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| To all countries | To the United States
+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------
Year ended | Quantity | Value | Average |Percentage| Quantity | Value |Percentage
December 31-- | | |value per| of total | | | of total
| | | 1,000 | export | | | hemp
| | | kilos | | | |
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| Kilos | Pesos | Pesos | | Kilos | Pesos |
| | | | | | |
1913 | 119,821,435| 42,242,168| 352.54 | 44 |47,144,252|19,574,434| 46
1914 | 116,386,575| 38,389,630| 329.85 | 39 |50,140,193|19,238,752| 50
1915 | 142,010,431| 42,678,200| 300.53 | 40 |69,251,180|22,702,566| 53
1916 | 137,326,092| 53,384,593| 388.70 | 38 |66,344,154|27,279,018| 51
1917 | 169,435,204| 98,615,559| 552.51 | 49 |95,580,320 59,291,095| 63
1918 | 169,260,377|116,383,100| 687.60 | 43 |86,823,997 65,468,402| 56
1919 | 121,247,668| 53,703,052| 442.92 | 24 |65,509,134 32,390,957| 60
1920 | 141,485,785| 71,724,000| 506.93 | 24 |67,041,769 41,228,052| 58
1921 | 100,401,940| 25,969,385| 258.65 | 15 |34,558,262 10,914,117| 42
1922 | 172,026,591| 39,081,829| 227.18 | 20 |83,544,420 20,663,552| 53
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Coconuts.--In the production of coconut, the Philippines is the third
most important source in the world. It is excelled only by the Dutch
East Indies and the Federated Malay States. It is estimated that
there are some 84,536,710 trees in the islands which in 1922 produced
366,808,888 kilos of coprax, valued at P44,057,045.
The traveler in Philippine waters always notices along the coast the
extensive groves of coconut palms which extend miles and miles into
the hinterland as far as the eye can reach.
[Uses of the Coconut]
In the Philippines the coconut tree serves many ends. The meat is
eaten as a delicacy. The leaves supply roofing for houses. The shell
of the nut is used for dishes, cups, and spoons; the oil for soap and
illumination; in some sections the same oil is used as a frying fat
for cooking purposes. The fiber from the husk is used for ropes and
mats. The husk itself is used for fuel. The water inside the nut is
an ever-ready delicious drink.
Oleomargarine comes from coconut oil fat, an industry which has
developed considerably in Denmark and Germany and also in the United
States.
Copra, or coprax--Other by-products.--Copra, or coprax as it is
sometimes called, is the dried meat of the ripe coconut. It is
obtained by breaking the nut into halves and drying them in the sun or
artificially in kilns until the nut-meat is separated from the shell.
The exportation of coconut oil from the Philippines since 1913 is
shown in the following table: