Aden. Lying on the edge of the war area and on the road to India, Aden felt the full force of the disarrangement of commercial traffic by the war. Ordinarily, Aden is not only the chief outlet for the coffee of the interior of Arabia—the original "Mocha"—but it is also the transhipping point for large amounts from Africa and India. The figures given below relate for the most part to this transhipped coffee. Exports of coffee from Aden go chiefly to the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, and to other ports of Arabia and Africa. Before the war no great proportion went to the Central Powers. The following figures apply to fiscal years ending March 31:
| Coffee Exports from Aden | |||
| Exported to | 1901 (fis. yr.) Pounds | 1914 (fis. yr.) Pounds | 1921 (fis. yr.) Pounds |
| Great Britain | 1,563,632 | 696,976 | 466,928 |
| United States | 2,412,368 | 4,300,128 | 2,507,344 |
| France | 3,789,296 | 2,975,840 | 814,016 |
| Egypt | 1,024,576 | ——— | 3,108,336 |
| Arab. Gulf Pts. | 860,160 | 852,320 | 606,592 |
| Germany | 247,184 | 465,136 | ——— |
| Aus.-Hungary | 341,152 | ——— | 553,952 |
| Italy | 197,568 | 811,664 | 7,504 |
| Br. Somaliland | 280,224 | 23,408 | ——— |
| [E] Africa | 337,344 | 2,390,640 | 292,880 |
| Other countries | 1,114,848 | 2,500,456 | 1,659,504 |
| ————— | ————— | ———— | |
| Total | 12,168,352 | 15,570,520 | 9,463,104 |
[E] Including adjacent islands, but exclusive of British territory.
"Other countries" in 1914 included Australia, 222,320 pounds; Perim, 142,016 pounds; Zanzibar, 148,848 pounds; Mauritius, 154,672 pounds; Seychelles, 116,704 pounds; Sweden, 118,720 pounds; Norway, 49,168 pounds; Russia, 196,448 pounds. In 1921, they included Denmark, 120,624 pounds; Spain, 124,208 pounds; Massowah, 410,704 pounds.
British India. As India's trade before the war was chiefly with the mother country, with France, and with Ceylon, the return to normal has been rapid. In the year following the war, these three customers were again credited with the largest amounts exported from India, except for shipments to Greece, which took little before the war. The following figures are for the fiscal years ending March 31:
| Coffee Exports from British India | |||
| Exported to | 1901 (fis. yr.) Pounds | 1914 (fis. yr.) Pounds | 1920 (fis. yr.) Pounds |
| Great Britain | 15,678,768 | 10,343,536 | 8,138,144 |
| Ceylon | 1,088,528 | 1,428,112 | 1,423,072 |
| France | 8,430,016 | 10,924,816 | 9,256,352 |
| Belgium | 617,792 | 1,021,664 | ——— |
| Germany | 126,560 | 1,033,088 | 25,312 |
| Aus.-Hungary | 123,312 | 1,358,896 | 8,400 |
| Italy | 23,968 | 22,624 | 30,912 |
| United States | 54,096 | ——— | 16,576 |
| Turkey in Asia | 232,176 | 501,984 | 986,720 |
| [F]Africa | 118,272 | 113,344 | 619,696 |
| Other countries | 1,106,784 | 2,360,736 | 10,021,648 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | |
| Total | 27,600,272 | 29,108,800 | 30,526,832 |
[F] Including adjacent islands.
"Other countries" in 1914 included Netherlands, 238,560 pounds; Australia, 748,608 pounds; Bahrein Islands, 757,568 pounds. In 1920, they included Greece, 6,487,376 pounds; Australia, 481,152 pounds; Bahrein Islands, 1,081,696 pounds; Aden and dependencies, 459,984 pounds; other Arabian ports, 890,176 pounds.
Dutch East Indies. The war played havoc with the coffee trade of the Dutch East Indies, taking away shipping, closing trade routes, and causing immense quantities of coffee to pile up in the warehouses. When the war ended, this coffee was released; and trade was consequently again abnormal, although in the opposite direction from that it took during war years. The 1920 figures indicate that the trade is working back into its old channels.
| Coffee Exports From Dutch East Indies | |||
| Exported to | 1900 Pounds | 1913 Pounds | 1920[G] Pounds |
| Netherlands | 81,489,000 | 33,323,748[H] | [H]50,028,815 |
| Great Britain | 88,000 | 981,201 | 5,987,598 |
| France | 2,560,000 | 9,081,715[H] | 5,410,582 |
| Aus.-Hungary | 1,153,000 | 996,988 | ——— |
| Germany | 71,000 | 997,715[H] | 75,699 |
| Egypt | 5,494,000 | 104,868 | 1,418,313 |
| United States | 8,408,000 | 5,695,180 | 17,274,522 |
| Singapore | 9,952,000 | 4,785,580 | 8,349,415 |
| Other countries | 2,965,000 | 7,831,732 | 10,475,509 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | |
| Total | 112,180,000 | 63,798,727 | 99,020,453 |