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The non-existence of any working sugar refineries has been confirmed by telegraphic communication with His Majesty's Vice Consul at Iloilo and His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Manila. The former telegraphs that there is one small refinery at Manila but the latter states that no refineries have been working for four
years.
No official estimates are available of the produc-
tion of raw sugar in the islands but the following statement shews the exports for the last four years of "raw or brown sugar."
Exports to
1900
1901
1902
1903
Metric tons
Metric tons
Metric tons
United States
2,154
5,227
5,122
Metric tons
29,323
Hong Kong
36,038
23,887
53,979
16,132
eas
United Kingdom
8,880
6,364
Japan
13,286
27,774
16,771
32,721
Other Countries
4,851
16,387
7,155
Var
Total
65,209
56,888
98,623
85,331
The exports to other countries" are mainly exports
to China. It will be observed that the direct exports
to the United Kingdom were nil in two of the above years, From what has been already said it will be realised that the exports of refined sugar are practically neg- ligible. (They mounted to about 20 tons in 1903).
The imports of refined sugars into the island have increased considerably in the last year or two. They are shewn in the following statement:-
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Imports from
1900
1901
Metric tons
Metric tons
1902
Metric tons
190
etric tons
Hon Korg
441
153
961
China
03
557
805
830 1831
Other countries
124
206
Total
530
834
1975
300 2961
isc.