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CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



FOREIGN TRADE OF CUBA. 1918-19 U.-fxpurts ..f .in.!.- .•...■,.;, Crom the 



riiilfd Stiitt's 111 ('nli.M for lln- tiscal yt':ir 



Statistics fiiiiiislicil liy the ( uliaii ('mi 

 snl in Loiiiliiii slmw lliai tin- imal valiii 

 of the f<in'i;rii trade of Cuba lUiriiiL; tin 

 past ollirial year was 7'. • J. S( mi, (>.".(» pesos 



ciMlcd JiiiH' ."ID, r.il'.'. were value;! as fol- 

 lows: 



iisi Ai. VKAi! i:.\i>i;i) .riM; ;!(i — 



toward which imports (•oiitril)iited .ll.>,- ,,,,,. .i-ii 



r. I H> 1 44 



57S,lCiT pesos, and exports ■i77.1i"_'l,S(;:; |i,|-j- 1.S7S 



pesos. Tliese tigun's mark a sul)stantial r.tls ."2,414 



increase over tliose of ItHf-lS!. wlien the l-'''-' .'iiKSiS 



total fort'iL'H trade was vahied at 082.- in \alnc the total Aniriican exports of 



40S,4<!0 pesos (imports :>h2,(;24,17."( pesos. '•cocoa and ciioeolate, prepared or manii- 



and exports .".7!>,7S4,1'S.'> i>esos). The fol- tjutured." i-ose from .$:>".< "..mtt in V.)14 to 



lowiiifr comparative tal)le.s jrive tlie dire • .'^lo.s:;."(,4(i'.> in IIH!), and of confectionery 



tion of trade durinj.' hoth the periods un from S;i..".2!l,147 to $:i.()4:>,!);'..'i. Tiie Amer- 



der n'view : ican-madt^ cocoa and ciioeolate (not in- 



KXi'oiMs eluding;' coiifiM-tionery i sliijiped to Cuha 



irtl7-ls V.ils-1'.i ill the last four years and the pre-war 



I'csos J'i.sos yea.r of 1!M4 amounted to: 

 I"nited States of 



AnHM-ica 27^.71 i.".,(;!»n .■;.-(i.r',27,SS7 i-iscai, yka:: k.ndkii .hm: r^.d— 



Other American 1!il4 .'?4S,P,70 



eouihries •.>,72!>.l(i'.» !i.2.".s,74^ V.ilf. 04,0G7 



S|.ain 4,11is.741 (•).04.",,1!iii i;n7 70.080 



France s.>.m;.-,,2.".1 1 1 .:'2:5,841 T.Ms 102,.'',0.") 



T'nited Kiniidom.. 7ti, 722. :;.'.'. I»(;.si:!.«,»5n IDp.i It4.4.''.!) 



Other Eni'opean 



countries :!47.0n4 2,:-.40,."!)4 " 



Other countries. . . I,118,i2."i 1.1(i.",041 



IMPORTS 



United States of 



RICE 



Cnlia is the larufst sinuU' imrchaser of 

 1017-ls mis-lO forei.un rice from the I'liited Slates, tak- 



/''■•<»■•< I'< SOS \u<^ about 4!) pel- ceiil. of tlie total. Tlie 



f(!llowin,u- table shows the re-exports to 



1-IS( AI. YKAH EM)i:i) .Tl.XI-: :'>(!- 



America 22n. |01.7.",4 2:!.".(;28,(;(;i 



Other American Cuba of forei-ii rice: 



countries 21,!iii.".tt7."') 22..' 10,920 



Spain Il.<;!i4,s;2'.i i:i.:;:',1 J2^ 



France <:,s74.!tsi s;,2i;4.S.",:! I'muKlx 



T'nited KiiiL'^doiii . . 12,."i(is,(i."t; '.•,::4r»,00:; mil 1,220 



Other European P.M.". 2,0."( »,( I."i2 



countries ' :!.o!t.".lK;2 2.180,480 P.)17 1 l'.';()8.:{2H 



Other <-oniitries. . . is. 442. .■'..".4 24;'.(in.4r;2 lid's 40.4!i:>.277 



I'.ill) 1l).",14s,20r) 



Aiimiii:- foreign consumers, Cuba is tlie 



la rarest siiijrle buyer <if domestic rice. A 



detailed statement of the carjjoes of do- 

 The value of the crmb- •■o.oa importe.l ,,,,,,^5,. ,,,,. ,,,;,,,„„, ,,, ,.„,,^, ^j,,,.,. ^,,■^^ 



COCOA TRADE WITH THE UNITED 

 STATES 



appears below : 



into tlie T'nited States from Cuba durini; 

 the last four years and the pre-war year 

 of 1014 is shown in the following: table: fiscal vkak k.xdkd .irxK .">0 — 



1 ISCAI. VKAIi K.XDKI) .ir.XK :>(l PoIIIkIs 



^"•'l-^ .8:!20,042 i;ti4 ii.:;7s,(i2(i 



I'-'K'' 41 l,.-(i2 I'.il.- 2-..:!4u..-)01 



1!'1~ 14'.»,447 1!)17 21,'.tn0.!»28 



I'-'l"^ :'.4.201 l<n8 T. (,.•',40,287 



1''1'> 4.S70 I!ip.> 14,."..".0,1JI7 



