20 THBCUBAREVIEW 



course taken by our manufacturers and exporters, and their grasp of the new situation 

 that has already arisen in all the important markets of the world — Consul Gnicral 

 II. W. UutTis, Ilabana. 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



CUBA'S TRADE WITH U. S. IN 1919 

 Surpassed only by countries whose demand for American uoods is l;irgely the 

 result of post-war conditions, Cuba stands sixth in tiic list of countries importing 

 from the United States, statistics for 1919 disclose. In its jter capita purchase of 

 goods from this country Cuba is far ahead of any other nation. Not only is tliis the 

 case, but wliile the demands of the countries showing greater gross purciiases in the 

 United States — Belgium, France, Italy, Great Britain and Canada — consist largely of 

 food requirements, those of Cuba represent a far greater amount of marluiicry and 

 other manufactured products in proportion to her total purciiases liere. 



SUGAR'S PLACE PREPONDERANT 

 The preponderant position whi<li sugar occupies in the export l)usint'ss of Cuba 



is shown in the following table which gives the purciiases of the rnitcd States trinii 



Cuba by principal products during the calendar year 1919: 



Sugar .$;;7:!,7()r),(311 



Tobacco, leaf 2],20r),,54H 



Hides 3,281,569 



Manganese ore 1,433,202 



Iron ore 1,221,949 



Bananas 615,718 



Crude cocoa 13,697 



Cuba's impoi'ts from (be United States cover a nnidi wider range, but comiiiodi- 

 ties used directly or indirectly in connection with sugar account for a great pro- 

 portion of the total, as is indicated by items in the following table giving some of the 

 purchases made by Cuba from the United States during 1919 : 



Coal ,$5.918,1.52 



Yellow pine 5.431 .858 



Automobiles* 5,036.;>69 



Steel rails 3,218,651 



Locomotives 2,599,870 



Railroad cars 2,453,105 



Lubricating oil 1 .998.6.84 



Structural iron and steel 1 ,<).5:'..297 



Barbed and othei- wire 1,826,752 



Wrouglit pipes and fittings 1.593,769 



Gasoline and fuel oil 1 .490.835 



Crude oil 1 ,2.S6,.566 



Cottonseed oil 1 ,186,489 



Galvanized iron and steel sheets 1,071,472 



Cast pipe and fittings 975,981 



Steel plates 552.079 



Tin plates 532,560 



Illuminating oil 422.161 



Railroad ties 412,347 



Wire nails 396.400 



Typewriters 369,936 



Steel sheets 291 ,165 



Plows and cultivators , ,203,605 



* Includes both commercial and pleasure cars. 



