As indicated by the Statistical Record table, on page 274, Brazil produces more than all the rest of the world put together. Coffee growing, however, is general throughout tropical countries, and in most of them constitutes one of the leading industries. Yet in most cases, the actual production of these countries can only be estimated, as accurate figures, showing the exact output, are seldom kept. But the contribution which each country makes to the total world traffic in coffee can be determined by its export figures, which are obtainable in reasonably accurate and up-to-date form. The table on page 276 gives the coffee export figures, in pounds, for practically every country that produces coffee for sale outside its own borders. Figures are given for the latest available year, and also for the average of the last five years for which statistics are to be obtained. The figures are taken from official statistics, from the publications of the International Institute of Agriculture of Rome, and from other authoritative sources.
| Statistical Record for Thirty-eight Years | ||||||||
| Crops | Deliveries | |||||||
| Fiscal Year (July 1 to June 30) | Rio and Santos (Bags)[I] | Other Countries (Bags) | Total (Bags) | Europe (Bags) | United States (Bags) | Total (Bags) | Visible Supply July 1. (Bags) | Quotations, Rio No. 7 New York, July 1. |
| 1883–84 | 5,047,000 | 4,526,000 | 9,573,000 | 6,774,000 | 2,635,000 | 9,409,000 | ||
| 1884–85 | 6,206,000 | 4,004,000 | 10,210,000 | 7,388,000 | 3,169,000 | 10,557,000 | 5,398,000 | 81⁄4 |
| 1885–86 | 5,565,000 | 3,505,000 | 9,070,000 | 7,198,000 | 2,938,000 | 10,136,000 | 5,051,000 | 71⁄8 |
| 1886–87 | 6,078,000 | 4,106,000 | 10,184,000 | 7,363,000 | 2,672,000 | 10,035,000 | 3,985,000 | 81⁄4 |
| 1887–88 | 3,033,000 | 3,214,000 | 6,247,000 | 5,888,000 | 2,164,000 | 8,052,000 | 4,134,000 | 167⁄8 |
| 1888–89 | 6,827,000 | 3,672,000 | 10,499,000 | 6,589,000 | 2,659,000 | 9,249,000 | 2,329,000 | 131⁄2 |
| 1889–90 | 4,260,000 | 3,965,000 | 8,225,000 | 6,716,000 | 2,704,000 | 9,420,000 | 3,579,000 | 141⁄2 |
| 1890–91 | 5,358,000 | 2,886,000 | 8,244,000 | 6,046,000 | 2,673,000 | 8,719,000 | 2,384,000 | 171⁄2 |
| 1891–92 | 7,397,000 | 4,453,000 | 11,850,000 | 6,392,000 | 4,412,000 | 10,804,000 | 1,909,000 | 173⁄8 |
| 1892–93 | 6,203,000 | 4,887,000 | 11,090,000 | 6,457,000 | 4,389,000 | 10,945,000 | 2,955,000 | 177⁄8 |
| 1893–94 | 4,309,000 | 5,307,000 | 9,616,000 | 6,272,000 | 4,298,000 | 10,570,000 | 3,100,000 | 165⁄8 |
| 1894–95 | 6,695,000 | 5,069,000 | 11,764,000 | 6,816,000 | 4,396,000 | 11,212,000 | 2,146,000 | 161⁄2 |
| 1895–96 | 5,476,000 | 4,901,000 | 10,377,000 | 6,803,000 | 4,339,000 | 11,142,000 | 3,115,000 | 153⁄4 |
| 1896–97 | 8,680,000 | 5,238,000 | 13,918,000 | 7,155,000 | 5,080,000 | 12,244,000 | 2,588,000 | 13 |
| 1897–98 | 10,462,000 | 5,596,000 | 16,058,000 | 8,535,000 | 6,036,000 | 14,571,000 | 3,975,000 | 73⁄8 |
| 1898–99 | 8,771,000 | 4,985,000 | 13,756,000 | 7,798,000 | 5,682,000 | 13,480,000 | 5,435,000 | 61⁄4 |
| 1899–00 | 8,959,000 | 4,842,000 | 13,801,000 | 8,937,000 | 6,035,000 | 14,972,000 | 6,200,000 | 61⁄8 |
