MEXICO. Mexico has naturally sent most of her coffee across the border into the United States, and she continued to do so during and after the war. But she had worked up a very important trade with Europe, chiefly with Germany; and German capital, and German planters and merchants were prominent in the industry. France and England also were interested in the trade, and purchased annually several million pounds. During the war, as shown by the exports in its final year, this trade almost entirely ceased, and the United States and Spain remained as the only consumers of Mexican coffee. Details of the after-war trade are not yet available in published statistics. In the following table, 1900 and 1918 are calendar years, and 1913 is a fiscal year. COFFEE EXPORTS FROM MEXICO 1900 1913 1918 Exported to Pounds Pounds Pounds United States 28,882,954 28,012,655 23,816,044 Germany 10,074,001 10,461,382 Aus.-Hungary 163,934 30,864 Belgium 25,855 39,722 Spain 546,132 184,941 6,184,494 France 3,927,294 4,482,011 Netherlands 220,607 46,296 Great Britain 3,848,605 2,170,669 Cuba 467,201 37,921 171,527 Italy 157,653 347,758 Other countries 655,073 ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 48,314,236 46,469,292 30,172,065 In 1913 "other countries" included Panama, 342,131 pounds; Canada, 276,567 pounds; Sweden, 3,079 pounds; British Honduras, 33,179 pounds; Denmark, 112 pounds. JAMAICA. The French, more than any other peoples in Europe, have cultivated a taste for coffee from the West Indies; and France normally has led all other countries in shipments from the larger producing islands, including Jamaica, although the island is a British possession. In the year before the war, France bought nearly 4,000,000 pounds of Jamaican coffee, more than half the total production. In the year 1900-01 also she took about 4,000,000 pounds, leading all other countries. This trade was very much cut down during the war, but was not wiped out. As shown in the figures for 1918, England largely took the place of France in that year, and Canada increased her purchases several hundred percent. COFFEE EXPORTS FROM JAMAICA 1901 (fis. yr.) 1913 1918 Exported to Pounds Pounds Pounds Great Britain 1,849,456 671,440 6,919,808 Canada 109,536 263,872 1,819,328 United States 2,976,512 802,032 643,888 France 3,958,304 3,743,264 729,120 Aus.-Hungary 104,272 303,296 Cuba 114,800 Barbados 226,464 26,992 Other countries 508,704 507,248 97,440 ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 9,621,584 6,517,616 10,236,576