18 THECUBAREVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



OFFICIAL FIGURES OF CUBA S TRADE DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 

 1913 AND FISCAL YEARS WITH COMPARISONS 



Cuba's Imports and Exports 



Imports First six months First six months 



1912 1913 



United States $30,622,751 $36,698,235 



Other countries of America 5,302,751 4,983,438 



Germany 3,888,835 4,972,138 



Spain 4,559,824 4,660,098 



France ' 3,034,517 3,362,062 



United Kingdom 7,472,112 8,172,198 



Other countries of Europe 2,873,110 3,653,468 



All other countries 1,459,516 1,846,274 



Total $59,212,924 $68,347,911 



Exports First six months First six months 



1912 1913 



United States $91,477,235 $78,872,761 



Other countries of America 2,440,911 3,227,044 



Germany 1,682,500 1,980,993 



Spain 216,979 249,608 



France 2,141,098 1,392,139 



United Kingdom 8,382,856 12,599,542 



Other countries of Europe 476,435 772,783 



All other countries 390,427 343,518 



Total $107,208,441 $99,438,378 



Trade of Fiscal Years Compared 



1911-12 1912-13 



United States $122,969,463 $132,581,459 



Other countries of America 4,371,622 6,066,577 



Germany 3,689,522 6,497,665 



Spain 480,161 690,952 



France 2,509,488 1,825,766 



United Kingdom 11,066,954 15,663,033 



Other countries of Europe 915,560 1,170,170 



All other countries 784,525 711,764 



Total $146,787,295 $165,207,375 



NOTICE TO THE EXPORT TRADE An investigation of the ac- 



To counts of the Messrs. Mc- 

 The Southern Car Co., of High Point, Investigate Givney & Rokeby Company 

 N. C, manufacturers of steel and wood Contractors who have the contract for 

 passenger coaches and electric railway cars, the sewering and paving of 

 has placed their export department under Havana, was ordered by Secretary of Pub- 

 the management of James M. Motley, 71 lie Works Villalon, when the company filed 

 Beaver Street, N. Y. City, to whom all in- a claim for $292,000 which was due them, 

 quiries covering requirements for such Secretary Villalon said that the account- 

 equipment should be addressed. Mr. Motley ing department showed that there was no 

 is also the export department manager of such amount due the contractors and that 

 the Glover Machine Works, Marietta, Ga. ; he would have experts from the Treastiry 

 -Youngstown Car & Manfg. Co., Youngs- Department look over the books. He will 

 town, O. ; Weir Frog Company, Cincinnati, also soon appoint a technical commission 

 O. ; American Casting Co., Birmingham, Ala. ; to make a full report on the quality of the 

 and the Garfield Fire Clay Co., Robinson, Pa. work done. 



