T H E CUB A R E \' 1 K W 



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CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



REDUCTION IN DUTY ON CRUDE PETRO- 

 LEUM AND RESIDUES. 



A law of July 14, 1917, reduces the customs 

 duty on crude petroleum and i)etroleum rcsi- 

 sidues imported into Cuba to 0.1 cent per 

 gallon. This special rate, however, is 

 applied only to crude oil and residues 

 for use as fuel or in concentrating or 

 other mining operations and to that im- 

 ported by public authorities for sanitary 

 purposes or for use on the streets. All other 

 petroleum products are subject to the regular 

 duty which, in the case of fuel oil imported 

 from the United States, is $0.56 per 100 kilos. 

 Furthermore, there is a provision that the 

 regular duties shall again be imposed on these 

 products whenever the domestic production 

 is sufficient to supply two-thirds of the de- 

 mand for the purposes indicated above. 



of June 22, 1917. A similar exemption is 

 granted for pieces of marble, brass, and other 

 materials for ase in erecting public monu- 

 ments. Heretofore special exemptions have 

 been granted from time; to time for th(! ira- 

 portati(m of fire extinguishing equipment for 

 public use, but there was no general exemp- 

 tion. 



NEW YORK CHARTER 



Cuban Medal Film Co., Inc., Manhattan, 

 motion-picture business, S.50,000; W. L. Dau- 

 enhauer, F. H. Knocke, M. Zeno, 1476 Broad- 

 way. 



FREE ADMISSION OF CERTAIN FIRE 

 APPARATUS 



The privilege of importing pumps, hose, 

 and other fire extinguishing apparatus and 

 supplies free of duty is granted to the prov- 

 inces and municipalities of Cuba by the law 



DELAWARE CHARTERS 



Havana Docks Corp., to acquire and carry 

 on a general building of wharves, docks, &c., 

 $5,000,000; C. L. Rimlinger, .M. M. Clancy, 

 C. M. Egner, local Wilmington, Del., incor- 

 porators. 



Cuban Products Corp., coastruct, lease, 

 maintain and operate lines for railroads, &c., 

 $2,500,000, VV. F. O'Keefe, G. G. Steigler, 

 E. E. Wright, local Wilmington, Del., incor- 

 porators. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 



The total value of merchandise imported from and exported to Cuba during the months 

 of February, .March, April, May and June, 1917, compared with the corresponding periods 

 of the preceding year have been made public by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce as follows: 



Month of February 8 mos. ended February 



1917 1916 1917 1916 



Imports from Cuba $23,333,684 $20,881,464 $130,156,406 $111,759,489 



Exports to Cuba 13,897,031 10,654,942 124,085,827 78,145,954 



Month of March 9 months ended March 



1917 1916 1917 1916 



Imports from Cuba $33,137,108 $25,884,793 $163,293,514 $137,644,282 



Exports to Cuba 11,644,632 12,026,138 135,773,389 90,172,092 



Month of April 10 months ended April 



1917 1916 1917 1916 



Imports from Cuba $30,454,942 $27,477,120 $193,748,456 $165,121,402 



Exports to Cuba 12,058,183 2,321,491 147,831,572 102,493,583 



Month of May 11 months ended May 



1917 1916 1917 1916 



Imports from Cuba $33,537,512 $30,478,087 $227,285,968 $195,599,489 



Exports to Cuba 14,175,303 12,743,007 162,006,875 115,236,590 



Month of June 12 months ended June 



1917 1916 1917 1916 



Imports from Cuba $23,109,442 $33,378,078 $253,395,410 $228,977,567 



Exports to Cuba 16,876,373 11,981,988 178,883,248 127,198,578 



