Cocoa And Chocolate
The Tree, The Bean The Beverage

CHAPTER XII SOME STATISTICS OF CACAO PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION A general idea of the way in which the world’s pro-duction is made up can be obtained from the chart on page 135. WORLD’S HARVEST OF CACAO BEANS (In tons of 1,000 kilos) Producing Country. 1902 1912 1921 19221 Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Gold Coast (B.) 2,710 39,260 133,909 159,000 Brazil 20,642 31,415 44,280 51,000 Ecuador 24,398 37,078 40,066 42,000 Trinidad (B.) 17,612 18,878 34,843 23,000 Nigeria (B.) — 3,463 18,473 28,000 San Thomé .... 17,619 36,012 28,276 18,000 San Domingo 8,975 20,833 26,574 19,000 Venezuela .... 9,925 10,985 22,000 24,000 Grenada (B.) 6,043 5,519 4,471 4,000 Fernando Po 1,198 2,229 5,199 6,000 Jamaica (B). ■ 3,374 3,677 3,700 Ceylon (B.) .... 2,673 3,720 3,170 2,000 French Colonies 1,706 1,706 4,200 7,000 German Colonies 658 5,689 3,500 —— Costa Rica .... —. 309 2,000 2,000 Surinam 2,355 962 1,636 1,800 Haiti 1,990 3,043 2,000 2,000 J ava Belgian Congo, . 2,024 1,057 1,500 St. Lucia, Cuba, Dominica, etc. . j 4,776 5,558 7,580 9,000 Total . 123,480 232,057 386,917 403,000 B. denotes British Empire. 1 Estimated. The above figures are compiled from the Gordian, the most reliable source of cacao statistics. From a study of these one realises that the cultivation of cacao has 10—(1463E) 133