| 1900–01 | 10,927,000 | 4,173,000 | 15,100,000 | 8,486,000 | 5,843,000 | 14,329,000 | 5,840,000 | 815⁄16 |
| 1901–02 | 15,439,000 | 4,296,000 | 19,735,000 | 8,853,000 | 6,663,000 | 15,516,000 | 6,867,000 | 6 |
| 1902–03 | 12,324,000 | 4,340,000 | 16,664,000 | 9,118,000 | 6,847,000 | 15,966,000 | 11,261,000 | 51⁄4 |
| 1903–04 | 10,408,000 | 5,575,000 | 15,983,000 | 9,280,000 | 6,853,000 | 16,133,000 | 11,900,000 | 53⁄16 |
| 1904–05 | 9,968,000 | 4,480,000 | 14,448,000 | 9,475,000 | 6,687,000 | 16,163,000 | 12,361,000 | 71⁄8 |
| 1905–06 | 10,227,000 | 4,565,000 | 14,792,000 | 9,934,000 | 6,806,000 | 16,741,000 | 11,265,000 | 73⁄4 |
| 1906–07 | 19,654,000 | 4,160,000 | 23,814,000 | 10,502,000 | 7,042,000 | 17,544,000 | 9,636,000 | 715⁄16 |
| 1907–08 | 10,283,000 | 4,551,000 | 14,834,000 | 10,481,000 | 7,043,000 | 17,525,000 | 16,400,000 | 63⁄8 |
| 1908–09 | 12,419,000 | 4,499,000 | 16,918,000 | 11,129,000 | 7,519,000 | 18,649,000 | 14,126,000 | 61⁄4 |
| 1909–10 | 14,944,000 | 4,181,000 | 19,125,000 | 10,811,000 | 7,287,000 | 18,098,000 | 12,841,000 | 73⁄4 |
| 1910–11 | 10,548,000 | 3,976,000 | 14,524,000 | 10,492,000 | 7,015,000 | 17,507,000 | 13,719,000 | 83⁄8 |
| 1911–12 | 12,491,000 | 4,918,000 | 17,409,000 | 10,712,000 | 6,762,000 | 17,474,000 | 11,070,000 | 131⁄8 |
| 1912–13 | 11,458,000 | 4,915,000 | 16,373,000 | 10,144,000 | 6,675,000 | 16,820,000 | 11,048,000 | 143⁄4 |
| 1913–14 | 13,816,000 | 5,796,000 | 19,612,000 | 11,027,000 | 7,545,000 | 18,573,000 | 10,285,000 | 95⁄8 |
| 1914–15 | 12,867,000 | 5,019,000 | 17,886,000 | 13,368,000 | 8,010,000 | 21,378,000 | 11,302,000 | 83⁄4 |
| 1915–16 | 14,992,000 | 4,764,000 | 19,756,000 | 11,050,000 | 8,834,000 | 19,884,000 | 7,523,000 | 71⁄2 |
| 1916–17 | 12,112,000 | 4,579,000 | 16,691,000 | 5,171,000 | 9,046,000 | 14,217,000 | 7,328,000 | 91⁄8 |
| 1917–18 | 15,127,000 | 3,720,000 | 18,847,000 | 6,209,000 | 8,624,000 | 14,833,000 | 7,793,000 | 91⁄2 |
| 1918–19 | 9,140,000 | 4,500,000 | 13,640,000 | 6,073,000 | 8,994,000 | 15,067,000 | 8,783,000 | 81⁄2 |
| 1919–20 | 6,700,000 | 8,463,000 | 15,163,000 | 7,047,000 | 9,683,000 | 16,730,000 | 7,173,000 | 221⁄4 |
| 1920–21 | 13,816,000 | 6,467,000 | 20,283,000 | 6,397,000 | 9,701,000 | 16,099,000 | 6,909,000 | 131⁄4 |
[I] 1 Bag=132.27 lbs.
THE WORLD'S COFFEE CUP AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHIP
The statistical sharks talk of the 17,566,000 bags, or 2,318,712,000 pounds of coffee that the world drinks every year; but how many really appreciate what those huge figures mean? For instance, computing 40 cups of beverage to the pound, there are more than 90,000,000,000 cups drunk annually, or enough to fill a gigantic cup 4,000 feet in diameter and 40 feet deep, on which the "Majestic," the world's largest ship, would appear floating approximately as shown in the drawing.
For the most part, these figures of exportation are the only ones available to indicate the actual coffee production in the countries named. The following additional data, however, will serve to show the extent to which the coffee-raising industry has developed in most of these countries, and in a few places of minor importance not named in the table: