THE CUBA REVIEW 



19 



FURTHER TRADE NEWS 



MATANZAS CUSTOMS RECEIPTS 



^latanzas customs receipts for the first 

 four months of the present fiscal year are 

 as follows : 



July $86,529.11 



August 84,401.75 



September 63,941.81 



October 101,382.82 



SANTIAGO S CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS 



The first four months of 1913 show cus- 

 toms collections as follows : 



July $146,115.33 



August 154,126.44 



September 167,029.45 



October 141,455.38 



KEY WEST S TRADE INCREASING 



The export business through the port of 

 Key West to Cuba has increased steadily 

 and the current year will show the largest 

 export business in the history of the city. 

 It has grown rapidly since the completion 

 of the Florida East Coast Railway and 

 shipments from the North and East now 

 reach Key West much sooner than former- 

 ly. The run from Key West to Havana is 

 only six hours. 



Cuba's cotton goods imports 



More than half of Cuba's imports from 

 the United Kingdom are made up of cotton 

 and cotton goods, rice and machinery. The 

 total value of cotton gcods imported in the 

 year 1911-12 was £2,434,508, of which £957,- 

 758 came from the United Kingdom. These 

 figures show an increase of £200,000 in the 

 imports from the United Kingdom. — Re- 

 port of Mr. D. Cowan, British Vice-Consul 

 at Havana. 



HAVANA S CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS 



October's custom house collections 

 Havana compare as follows : 



1913 $1,941,320 



1912 1,739,174 



1911 1,647,752 



1910 1,308,242 



1909 1,452,828 



1908 1,469,084 



1907 1,669,234 



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CARDENAS CUSTOM HOUSE COL- 

 LECTIONS 



The three months of July, August and 

 September showed collections at the Car- 

 denas custom house as follows : 



1913 1912 



July $42,151.53 $37,435.69 



August 37,543.45 36,467.88 



September 61,503.03 36,441.93 



URUGUAY S EXPORTS TO CUBA 



Cuba's imports from Uruguay in 1912 

 totalled $2,466,708, an increase of $535,269 

 over 1911; $1,573,982 over 1910; $846,072 

 over 1909 and $995,885 over 1908. 



The imports consisted mainly of the fol- 

 lowing products : 



• Tasajo $2,435,739 



Garlic 24,568 



Onions 4,252 



Imports of Tasajo increased by $560,139 

 and onions $3,038 as compared with 1911. 

 The decrease in imports of garlic aggre- 

 gated $16,965. 



Prices did not change much with the ex- 

 ception of Tasajo, which rose to a price 

 hitherto unknown in the salted meat in- 

 dustry. Last December quotations were 

 $21.15 per 100 kilograms. 



Lumber Imports 



PITCH PINE MARKET CONDITIONS 



Cuba's record of purchases for the year 

 1913 will be a large one, the early months 

 of 1913 having been remarkably brisk in 

 this trade, but present interest is limited, 

 and exi.sting stocks somewhat heavy. 



The week's Cuban shipment was about 

 two million feet, all by sailing vessels. — 

 October 18th. 



The Cuban yards are reasonably well pro- 

 vided for forthcoming calls upon them, and 

 show little disposition to stock further. 



Lower costs and freights should influence 

 early winter business favorably, but no pro- 

 notmced activity is looked for in the im- 

 mediate future. 



Cultan shipment of the week was the 

 largest in some time, rcacliing nearly three 

 million feet. — October 25th. 



Recent shipment to Cuba has been 

 rather above estimates, and the year's total 

 will be a surprisingly large one, though 

 chiefly attributable to the activity prevailing 

 in its earlier months. — .Vovembcr 1st. 



