The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao Preparations. Paul Zipperer
came third, then as now, with 128,760 cwts. This order has not always remained constant, but has suffered considerable deviations in progressive years. We give below a table showing the chief cacao producing lands and their imports into Germany between 1900 and 1908.
Table 2. Imports in Germany in tons.
| 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brit. West Africa Gold Coast (Accra) | —— | —— | 559·1 | 935·2 | 1580·9 | 2775·9 | 4045·9 | 6009·2 | 5752·5 |
| Portuguese West Africa (St. Thomas) | 2501·6 | 3116·0 | 4069·2 | 3878·8 | 4526·6 | 4259·3 | 4969·6 | 5559·9 | 7303·8 |
| Brazil (Bahia) | 3776·8 | 3239·0 | 3125·5 | 2599·8 | 4130·4 | 4506·4 | 6106·1 | 6937·2 | 6233·7 |
| Ecuador (Guaquil) | 5397·9 | 4744·8 | 4728·6 | 5092·7 | 5689·8 | 5350·3 | 4693·6 | 4245·0 | 4123·6 |
| Dominican Republic (Samana) | 586·1 | 1853·0 | 2448·8 | 3116·0 | 4562·4 | 4514·1 | 5663·8 | 4037·4 | 4574·3 |
| Rest of British North America | 1436·9 | 1195·6 | 1544·7 | 1292·3 | 1851·5 | 2009·0 | 2503·6 | 2293·2 | 2083·7 |
| Venezuela (Caracas) | 1158·5 | 956·6 | 893·2 | 829·4 | 1280·3 | 1380·9 | 1685·9 | 2365·0 | 1435·6 |
| Cameroon | —— | 190·9 | 361·5 | 470·7 | 647·5 | 839·4 | 1199·0 | 1240·3 | 1397·7 |
| Ceylon | —— | 107·4 | 344·9 | 350·1 | 497·7 | 589·3 | 588·0 | 788·0 | 604·7 |
| East Indies (Dutch) | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— | 333·4 | 347·2 |
| Cuba | —— | 299·8 | 345·3 | 144·7 | 189·0 | 195·6 | —— | 331·4 | 120·6 |
| Samoa | —— | —— | —— | 101·3 | 203·8 | 140·0 | —— | 52·9 | 124·2 |
| Columbia | —— | 112·6 | 104·3 | 52·6 | —— | —— | —— | 75·2 | 66·7 |
| Togo | —— | —— | —— | —— | 3·7 | 6·0 | —— | 15·0 | 18·6 |
| via The Netherlands | 122·1 | 363·9 | 357·6 | 60·9 | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— |
| via Portugal (probably Thomas) | 988·1 | 1311·4 | 1349·1 | 2447·7 | 1734·9 | 2853·4 | 2714·9 | 103·3 | —— |
| Haiti | 1796·0 |