like the pre-war level.
| Coffee Exports from the Dominican Republic | |||
| Exported to | 1906 Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1920 Pounds |
| United States | 564,291 | 506,456 | 529,831 |
| France | 569,215 | 1,248,418 | 454,165 |
| Germany | 1,562,193 | 327,843 | 69,224 |
| Italy | [B] | 195,294 | 51,543 |
| Cuba | [B] | 25,628 | 132,569 |
| Great Britain | [B] | 660 | 54,114 |
| Other countries | 221,028 | 8,154 | 70,220 |
| ———— | ———— | ———— | |
| Total | 2,916,727 | 2,312,453 | 1,361,666 |
[B] No shipments, or included in "other countries."
"Other countries" in 1920 included only the Netherlands.
Porto Rico. In spite of several attempts on the part of Porto-Rican planters to make their product popular in the markets of the United States, the American consumer has never found the taste of that coffee to his liking. The big market for the Porto-Rican product has been Cuba, which has depended on her neighbor for most of her supply. This demand takes a large part of the annual crop, including the lower grades. The better grades, before the war, went largely to Europe, mostly to the Latin countries. During the war, the Cuban market carried the Porto-Rican planters through, although shipments of considerable size continued to go to France and Spain. Recovery of the pre-war trade with Europe, however, has been slow, Spain being the only country to take over 1,000,000 pounds in 1920. Shipments to that country totaled 3,472,204 pounds; those to France, 900,868 pounds. Both countries increased their purchases considerably in 1921.
| Coffee Exports from Porto Rico | |||
| Exported to | 1900–01 (fis. yr.) Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1921 Pounds |
| United States | 29,565 | 628,843 | 211,531 |
| France | 3,348,025 | 6,020,170 | 1,625,065 |
| Spain | 2,590,096 | 6,851,235 | 5,705,932 |
| Aus.-Hungary | 386,158 | 6,729,726 | ——— |
| Germany | 493,891 | 876,315 | 363,993 |
| Belgium | 9,964 | 25,867 | 234,019 |
| Italy | 611,033 | 3,498,157 | 43,484 |
| Netherlands | 8,860 | 497,938 | 25,199 |
| Sweden | 32,390[C] | 633,046 | 266,550 |
| Cuba | 4,633,538 | 23,179,690 | 21,135,397 |
| Other countries | 13,720 | 393,586 | 356,709 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | |
| Total | 12,157,240 | 49,334,573 | 29,967,879 |
[C] Includes Norway.
Hawaii. The war disarranged Hawaii's coffee trade very little, as she had for many years been shipping chiefly to continental United States. Recently a considerable trade with the Philippines has developed.
| Coffee Exports from Hawaii | |||
| Exported to | 1900–02 (fis. yr.) Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1921 Pounds |
| United States | 1,082,994 | 3,393,009 | 4,183,046 |
| Canada | 77,900 | 10,200 | 11,355 |
| Japan | 24,155 | 49,167 | 23,950 |
| Germany | 2,100 | 1,612 | ——— |
| Philippines | [D] | 932,640 | 747,700 |
| Other countries | 23,349 | 49,179 | 13,070 |
| ———— | ———— | ———— | |
| Total | 1,210,498 | 4,435,807 | 4,979,121 |
[D] No exports, or included in "other countries."