20 



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 CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



KLGISIRATION OF STOCK COMPANIES 

 Aifonliii;; t«» lij^iiros piildislu'd l»y the 

 yt'iii'ml (liri'ctory nf cDimiii'ive and indus- 

 try, says till' lUdh'tin of llii* I'aii AiiuM-i- 

 aui Union, tlio ivgisl ration of stoclc coni- 

 imnies during the fiscal year 191S-10, in 

 all mercantile registries of the Repuhlic 

 shows a total of oO.">, with a total cai)ital 

 invested of .'p301,(;TS,944. The conii)anies 

 cover the following lines: General husi- 

 ness, l."U ; oil and mines, 4?,; sugar indus- 

 tries, 22 ; general industry, 94 ; insurance 

 companies, 13. 



CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

 Tlie election of officers and directors of 

 the Cliamlter of Connnerce, Havana, was 

 held January 14th. Senor Juliau Llera 

 was elected President ; Antonio Anton, 

 I'Mrst \'ice-President ; and P'rancisco Roca- 

 licrti, Treasurer. 



PASSPORTS 

 Tiic ("iilian consul general in Xi'w York 

 reports tliat during the present year more 

 llian ir.<»,<MiO persons have appli(>d to him 

 for iiirorniation relative to Cuha, and that 

 during the same period more than 40,000 

 liassjtorts for Cuba had been viseed. 



CEMENT 

 I>nriiig llie year 1919, Tuba iiiiiiorfed 

 :'.:'.:'.,iHi(i Itju-rels of cement from tlie Fnited 

 Stales. I'.razil was the leading purchaser 

 of cement and Cuba rank(>d second. 



FRUIT EXPORTS 

 During October and November Cuba 

 exiiorled .'fi<i,50(^^>,000 worib of fruits, and 

 in 1!H!» tlie total was .$?3,000,000. 



COFFEE 

 Cuba is the largest purchaser of Torto 

 Uican coffe«>, as shown by the following 

 table: 



FUcdl y((ir < nd< d .June 30 — 



1914 19,085,030 pounds 



191.") 21.4.39.289 " 



1917 2.-.',10.-)',8f;9 



1918 20.488,535 



1919 15,595,391 



ARGENTINE IMPORTS FROM CUBA 

 Cuban imports into Argentina din-ing 

 the six niontbs' iieriod, January to Jinie, 

 1919, were valued at 1,511. lot! gold pesos, 

 compared to 2,002,374 gold jtesos for the 

 same period of 1918. These imports from 

 Cuba for 1919 represent 5 ;ier cent, of tlie 

 total Imports of the Argentine. 



GLYCERINE 

 With the outbreak of the war the 

 United States had natui'ally to seek other 

 sources for a goodly part of such glycerine 

 as it ct)ntiuued to imitort. Cuba had long 

 been a shipper of glycerine to this country, 

 and sent steadily inci-easing quantities 

 each year from 1914 to 1918, buf shij)- 

 ments declined somewhat in 1919, as the 

 following figures show : 



FiKcal years ending 

 June 30 — Imported from Ciilxi. 



1914 222,18.3 poimds 



1915 307,939 " 



r.MO 310,990 



1917 377,902 " 



191S 428,495 



1!»19 .300..5(;S 



SPANISH LABORERS 

 The labor market of Cuba was incr(>ased 

 by 1,500 persons on November 30 when the 

 Fr(>nch Line steamship Niagara deliver; d 

 at Havana that numln'r of laborers from 

 Corona, Spain. 



OIL FROM TAMPICO DISTRICT 

 Declared e\]i(ii-ts of crude oil and pe 

 froleum iiroducfs fj-om the Tami)ico Dis- 

 trict to Cul)a, in April. 1919, were as fol- 

 lows : 



Havana 01.753 barrels 



:\rariel 13.990 " 



Matanzas 101.810 



TRADE WITH CANADA 

 Tb(» following table .shows the iiiiporl 

 and export trade of Canada with Cuba in 

 1'.>17 and 1918 respectively: 



1917 1918 



Imitorts from ('ul»a. .81.047.002 $2.(1.34,054 

 Exports to Cuba 3,040,784 4,879,779 



