THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Europe— Spain Dec-June 6,000 6,618 7,039 



Total cane sugab crops 12,858,763 11,998,106 12,278,720 



Europe-Beet— Germany Sept.- Jan. 1.300,000 1,411,900 1,541,061 



Czecho-Slovakia, etc Sept.-Jan. 750,000 700,000 668,250 



France Sept.-Jan. 165,000 110,096 200,265 



Belgium Sept.-Jan. 125,000 75,000 131,000 



Holland Sept.-Jan. 250,000 173,436 199,295 



Russia (Ukraine, Poland, etc.) Sept.-Jan. 350,000 700,000 1,028,580 



Sweden Sept.-Jan. 140,000 119,000 125,000 



Denmark Sept.-Jan. 130,000 130,000 115,000 



Italv Sept.-Jan. 1-50,000 100,000 100,000 



Spain Sept.-Jan. 120,000 135,000 134,955 



Switzerland Sept.-Jan. 4,000 4,000 4,000 



Total in Europe 3,484,000 3,6.58,432 4,247,406 



United States— Beet July-Jan. 800,000 674,892 682,867 



Canada— Beet Oct.-Dec.' 20,000 22,300 11,250 



Total beet sugar crops 4,304,000 4,35.5,624 4,941,523 



GRAND TOTAL— Cane and Beet Sugar 16,662,763 16,353,730 17,220,248 



Estimated increase in the world's production.. . . . 309,083 ...... 



CENTRAL SUGAR CORPORATION 

 The Central Sugar Corporation, which 

 owns and operates Central Fe at Sala- 

 manca, Province of Santa Clara, plans to 

 incorporate a company under the laws of 

 Cuba, whereby the Cuban company will 

 take over the macliinery and other prop- 

 erties witli the exception of certain agri- 

 cultural lands. 



The contemplated action is subject to 

 the approval of the stockholders and this 

 action is made in order to secure certain 

 economies in administration. 



company intends to run its own boats from 

 the south coast to Havana. 



NEW SUGAR COMPANY 

 A new sugar company has been organ- 

 ized and incorporated under tlie laws of 

 Cuba under the name of "Compania Azu- 

 carera del Central Inestia, S. A." 



The company's property is located in the 

 province of Camagiiey, near Santa Cruz 

 del Sur, and includes ten caballerias of 

 cane already planted. Clearing and plant- 

 ing of an additional 100 caballerias for 

 the 1920-21 crop will be begun Decem- 

 ber 1, and contracts will be let for tlie 

 erection of a new central with a capacity 

 of 65,000 bags. 



The property is adjacent to a natural 

 deep water port and it is reported that the 



CUBAN EXPORT LICENSES 

 The Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade 

 Journal of December 4th states that 

 President Menocal of Cuba has issued a 

 proclamation that no licenses would be 

 issued to ship any additional quantities 

 of 1918-19 Cuba crop either in the form of 

 raw sugars, turbinated or otherwise, and 

 the proclamation further states that no 

 export permit would be issued for 1919-20 

 crop unless an affidavit were made that 

 such shipment included no part of the old 

 1918-19 crop. Any of the 1918-19 crop of 

 Cuba, shipped for private account after this 

 date, will be subject to seizure, the sugar 

 to be disposed of by the Sugar Equaliza- 

 tion Board, to whom the 1918-19 crop was 

 sold, unless the sugars are shipments allo- 

 cated by the Sugar Equalization Board. In 

 case the Sugar Equalization Board Cor- 

 poration is dissolved, the power to dis- 

 tribute these sugars will be vested in any 

 successor of this corporation. 



NEW SUGAR MILL 

 A company is being organized in San- 

 tiago de Cuba to erect a 200,000-bag sugar 

 mill at Songo, on the Guantanamo & West- 

 ern Railroad. 



