THE CUBA REVIEW 



23 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE AND GOLD 



IMPORTATIONS OF TOBACCO 



Imports of leaf tobacco from Cuba by 

 the United States during the month of May 

 aggregate as follows : 



Leaf tobacco importations suitable for 

 cigar wrappers : 



Twelve months' consumption of sugar in 

 Europe for three j^ears, ending April 30th. 

 in thousands of tons, as recorded in Licht's 

 Circular was as follows : 



Great Britain 1,985 



Germany 1,340 



France 753 



Austria-Hungary 617 



Holland, Belgium, etc 234 



Total Consumption 



1911-12 1910-11 1909-10 



4,929 4,844 4.600 



FRENCH GOLD IN CUBA 



There has been imported from Paris 

 $1,00,000 for re-shipment to Cuba. As a 

 money market factor this was of no im- 

 portance as the movement was entirely 

 based upon the current rate of exchange 

 between Cuba and France, which is low 

 at the present time. 



There is an interesting reason why 

 French gold is imported into Cuba from 

 time to time, says the Wall Street Journal. 

 The French gold is current in Cuba be- 

 cause it exchanges conveniently with the 

 Spanish coinage there. A 20-franc gold 

 piece, the "Xapoleon." is equivalent to 4 

 pesos 24 centavos in Cuba, while the Cu- 

 ban gold piece, the "centenes," is equiva- 

 lent to 5 pesos 30 centavos. The 24 and 

 30 centavos represent the 6 per cent pre- 

 mium lixed in Cuba to keep the gold in 

 the country. By working out an exact 

 equivalent in this way French gold has 

 come to be used in Cuba along with the 

 native coinage as the commercial currency 

 of the country while American money is 

 the official currency. 



UNITED STATES TRADE WITH CUBA 



Figures for ten months ending April, 

 1910. 1911 and 1912 compared: 



IMPORTS FROM CUBA 



1910 1911 1912 



Copper ore $372,289 $635,213 $667,828 



Bananas 617,232 521,832 542,475 



Hides 565,981 326,040 372,489 



Iron ore 3,213,171 3,062,209 2,894,200 



EXPORTS INTO CUBA 



1910 1911 1912 



Agric. implements.... $208,072 $291,938 $179,495 



Corn 1,316,735 1,064,130 1,283,338 



Wheat, flour 3,948,559 3,653,596 3,349,498 



Railroad cars 495,228 1,299,059 1,349,054 



Coal, anthracite 1,725,580 2.068,381 2,403,991 



Cotton cloths 844,732 1,087,923 1,617,583 



Electrical appliances 417,639 523,272 490,736 



Struct, iron & steel.. 431,966 636,394 453,795 



Wire 400,541 533,608 442,143 



Electrical machinery 166,153 141,512 312,378 



Sewing machines 256,224 300,239 295,551 



Locomotives 119,899 153,967 271,548 



Typewriters 67,803 83,206 86,539 



P'ipes and fittings 692,181 973,411 914,440 



Boots and shoes 2,308.747 2,733,512 2,376,415 



Bacon 697,972 665,575 423,105 



Hams and shoulders 348,525 466,340 598,200 



Pickled pork 564,011 702,625 754,687 



Lard 3,271,145 3,136,154 3,719,550 



Lard compounds 1.934,569 2.273.053 1,019,843 



Crude oil 355,201 262,944 191,671 



Illuminating oil 86,358 114,762 32,595 



Lubricating oil 311,261 354,487 437,999 



Cottonseed oil 177,386 197,967 120,601 



Books, maps, etc 178,952 175,991 287.870 



Furniture ' 495,820 616,935 644.787 



TOTAL VOLUME OF TRADE 



1910 1911 1912 



Imports $92,336,856 $83,071,625 $94,367,994 



Exports 44,194,360 51,094.356 52.479,208 



GERMANY S TRADE WITH CUBA 



Germany's exports to Cuba during the 

 last four years are as follows. The values 

 are given in inarks. One mark equals 24 

 cents American currency. 



1908 

 20.116 



1909 

 20,219 



1910 

 22,326 



1911 

 26.134 



The Cuba Railroad is in the market for 

 100 box, 50 flat and 10 dump cars. 



NEW WHARVES USED 



The new Paula steel and concrete 

 wharves on Havana harbor, constructed 

 for the Cuban government by the Havana 

 Terminal Company as contracted for in 

 the exchange proceedings of the Arsenal 

 property for that of the Villanueva station, 

 were formally delivered to the government 

 on June 14th. Ward liners, it is understood, 

 will dock regularly at these piers, the "Ha- 

 vana" being the first to use them. 



The Havana Central has ordered 100 box 

 cars from the Standard Steel Car Co. 



