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Wood: 



Common pine, not dressed, 



feet 178,128 



Pulp 1,745 



All other 121,478 



Woods, manufactured: 



Furniture 98,839 



Boxes 40,477, 



Barrels 13,663. 



Willow manufactures 2,915 3,470 2,915 3,470 



All other articles 259,623 481,338 330,684 



Total for Cienfuegos 12,008,998 16,788,638 9,888,640 



Total for Caibarien 6,204,957 6,419,513 4,180,008 



Total for Sagua 4,291,342 4,178,420 3,296,463 



Grand total _ 22,505,297 27,396,571 17,365,111 



a Pounds. b Boxes. 



Note, — These figures are from statistics furnished by the customhouses at Cienfuegos, Caibarien, and Sagua, 

 Cuba. 



IMPORTS INCREASE MORE IN VALUE THAN IN QUANTITY 



While statistics show an increase of 21 per cent, in values of imports in 1918, 

 it does not necessarily follow tliat tliere lias been a proportionate increase in volume. 

 On the contrary, clue to the higher prices prevailing, there are instances of decreases 

 in the volume and increases in the value of certain commodities. 



The value given above of the merchandise imported through the three chief ports 

 of this consular district does not represent the total value of merchandise received 

 here from the United States and other countries. A considerable amount reached its 

 destination in this district through the customhouse of Habana, for which no figures 

 are available. However, the apparent increase of nearly $5,000,000 in imports is 

 worthy of notice and is a reflection of the prosperity which prevails throughout not 

 only the district, but the entire island. General purchasing power continues greater 

 than in pre-war years, but in many cases wages and salaries have not increased in 

 proportion to the increase in the cost of living. , 



Through the port of Cienfuegos the value of imports shows an increase of 

 $4,779,640, or almost 40 per cent, over the 1917 figure. Approximately 85 per cent, 

 of the total imports received at this port in 1918 came from the United States, in- 

 cluding $9,888,640 worth of manufactures and products of the country and $4,.359,873 

 worth of manufactures and products of other countries shipped via ports of the 

 United States. Rice is one of the chief re-export commodities. 



ORIGIN OF IMPORTS INTO CIENFUEGOS 

 The share of the countries contributing to the imports of Cienfuegos appears in 

 the following table of imports at that port for the calendar years 1916, 1917 and 1918: 



Country of origin, 1916 1917 1918 



United States $7,899,183 .18,067,723 $14,248,513 



France ,34,451 54,551 



Denmark 32,178 17,092 5,311 



Italy 4,238 6,126 969 



Netherlands 15,640 10,894 6,555 



Spain 507,992 530,320 324,809 



Norway 1,524 1,279 7,648 



England 606,127 497,865 641,140 



Canada 42,084 18.669 48,425 



Sweden 4,126 53,949 



Switzerland 6,682 



Mexico 31,480 146,218 64,389 



Porto Rico 108,110 216,683 . 167,055 



Argentina 180,404 92,504 13,838 



Uruguay ' 119,244 



India 1,526,459 992,030 200,439 



China 486,386 607,070 495,343 



Japan 33,388 113,552 181,485 



Siam 283,938 760,855 274,725 



Venezuela 326 52,337 



Colombia 39,103 12,891 



AU other countries 9,310 15,456 42,764 



Total 11,926,588 12,248,621 16,788,636 



