Sugar cosumption 1927-1937

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3(1 THE SUGAR CANE PLANTER [DECEMBER, 1937 Sugar Consurnption -1927-193;7 ~ In a recent number of their Circular the Czarnikow-Rionda Co. of New York give a useful survey of the recent vicissitudes of World Consumption, and show which countries have been responsible for the largest increases during the last ten years. We summarize this below. According to F. O. LICHT'S figures and estimates, world consumption of sugar after being held back during the depression years of l 931-35 has, during the past two years, been materially larger. Indeed, the estimate of 28,335,500 tons for 1936-3'7 represents a record. This can be appreciated from the following figures, in tons raw value. World Consumption;. lnc;rease. 1936-37 28,335,500 64,639 1935-36 28,270,861 2,288,654 1934-35 25,982,207 1,111,167 1933-34 24,871,040 595,389 1932-33 24,275,651 ....... . 1931-32 25,126,162 ..... -.. 1930-31 26,099,871 924,036 1929-30 25,175,835 ....... . 1928-29 25,713,475 1,112,164 Decrease. 850,511 973,709 537,640 1927-28 24,601,311 1,188,¡29 The net in~rease during the rtst ten years has amounted to 4,923,018 tons, nearly half of which took place in 1935-36. The increases in recent .years must to a large extent reflect economic recovery all over the world. Sorne of the increased consumption may also be explained by tense political situations, in which the accumulation of food 'Supplies. including sugar, must have played a part. · In analysing world consumption, two outsfanding factors must be taken into account. One is the varying figure of consumption in Russia and the other is the large steady increase in consumption in British India. Details for these two countries are as -follows; in metric tons for the past seven years. RUSSIA INDIA Consump- Consumption. lncreáse. De-crease. tion. Increase. 1936-37 1,800,000 . . . . . . . . 573,622 3,614,000 121,000 1935-36 2,373,622 1,024,674 3,493,000 390,000 1934-35 1,348,948 214,644 3,103,000 88,000 1933-34 1,134,304 254,488 3,015,000 219,000 1932-33 879,816 . . . . . . . . 588,099 2,796,000 142,000 1931-32 1,467,915 . . . . . . . . 340,393 2,654,000 32,000 1930-31 1,808,308 669,805 2,622,000 194,000 It is interesting to look at world consumption after eliminating Russia and India. The followi'ng result is then obtained, in tons. WORLD CONSUMPTION EXCLUDING RUSSIA AND INDIA. 192.9-30 21,609,332 ....... . 497,274 1928-29 22,106,606 1,233,148 1927-28 20,873,458 872,540 This last table shows increases and decreases in the same years as for the whole world, but they seem to afford a better medium for analysis. The net ten-years íncrease is, in that way, reduced from 4,923,018 tons to 2,920,582 tons. This lat~ ter increase (which excludes Russia and India) is made up as follows: Europe ............. . N orth America ....... . South America ... .Africa ............. . Asia ............... . Australasia Total Tons. 1,702,082 357,000 144,500 215,000 481,000 21,000 2,920,582 It is thus evident that the largest increase in consumption during the last ten years took place in Europe excluding Russia. Notable among European importing countries are the increases of abqut 650,000 tons in the United Kingdom, and aboúf 250,000 tons in France. The combined increases in the other importing countries of Swit.:. zerland, Finland, Norway, Greece and Malta amounted in ten years to about 90,000 tons. The exporting countries show a combined increase for the same period of about 475,000 tons, in which -Germany has the largest share, amounting to about 300,000 tons. Th~ balance in Europe is made up from the self-supporting countries, outstanding among which are Holland, Denmark and Sweden. For the open world market only dmporting countries are of real importance. For Europe the question arises whether Great Britain, France and the other smaller importers can continue to increase their consumption. In the Far East China does not consume any more sugar now than ten years ago. Japan has increased her consumption by about 250,000 tons during that period, but that means nothing to the open world market. Sorne smaller oriental destinations have taken about 200,000 tons more, mostly of Java sugar, but an expansion of consumption in the Far East among these importing units can hardly show notable results within a short time. As a matter of fact the tendency in China might eventually work out in the same direction as in India, namely of producing enough sugar at home to satisfy local needs. All things considered, it is not possible to make any reliable forecast as to the future trend of world consumption. Recent increases, as above stated, reflect economic recovery all over the world, and there is no reason to believe that for Total. 22,921,500 22,404,239 21,530,259 20,721,736 20,599,835 21,004,247 Increase. Decrease. the time being world consumption will experience 1936-37 1935-36 1934-35 1933-34 1932-33 1931-32 1930-31 - 21,669,563 517,261 any considerable setback, because the economic 873,980 prospect would not warrant such an assumption. 808,523 On the other hand, it is well to guard against too 121,901 much optimism in expecting further large in. . . . . . . . 404,412 creases in the near future. And those that will . . . . . . . . 665,316 count most will be such as draw on the open world 60,231 market for their requirements. Please Patronize Our Advertisers

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