THE CUBA REVIEW 17 
Textile goods, with the exception of men’s cotton clothing, are mainly purchased 
in Habana, and since the outbreak of the war American textiles have been sold in 
increasing quantities and have held a commanding position in that trade. It is esti- 
mated that there are 500,000 Spaniards on the island of Cuba. The wholesale and 
retail trade is virtually in their hands, and they favor European, particularly Span- 
ish, textile goods, their purchases of the American article so far having been 
-apparently chiefly due to their inability to obtain textiles from the former sources. 
American shoes have bettered their hold on the market, and it is very rare that 
other imported shoes are seen. American automobiles and trucks monopolize the 
trade to its limited extent, as do also American railroad equipment and structural 
material, sewing machines, typewriters, ete. 
PRODUCTS EXPORTED THROUGH NUEVITAS AND HABANA 
Since the war Camaguey Province has become an important sugar-producing 
section. Prior to that time there were only a few mills, and the Province was noted 
chiefly for cattle raising. Native beef has never been exported, being consumed 
locally, nor have hides or other animal products found an exit to any extent through 
the port of Nuevitas. The amount of products other than sugar and molasses 
shipped from that port is almost negligible, the exports consisting mainly of grape- 
fruit, grown by American colonists in this district, with occasional shipments of 
honey, tortoise shell, and glue stock. 
The bulk of the hides exported from Cuba are shipped through the port of 
Habana. In the fiscal year 1913-14 their value was $2,530,132, of which $1,514,084 
represented hides sent to Germany and $884,944 to the United States. In the fiscal 
year 1916-17 the entire exports, valued at $3,151,378, were taken by the United 
States, Germany being out of the market. While no statistics covering the point 
exist, it is assumed that a large proportion of these hides came from Camaguey 
Province, as that Province has long been the most important cattle-raising district 
of the island. 
SUGAR THE CHIEF EXPORT FROM NUEVITAS 
The value of exports from Nuevitas during 1918 totaled about $23,000,000, ship- 
ments consisting almost entirely of sugar, of which nearly $16,000,000 worth was: 
sent to the United States and the balance to the United Kingdom. The figures for 
the United States are the values declared at the consulate, but those for the United 
Kingdom are based on information received from various sources, as no exact 
statistics are available. A comparison of values and countries of destination for 
the years 1913 and 1918 shows the following: 
United United 
Year. States. Kingdom. Germany. Total. 
Smet eres eile cusrcune acre. sus)io (a ave ocd ewes 6 mndianecd eee $12323: 0008 e ate ee $1,323 $1,324,323 
US eaters faeces ive btsiene areieiSinnenavetew ete ee aae 15,908,374 EXAMUOKNN SS gon ne cone woe 22,908,374 
Based on a $7,000,000 valuation, a 325-pound bag, and an f. o. b. price of $4.60 
a hundred pounds, there were 468,227 bags of sugar, 152,173,913 pounds exported to 
the United Kingdom, as compared with 1,046,051 bags, or 339,966,786 pounds, ex- 
ported to the United States. There were also about 80,000 gallons of molasses, a 
small shipment of honey, and some tortoise shell exported to the United Kingdom. 
RAPID INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS FROM NUBVITAS 
The increase in the shipment of all these products appears in the following table 
of the declared exports to the United States in the calendar year 1918 and also in 
the last five months of the year 1917, covering the period since the establishment 
of this consulate in August, 1917: 
