All about coffeeUkers, William H. (William Harrison)
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All about coffee
Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Coffee; Coffee Industry; Drinking customs
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
1901 (fis. yr.) 1914 (fis. yr.) 1921 (fis. yr.)
Exported to Pounds Pounds 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
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