THE CUBA REVIEW i7/ 
CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 
TONNAGE OF CIENFUEGOS FOR 
1920 
The following table gives the national- 
ity, number, and gross and net tonnage 
of the total foreign shipping, exclusive of 
coastwise, at the Port of Cienfuegos dur- 
ing 1919 and 1920: 
PORT 
1919 
Tonnage 
Nationality Number Gross Net 
American ....:-:- 220 521,743 331,580 
SREY SMG ter ra eect ee 49 168,897 102,563 
Norwegian ...... 12 18,647 11,238 
SPAMS ee) Gas ce Shes Bort 
Japanese ........ 2 10,345 6,809 
TD XO GlOL Sse pase cuetene ae 3 200 192 
DY AMM Mateos ig a 5 9 AST 6,261 
@uilyanite a et 3 4,158 2,341 
Swedish ......... oe Re ye MOT 
Honduran ........ 2 520 520 
All other nation- 
MIMS 3 ts. siete seh as 6 9,369 4,819 
MO allan sete ce ese 302 748,366 496,823 
1920 
Tonnage 
Nationality Number Gross Net 
American . 276 780,914 506,435 
ISTIGISNS seh 5 ccc 101 388,160 184,848 
Norwegian _...... 31 51,891 31,992 
SOM ANISM), Seo elo omar 8 24,987 15,902 
Japanese ........ 6 30,976 21,947 
DU Clo oes coisas acs 6 19,135 12,303 
ID BIS dee eae ieee 6 14,762 10,093 
GUAM. se sion! os. ¢ 4 4,200 2,152 
Swedish 3 8,235 4,972 
Honduran ‘ 3 633 617 
All other nation- 
MITT ESM cee ores eases 5 12,225 7,681 
BRO TANG ee 2 449 1,336,128 799,537 
The tonnage for 1920 is understood to 
represent a record for this port despite 
the present marked decline in shipping, 
covering the period from the establish- 
ment of the Cuban moratorium in October 
and the beginning of the new sugar ship- 
ments, which will probably be delayed for 
six weeks to two months. 
EXTENSION OF IMPORT EMBARGO ON 
RICE IN CUBA | 
In accordance with a decree signed by 
the Chief Executive on March 22, 1921, 
the prohibition on the importation of rice 
into Cuba, originally decreed on Septem- 
ber 7, 1920, is to remain in force until 
SO per cent. of the merchantable rice in 
Cuba at the time of the promulgation of 
the decree shall have been disposed of. 
In order to enable the authorities to as- 
certain the amount of rice in stock and 
the progress of its disposal, the decree 
provides for reports on existing stocks 
of merchantable rice within eight days 
after the promulgation of the decree and 
subsequent bi-weekly reports on _ sales. 
The requirement in regard to reports is 
restricted to holders of merchantable rice 
in amounts exceeding 500 tons at ports 
of entry. 
SPANISH DUTY ON CUBAN CIGARS 
Custom duties on Cuban cigars entering 
Spain will be in future assessed on the 
basis of the Spanish gold peseta instead 
of the silver peseta as heretofore. 
This amounts to a 50 per cent. increase 
in the duties on cigars imported to Spain. 
The new system was decided upon by the 
Compania Arrendataria de Tabacos, a 
lessee company operating under a mo- 
nopoly concession granted by the Spanish 
Government. 
Cuban manufacturers of cigars have 
cabled a protest to Madrid and have pre- 
pared a resolution for presentation to the 
Cuban State Department, asking that 
diplomatic representations be made to the 
Spanish Government. 
Cigars shipped from Havana to Spain 
in 1919 amounted in round numbers to 
11,000,000. Figures for 1920 are not avail- 
able, but estimates place the number of 
cigars sent to Spain in that year at double 
the shipments in 1919. These cigars have 
paid a duty of 48 pesetas per kilogram, 
a surtax of 12 per cent. and a 3 per cent. 
commission collected by the monopoly 
company. 
NEW STORES COMPANY 
A new stores company under the name 
of Compania Nacional de Almacenes, with 
a capital of $3,000,000, has been formed 
in Havana. The storehouses of Lluria, 
Garagol y Compania, in the port of Car- 
denas, are a part of the company’s prop- 
erty and are worth $2,000,000. 
