"c           VAR 0181      05002 RAW FOU 3R 920-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0181         LOC 1590 WIDTH  9             DK  26 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RAW SUGAR STOCKS AT ALL PORTS                                 "
"c              -----------------------------                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05002                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF LONG TONS                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  04/1920-01/1956                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  WILLET AND GRAY, INC., WEEKLY STATISTICAL SUGAR      "
"c              TRADE JOURNAL                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1921 (2)--ORIGINAL,       "
"c              1920-1956.                                                    "
"c                   DATA INCLUDE STOCKS AT AND OWNED BY REFINERIES UP TO     "
"c              THE POINT OF MELTING PLUS IMPORTERS' STOCKS.  THE BULK IS IN  "
"c              THE HANDS OF THE REFINERIES.                                  "
"c                   THE LARGE STOCKS THAT ACCUMULATED IN THE PERIOD          "
"c              1929-1950 WAS DUE IN PART TO AN ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN SUGAR   "
"c              DUTIES.                                                       "
"c                   DATA COVER ALL U.S. REFINING PORTS.  THESE PORTS         "
"c              INCLUDE -- FROM 1920-FEBRUARY 1921:  NEW YORK, BOSTON, NEW    "
"c              ORLEANS, GALVESTON, SAVANNAH, PHILADELPHIA, AND SAN           "
"c              FRANCISCO; FOR MARCH 1921-MARCH 1929: BALTIMORE ADDED         "
"c              (A NEW REFINERY); FOR APRIL 1929-1937:  NORFOLK ADDED         "
"c              (AN IMPORTANT IMPORTERS' PORT); THEREAFTER, ALL PORTS         "
"c              LISTED HERE ARE INCLUDED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORFOLK.      "
"c                   FIGURES FOR 1920-OCTOBER 1921 REFLECT STOCKS ON THE      "
"c              THURSDAY NEAREST THE END OF THE MONTH FOR NEW YORK, BOSTON,   "
"c              PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, PLUS STOCKS ON THE NEAREST        "
"c              SATURDAY TO THE MONTH'S END FOR THE OTHER PORTS.              "
"c              COMPUTATION WAS BY NBER.                                      "
"c                   FIGURES FOR NOVEMEBER 1921-APRIL 1928 REFLECT STOCKS     "
"c              NEAREST THE WEDNESDAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR NEW YORK,   "
"c              BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND BALTIMORE, PLUS THE NEAREST         "
"c              SATURDAY TO THE END OF THE MONTH FOR OTHER PORTS, COMPUTED    "
"c              BY NBER.                                                      "
"c                   FIGURES FOR MAY 1928 AND THEREAFTER REFLECT STOCKS ON    "
"c              THE SATURDAY NEAREST THE MONTHS' END FOR ALL PORTS, GIVEN     "
"c              DIRECTLY.                                                     "
"c                   FIGURES WERE CHECKED WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF         "
"c              COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1937 ISSUE,     "
"c              THE 1940 SUPPLEMENT, AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES.  IN CASES  "
"c              OF DISCREPANCIES, THE CORRECT COMPUTATION WAS MADE FROM THE   "
"c              WEEKLY STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL.                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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