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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Milk products 2,852,031 918,050 15,313 40,407 13,666 1,140,608 



Other foodstuffs 5,457,039 1,82-8,102 8,932 189,606 29,938 44,453 



All other articles 3,007,788 1,544,580 410,068 148,789 272,735 150,470 



Total 114,485,714 57,193,901 8,369,549 9,203,107 6,125,795 15,065,934 



Articles free of dutv 8,716,231 7,437,961 61,652 106,870 127,439 331,715 



Money ' 2,700,296 784,613 462,813 1,452,830 



Grand total 125,902,24165,416,475 8,431,201' 9,774,790 7,706,064 15,397,649 



The imports from countries not given in the foregoing table were valued at $19,176,062, 

 of which $12,784,057 represented foodstuffs. Of this amount $9,477,135 came from 

 countries of the Americas other than the United States, $1,533,007 from European coun- 

 tries other than those given, and $1,773,915 from other countries. 



The following table shows the percentages of the distribu- 



/); tribution of the '•^°" °^ ^^^ imports into Cuba from the United States and 



^ , other countries during 1911 and 1912. American textile goods 



imports again show an increase in the imports, a trade in which the 



American manufacturer is slowly acquiring a footing: 



From U. S. From other countries 



1911 1912 1911 1912 



Products Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent 



Stone, earth and ceramics 54.93 57.00 45.07 43.00 



Metals, and manufactures of 69.56 72.30 30.44 27.70 



Chemicals and drugs 57.14 57.14 42.86 42.86 



Textiles, and manufactures of 18.75 30.00 81.25 80.00 



Paper and paper goods 44.56 45.24 55.44 54.76 



Wood, and manufactures of 71.38 71.43 28.62 28.57 



Animals and animal products 76.46 77.00 23.54 23.00 



Machinery, instruments, etc 73.64 70.00 26.36 30.00 



Foodstuffs 43.90 44.70 56.10 55.30 



Miscellaneous 53.33 50.00 46.67 50.00 



Articles free of duty 86.28 85.00 13.72 15.00 



To show the character of the Cuban import trade more clearly, and especially to point 

 out the remarkable share foodstuffs represent of the total, the following table gives the 

 percentages of the various import classifications to the whole value : 



1911 1912 



Articles Per cent Per cent 



Stone, earth and ceramics 3.95 4.09 



Metals, and manufactures of 7.75 6.60 



Chemicals and drugs 6.10 6.15 



Textiles, and manufactures of 14.15 14.50 



Paper and paper goods 1.70 1.75 



Wood, and manufactures of 2.75 2.81 



Animals and products 5.15 4.95 



Machinery, etc 11.41 10.72 



Foodstuffs 36,78 37.23 



Miscellaneous 2.66 2.40 



Articles free of duty 7.60 8.80 



T J 4 T A' Th.t position of the United States and other countries with 



1 rade oj L,eaaing regard to their trade with Cuba may be seen from the follow- 

 Nations ing table of percentages for three years : 



Imports from — Exports to — 



Countries 1910 1911 1912 1910 1911 1912 



United States 50.58 53.10 51.90 85.95 86.77 83.94 



Germany 6.06 6.40 6.60 2.40 2.96 3.59 



Spain .' 8.05 8.10 7.76 .43 .37 .37' 



France 9.06 5.50 6.12 1.02 1.05 1.49 



United Kingdom 11.40 12.12 13.00 7.05 4.65 6.63 



Other countries 14.85 14.78 14.62 3.15 4.20 3.98 



Owing to the abnormally low price of sugar and other 



T T A ' IQ}^ conditions it is certain that the present year will not show 



Less I rade in /y/J ^^^^^^ results as 1912. The sugar crop will be nearly 400,000 



tons greater in volume, but its value, unless there is a great 



increase in price in the last six months of 1913, will not be as large by perhaps $20,000,000 



as for 1912. The importation values will not suffer as much, because on the strength of 



last year's results large purchases of machinery and supplies of all kinds were made. 



The imports for the first six months of 1913, as indicated by the customs statistics, have 



been large, but the purchases for the last half of the year will fall below. 



