Tea and Opium Trade Statistics   British tea purchases from China: 1700-25 1760 1800 1808 400,000 pounds 2,600,000 pounds 23,300,000 pounds 26,000,000 pounds   Chinese Opium Imports:   year 1729 1767 1800-20 1820-30 1832 1838-39   Chests from India 200 1,000 4,500 10,000 23,570 40,000         avg. avg.   Patna     $560-90 $2,075   $744 Cost per chest       (1801) (1821)   (1835)   Malwa     $400 $1,325   $602   Opium Consumption ca. 1839: Estimates rage from 2.1 million to 12.5 million addicts   © 1998 Research Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton HOMEPAGE URL: http://history.binghamton.edu/hist130/hist130.htm This page last updated: 08/31/2000 Send Comments to: Prof. Donald Quataert