| 40,621,993 |
| 1902 | 11.93 | 23,279,418 | 36,437,456 |
| 1903 | 11.99 | 24,207,811 | 36,883,175 |
| 1904 | 12.22 | 25,915,423 | 39,430,136 |
| 1905 | 15.94 | 29,830,050 | 44,643,113 |
| 1906 | 16.17 | 33,204,041 | 53,059,480 |
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Nearly 76-1/2% of the exports of 1906 were of coffee and rubber, the
official valuations of these being: coffee 245,474,525 milreis gold
(L27,615,884), and rubber (including manicoba and mangabeira),
124,941,433 milreis gold (L14,055,911).

Brazil is essentially an agricultural country. No other country has
been able to equal Brazil in the production of coffee, and under
better labour conditions the country might compete with the foremost
in the production of cane sugar, cotton and tobacco. Besides these it
might easily excel in producing many of the tropical fruits for which
there is a commercial demand. During the colonial period sugar cane
was cultivated from Parahyba S. to the vicinity of Santos, and sugar
was the principal export of the colony. Before the middle of the 19th
century coffee became one of the leading exports, and its cultivation
in the states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes has been
so increased since that time that it represents over four-fifths in
value of the total export of agricultural produce. The principal
sugar-producing states are Alagoas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio
de Janeiro, and the production is between 200,000 and 300,000 tons,
the greater part of which is consumed in the country. Cotton has been
widely cultivated since early colonial days, principally in the
northern Atlantic states. Tobacco is also widely cultivated, and the
product of some states, such as Bahia, Minas Geraes and Goyaz, has a
high local reputation for its excellence. Cacau (cocoa) is cultivated
extensively in the Amazon Valley and along the coast as far south as
southern Bahia, and forms one of the leading exports. In 1906 Sao
Paulo offered premiums for its cultivation in the state. Rice has been
cultivated in places, but without much success, although the quality
produced compared favourably with the imported article. Indian corn
grows luxuriantly everywhere, but it does not mature well in the humid
regions of the Amazon region and the coast. The product of the
elevated inland regions is good, but the costs of