THECUBAREVIEW 27 



CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS THROUGHOUT THE 



REPUBLIC 



Within the last few years the commercial importing and. exporting of Cuba has 

 taken on such large proportions that the statistics on file in the Treasury Department, 

 regarding Custom House receipts, indicate that the income will cover present necessi- 

 ties, notwithstanding the large budget caused by the circumstances attending the 

 European war. 



This notable increase has enhanced the importance of ports which were previ- 

 ously almost unknown, such as Banes, Nipe, and Puerto Padre, in which today there 

 is great activity. 



Other ports, such as Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba, Sagua, Caibarien, Guantanamo 

 and Manzanillo have undergone a surprising transformation, through the affluence of 

 money and activity. The Custom Houses now collect almost double the amount of 

 a few years ago. 



Below is noted the total of collections by the Custom Houses during 12 months 

 of the year 1919. 



Ports ■ Year 1919 



Banes $195,912.95 



Baracoa 6,947.60 



Bataban6 2,411.04 



Caibarien 759,819.24 



Cardenas 714,898.40 



Cienfuegos 1,644,849.18 



Gibara 159,349.46 



Guantanamo .'>n8,403.38 



Ilabana .3P..7.33.914.S4 



Jticaro 42,379.89 



Los Indios 57.79 



Manzanillo 600,694.86 



Mariel 12,621.71 



Matanzas 905,103.39 



Nipe 817,174.98 



Nueva Gerona 17,811.-50 



Nuevitas 415,147.78 



Puerto Padre .393,825.74 



Sagua 527.181.18 



Santa Cruz del Sur 5,.344.99 



Santiago de Cuba 3,003,971.01 



Trinidad 3,859.46 



Tunas de Zaza 6,644.49 



TOTAL .$44,403,-323.26 



This traffic, as intense as it is varied, represents an extraordinary activity. 

 Havana, on account of the volume of its commerce, is one of the principal commercial 

 markets of the New World, and by its port activity competes with prominent markets 

 of Europe and Asia. Nevertheless, Cuba's coastline in many places is still much the 

 same as nature made it, and at some ports the wharves and warehouses are not of 

 modern construction; very few, if any, are prepared for the loading and unloading of 

 the relatively colossal ships that frequent Cuban ports. 



CANADA JUTE 



The value of Cuba's trade with Canada Cuba's imports of gunny bags manufac- 



for the past fiscal year compared with the tured from jute from Calcutta during 



preceding one was as follows : 1917-18 and 1918-19 were : 



1919 1920 Number Value 



Imports from Cuba $3,040,953 $17,585,528 1917-18 22.014,400 $5,249,331 



Exports to Cuba... 5,035,975 6,329,783 1918-19 17,079,600 3,863,027 



