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CUBA 
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FOREIGN COMMERCE OF CUBA 
The total value of the foreign commerce of the Republic of Cuba during the fiscal 
year 1918-19, according to figures published recently by Cuban Secretary of Treasury, 
divided as follows: 
$477,221,863 ; re-exportation, $1,433,348. 
amounted to $794,341,078, 
tion, 
Importation, 
$315,685,8S67 ; exporta- 
The value of the exports exceeded that of the imports by $161,535,996, showing a 
greater balance of trade in Cuba’s favor than that of any year since 1899-1900, Al- 
though the balance of trade during the past seventeen years has been constantly in 
Cuba’s 
was in 1915-16, when the balance was $135,777,000. 
Of the total commerce during the fiscal year 1918-19, the 
favor in a greater or less degree, the nearest approach to the present amount 
value of money imported 
exceeded $2,520,000 and that exported $6,963,000, giving a balance sgainst Cuba of 
$4,443,000 in this relation. 
The total value of the imports, 
preceding year by $13,062,000, 
merchandise: foodstuffs, 4 per 
cent.; and miscellaneous imports, 
including money, 
cent.; metals and 
21 per cent. 
was greater than that of the 
the chief increases being in the following classes of 
metal manufactures, 
With the exception of money imports, 
12.8 per 
which show a decrease of $3,103,000; and customs-free articles, all classes of imports 
show 
year. 
increased values during the fiscal year 1918-19, compared with the previous 
The value of the imports into Cuba, by classes, during the fiscal years 1917-18 
and 191S-19 follows: 
General Groups 
1917-18 
WTEC y Ola tiby, ese ait ac ct) estes ela labors take! ste cele eietets Sem eaters Sauer $19,553,000 
Tavis mh Reypee eae, oe Reef LESS antes POR hee RE RONGITE Lae yea 111,172,000 
POaxisleS ANG TOCUE AM URACIL selene aioe eueuese ths suet eta etaie ots 39,684,000 
instruments, machinery and apparatus ................ 39,633,000 
Metals. and them nranuLaceures ie .o ke insiee ticks winks ceoler 19,517,000 
Substances employed in pharmacy, chemical industries, 
DELEUMICET) (OLC.. eer iete ideo iae me employe seohate a tote ace fone 20,391,000 
AMTINALS <A! SLL = POPOGKICUS c's ric) vie wieketoislci ie 6 evexeunus stoic) 4] 13,694,000 
LOMES. TOME Sea (COLAMILCC nel torcpe semis ryeneaieiad se tatc] 2 akan 12,726, 000 
Wood and other vegetable materials .................. a 398,000 
PEHen ANG ePaper WALES re cides tse 1oeeeaeia ink remem oreo eee 4,725,000 
WHR Gall buat 25.t ged ooo Aaa amos top eto cen oremue > rene 8,508,000 
1 CG raT ame Sear aati etnih fs Bloke GRO Sit eaten xr ake ch eno Ae 5,623,000 
PANES Me ee eect PN ara RTA Wis Stak de ocxa evel seat oeraveroyeiete, RADE $302,624,000 
1918-19 
$16,928,000 
115,854,000 
41,572,000 
40,120,000 
22,399,000 
21,812,000 
15,500,000 
14,813,000 
7,437,000 
5,949,000 
10,773,000 
2,520,000 
$315,686,000 
The value of the exports, including ee was greater than that of the preceding 
year by $97,430,000, largely owing to the raw sugar exports, which show an increase 
while raw tobacco exports 
of $86,824,000 during the fiscal year 1918-19 over 1917-18, 
increased in value by over $6,000,000. 
The value of the exports by general groups from Cuba during the fiscal years 
1917-18 and 1918-19: 
General Groups 
Cui Qi ees orator dcdno cop bo dogaisoen mtr 
Products derived therefrom (refined sugar, artificial 
honey, spirits, liquors, preserves) ...... ? we MEN eye ra 
mowed Stemmed tobacco « .'s se enemntiiets stein eletae 
Memiicrciired tobacco ....... sce tc. sleet nina 
Goecosyreotee, fruits, vegetables, et¢@) “Cece eee eer 
Woods, textile fibers, dyes and tans’.....-.-2.. 2. 
Animal, leather and other animal products............. 
Honeveon bees and beeswax ........ 2.200050 selsineieneele 
Iron, copper, Manganese, gold and asphalt............. 
1917-18 
$314,205,000 
10,266,000 
20,329,000 
11,700,000 
2,484,000 
994,000 
2,878,000 
ce 593,000 
1,773,000 
1918-19 
$401,029,000 
8,600,000 
26,471,000 
14,366,000 
2,150,000 
748,000 
3,389,000 
2,103,000 
10,647,000 
