THECUBAREVIEW 21 



The predominance of sugar and tobacco in the export trade of Cuba is shown by the 

 following table, giving the percentages of the exports for two years : 



Products I'JU 1912 Products 1911 1912 



Percent Percent Percent Percent 



Animals, and products of. 1.56 1.19 Mineral products 3.01 2.64 



Sugar and products 64.00 71.58 Forest products 1.74 1.34 



Fruits and vegetables.... 2.14 1.62 Tobacco products 25.95 20.43 



Marine products 25 .20 Miscellaneous 1.35 1.00 



Note. — Re-exportes and money are not included in the percentages. 



The increase in imports was the direct result of the prosper- 



Increased Purchases of ^"^ year, and, as is always the case in Cuba under such con- 



^ I ditions, represented an increased purchasing power for all 



the people. It is to be doubted if there is any other country 



in the world, whose import and export values run into large 



amounts, which can show such uniform sympathy with business conditions and which 



can display as little variance in the results applying to the subsidiary endeavors. 



Of the total increase of $12,635,244 in the imports during 1912, compared with 1911, 

 $2,302,635 is credited to textiles, which means clothing and luxuries allied with domestic 

 necessities, and $.j,345,673 to foodstuffs. The importation of $2,489,073 more in money 

 helped swell the total gain, but there was also a gain in every classification except one — 

 metals — where iron and steel fell off about $800,000 in value, and other metal imports 

 gained, making the net loss $45i;375. The following table shows tie import trade, ac- 

 cording to the classification established, as distributed to the United States and the other 

 important supplying countries : 



Articles Total, 1912 U. S. Germany Spain France Unit. King. 



Stone, earth and ceramics : 



Earth and stone $1,436,692 $1,102,232 $38,351 $16,860 $75,079 $42,598 



Bitumens 1,197,181 1,187,776 883 4,706 3,410 



Glass and crystal 1,585,476 360,577 600,913 116,241 148,659 84,450 



Pottery, porcelain 909,752 269,864 137,805 132,274 114,914 147,519 



Metals, & manufactures of : 

 Gold, silver, platinum... 377,015 87,779 85,005 6,788 49,035 15,944 



Iron and steel 6,564,400 5,012,297 383,566 47,107 168,448 741,061 



Copper 1,042,890 777,309 107,942 1,344 34,716 111,402 



Other metals 329,409 138,314 53,653 21,332 17,670 59,308 



Chemicals, drugs, etc. : 



Drugs 593,409 266,153 127,961 73,023 7,289 38,117 



Colors, dyes, etc 750,994 448,406 29,414 10,878 24,805 215,843 



Chemical products 4,032,255 2,611,431 103,257 59,297 755,140 374,011 



Oils, fats, greases 2,315,523 1,058,789 61,875 293,920 659,939 178,676 



Textiles, & manufactures of : 



Cotton, and man'frs of. 12,711,705 2,709,794 752,651 1,659,602 1,488,189 5,211,602 



Vegetable fibers 3,863,599 529,773 117,546 261,117 257,236 1,367,890 



Wool, bristles, hair 1,190,026 176,963 67,408 84,445 364,662 450,158 



Silk, & manufactures of 500,296 222,645 23,237 9,958 117,564 34,330 



Paper and paper goods : 



Paper and cardboard... 1,644,201 764,613 326,172 257,188 162,740 31,889 

 Book and printed matter 439,547 190,539 50,591 79,136 33,310 14,185 



Wood, & manufactures of: 



Wood, and man'frs of.. 3,269,927 2,429,643 158,218 281,100 135,478 112,351 

 Other vegetable matter. 269,635 7i2,099 17,494 18,591 21,936 97,539 



Animals, and products of : 



Animals 451,333 441,311 229 1,961 3,876 1,274 



Hides and skins 676,133 566,002 10,287 79,556 15,853 4,355 



" Manufactured animal 



products 5,019,259 3,708,344 47,656 1,133,519 59,926 34,204 



Machinery, instruments, etc. : 



Instruments 303,260 129,362 89,159 18,856 50,515 1,519 



Machinery 10,051,884 6,766,968 794,931 13,579 246,319 1,064,726 



Apparatus 3,037,479 2,425,972 90,222 55,799 248,947 130,891 



Foodstuffs : 



Meats 12,111,377 8,159,243 11,175 173,785 21,890 27,678 



Fish 1,647,660 111,299 8,»75 358,504 15,241 452,251 



Cereals 15,559,240 7,428,040 3,168,384 102,088 15,018 2,297,090 



Fruits 699,785 362,1 15 194 291,212 14,795 8,823 



Vegetables, etc 4.987,694 2,011,025 414,289 666,535 164,972 92,278 



Oils and beverages 3,599,820 376,493 55,894, 2,498,710 310,589 283,031 



