Chart showing increase in the value of three principal products exported from Porto Rico, namely, sugar, cigars, and coffee, from 1901 to 1915. The coffee crop, as to quantity, exceeded all previous records, aggregating 51,125,620 pounds, but owing to a decrease of 2 cents per pound in the average price, its value was more than $1,000,000 less than the exports for last year; this year the value was $7,082,791. TABLE NO. 12.-Coffee exports. The value of the shipments of the various kinds of fruits again shows an increase in the total value of the shipments, though there were large decreases in several of the important items. Oranges and canned pineapples each decreased by about 50 per cent in value, and coconuts also decreased somewhat; but all of these losses were nearly made good by the increase in pineapples alone, the value of which went up from $1,246,000 to $1,723,863. The total shipments of fruit for the year were $3,441,157 as compared with $3,400,903. TABLE NO. 13.-Value of fruit exports. TABLE NO. 14.-Statement by countries of value of merchandise brought into Port Rico from the United States and foreign countries for the five years ending June 30, 1915. |