Belgium, 50 25 Canada, 300,000 50,000 ————————— —————————— Total, 85,000,000 $13,000,000 The average annual exports range from 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 pounds. TABLE 8. Showing varieties most in demand in the United States:— Varieties. Kinds. Quantity, Pounds. Oolong, (Formosa), 10,000,000 “ (Amoy and Foochow), 8,000,000 Green Teas, (all kinds), 10,000,000 Japans, “ 38,000,000 Pekoes and Congous, (China), 10,000,000 India, Java and Ceylon, 6,000,000 —————————— Total, 82,000,000 During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, there was imported into the United States, at all ports, 84,627,870 pounds of tea, of which 43,043,651 pounds were received from China and 37,627,560 pounds from Japan, the balance consisting of imports from India, Java and Ceylon, received _via_ England and Holland. The United States official reports show that tea represents 27 per cent. of the total value of imported merchandise into this country. The gross trade in the article, however, even at retail prices, does not exceed $35,000,000, the total annual value of all food products being about $220,000,000, of which tea only represents a value of $13,000,000, equivalent to about 6 per cent. of the whole.