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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



U. S. FLOUR FOR CUBA. 



The War Trade Board announces that, pur- 

 suant to a plan for closer cooperation with the 

 Cuban Government in caring for the mini- 

 mum requirements of wheat flour for Cuba, 

 individual licenses for the exportation of 

 wheat flour will no longer be issued to private 

 traders. 



A special export license will be issued to the 

 United States Food Administration Grain 

 Corporation for the shipment of wheat flour 

 to the Cuban Council of National Defense. 

 The Grain Corporation will make their pur- 

 chases of flour through the United States Food 

 Administration Milling Division. The Cuban 

 Council of National Defense will take care of 

 the distribution of the flour in Cuba, acting 

 in conjunction with Senor Armand Andre, 

 the Cuban Food Administrator, and in con- 

 sultation with Consul General Henry H. 

 Morgan, the representative of the War Trade 

 Board in Cuba, who will act in an advisory 

 capacity ir the distribution. 



The adoption of this plan became necessary 

 because of the shortage of wheat flour in the 

 United States, which made it difficult for 

 private traders to obtain from the mills suf- 

 ficient supplies of this commodity to com- 

 plete shipments to Cuba against the export 

 licenses actually issued. Great hardship 

 has resulted in certain parts of the island 

 from this failure on the part of private traders 

 to effect the necessary shipments. 



Therefore, notice is given to all private 

 traders that hereafter and until further notice 

 no applications from them for export licenses 

 for the shipment of wheat flour to Cuba will 

 be considered. Those who are now in pos- 

 session of unexpired licenses for the exporta- 

 tion of wheat flour to Cuba are informed that 

 they may make shipment against these 

 licenses. No renewals of these outstanding 

 licenses will be granted and shippers should 

 therefore use every precaution not to bring 

 wheat flour to seaboard for shipment under 

 these licenses unless they are certain of being 

 able to effect the shipment before the Ucense 

 expires. 



All individual applications from private 

 traders for export licenses for the shipment of 

 wheat flour to Cuba now on file with the 

 Bureau of Exports will be refused. 



MARIEL CEMENT PLANT 



The first shipment of cement from Mariel 

 arrived at Havana on April 24. Following is 

 a detailed statement of the arrivals of cement 

 up to May 15, 1918: 



April 24, Cuban Portland Cement Co. Lighter 



No. 4, 850 bbls. 

 April 28, Cuban Portland Cement Co. Lighter 



No. 4, 1000 bbls. 

 May 3, Cuban Portland Cement Co. Lighter 



No. 4, 1000 bbls. 

 May 7, Cuban Portland Cement Co. Lighter 



No. 4, 1000 bbls. 

 May 8, Cuban Portland Cement Co. Barge 



Pond, 404 bbls. 

 May 11, Cuban Port and Cement Co. Lighter 



No. 4, 1400 bbls. 

 May 15, Cuban Portland Cement Co. Barge 



Pond 1400 bbls.— total, 7054 bbls. 



HAVANA CIGAR EXPORTS 



Exports of cigars from Havana during the 

 first fortnight of April, 1918, were as follows: 



Cigars 



United States 1,541,650 



Great Britain 891,500 



Spain 883,450 



Austraha 279,179 



Chile 163,750 



Argentina 132,450 



Bolivia 108,000 



France 45,000 



Canada 17,850 



Peru 17,000 



Venezuela 3,750 



Mexico 500 



Total from April 1 to April 



15,1918 4,084,079 



Total from April 1 to April 



15, 1917 3,447,875 



Increase during the first half of 



the month of April, 1918 .... 636,204 



Total from January 1 to April 



1.5,1918 33,833,136 



Total from January 1 to April 



15,1917 28,771,386 



Increase during the first 3}4. 



months of 1918 5,061,750 



