Importers of coffee, sugar and cocoa were happier last week than they have been for a long time. The reasons:
> Coffee imports for April have already reached 1.1 million bags v. 465,147 bags for last January. April imports equal about 124 million pounds, roasted.
> Raw sugar imports from January to mid-April totaled 900,000 tons v. only 696,922 tons for the year before.
> Cocoa arrivals at U.S. ports so far this year were 1,148,000 bags, more than double last year's figure of 565,756.
But for most civilians none of this added up to much—at least for the present....
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