THE CUBA REVIEW 



25 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



NUEVITAS 

 Mr. George Duffee lias been appointed 

 Amei'ican Consular Agent 'at the Port of 

 Nuevitas, effective froin April 23(1, 1920. 

 The Nuevitas branch office is making 

 preparations to meet the increased busi- 

 ness passing through the port, and three 

 assistants have been delegated to Mr. 

 Duffee's aid. This port was one of the 

 leading ports for the exportation of sugar 

 during the month of March this year, and 

 promises to continue as one of the first 

 ports in importance when the develop- 

 ments now under way for the two rail- 

 road terminals are complete. 



EXPORTS FROM ISLE OF PINES TO 

 UNITED STATES 



Invoices certified at the American con- 

 sulate at Nueva Gerona during the period 

 April 1 to June 30, 1920, show the follow- 

 ing declared exports from the Isle of 

 Pines to the United States : 13,326 crates 

 of grapefruit, valued at $55,516 ; and 13,- 

 405 crates of vegetables, valued at $27,194. 

 No oranges were invoiced during the 

 quarter. 



During the corresponding period of 1919 

 the declared exports to the* United States 

 of grapefruit, oranges, and vegetables 

 were: 8,140 crates of grapefruit, valued 

 at $18,822; 45 crates of oranges, valued 

 at $103 ; and 5,179 crates of vegetables, 

 valued at $6,597. — Consul Charles Forman, 

 Nueva Oerona. 



DUTY ON JEWELRY 



Advices from the American Embassy in 

 Havana, under date of .July 1, 1920, an- 

 nounce that the Cuban Congress has 

 passed a bill increasing the import duties 

 on jewelry by 25 per cent, ad valorem. 

 The bill will become effective immediately 

 upon being signed by the President. This 

 increase is made in order to meet the ex- 

 penses of the increase in salaries granted 

 to public employes. 



The duties on gold, platinum, and sil- 

 ver and their alloys were increased 100 

 per cent, in 1917, and on plated jewelry 

 the increase was 25 per cent. 



CORPORATION OF PERMANENT EXHIBITS 

 OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS IN CUBA 

 Capitalized at $2,000,000, the Corpora- 

 tion of Permanent Exhibits of American 

 Products in Cuba was organized in Hav- 

 ana on July 9th. Consul Joseph Alden 

 Springer was elected president. 



Elgin F. Curry, director of the Cuban 

 Tourist Association and publicity manager 

 of the Rotary Club, was elected vice- 

 president and general manager, and Elbert 

 C. Hendrix, assistant treasurer of the 

 Mercantile Banks of the Americas, was 

 elected treasurer. L. Q. C. Lamar will 

 act as counsel for the new corporation. 



In outlining the scope of the organiza- 

 tion, Mr. Curry stated that the Corpora- 

 tion of Permanent Exhibits of American 

 Products in Cuba will furnish a home in 

 Havana for every American manufac- 

 turer and business concern. The under- 

 taking is a gigantic one and holds great 

 promise for the Republic of Cuba as well 

 as for the city of Havana and the manu- 

 facturers and distributors of the United 

 States. 



It is proposed to construct a large home 

 office building in the near future. One of 

 the features of the building will be a large 

 auditorium and amphitheatre, especially 

 designed to accommodate the large num- 

 ber of American conventions which are 

 now trying to secure suitable meeting 

 places on this island. 



DYES AND DYESTUFFS 

 The following table gives the value of 

 the exports of aniline dyes, logwood ex- 

 tract, and all other dyes and dyestufCs ex- 

 ported from the United States to Cuba 

 during the calendar year 1919 : 



Value 



Aniline dyes $28,834 



Logwood extract 553 



All other 38,686 



EXPORTS 



OF TYPEWRITER 

 DURING 1919 



RIBBONS 



Exports of typewriter ribbons from the 

 United States to Cuba during 1919 

 amounted to $32,408. 



