28 THE CUBA 
REVIEW 
The Sugar Industry 
September Imports and Exports of Sugar 
The import and export movement of 
sugar in the trade of the United States 
during the month of September showed 
a decrease of approximately 40%, as 
compared with August, government cus- 
toms returns show. Imports dropped 
from 285,426 tons in August to 158,000 
tons last month, or only about 20,000 
tons more than the low level of July. 
Exports of refined sugar similarly de- 
clined from 66,527 tons in August to 
39,891 tons in September, the smallest 
quantity exported in any month since 
April. 
The falling off in imports reflected the 
light movement of raws from Cuba dur- 
ing the month, which totaled only 117,- 
736 tons, as compared with 240,305 tons 
in August, a decrease of more than 50%. 
Imports from the Philippines also de- 
creased to 11,868 tons. Arrivals of full 
duty sugars, on the other hand, were 
larger by nearly 9,000 tons in Sep- 
tember than in the month before, amount- 
ing to 23,007 tons, and there were receipts 
of 5,389 tons of duty free sugars from the 
Virgin Islands, the first from that quarter 
this year. 
The September figures complete the 
returns for the first nine months of 1921, 
during which period total imports have 
amounted to 2,373,758 tons, or 1,130,000 
tons less than were imported in the corre- 
sponding period of 1920, and about 537,000 
tons less than imports in the same period 
of 1919. The figures for September and 
for the first three quarters of this and pre- 
ceding years are as follows, in tons of 
2,000 pounds: 
U.S. Sucar Lvports 
; Nine 
Year September months 
iS Pi Og aes ee 158,000 2,373,758 
BOZO ete eet Oe 220,668 3,503,296 
MONG re ic ci cy Ses 354,319 2,910,435 
MONS ip Ari ees dee 137,548 2,233,461 
1S 1 Af a ce 174,107 2,307,246 
DOUG here> eas oe 90,098 2,338,217 
OL a art st: cides ce. 190,354 2,300,148 
A comparison of the figures of Cuban, 
full duty and duty free imports, respec- 
tively, for the nine months’ period shows 
that roundly 625,000 tons of the de- 
crease in 1921, as compared with 1920, 
has been in receipts from Cuba, and 
about 478,000 tons in full duty imports, 
while duty free sugars have decreased 
about 25,000 tons. In comparison with 
1919, the falling off in Cuban arrivals 
is still more striking, amounting to more 
than 700,000 tons, while full duty im- 
ports, on the contrary, show an increase 
of 160,000 tons. The figures for the 
three years, in ordinary tons, are to 
September 30: 
1921 1920 1919 
Guban eee 2,056,087 2,681,340 2,760,703 
Full duty.. 213,027 691,878 52,842 
Duty free... 104,644 130,078 96,890 
Total ....2,373,758 3,503,296 2,910,435 
Imports from Cuba this year have 
been, in fact, the smallest in the past 
ten years, the figures for the first nine 
months of the years before 1919 being 
as follows: 
1918... <.13 2,152,608 1OUS ee ee 2,079,698 
1917. ...%,.%2,Uka, 91S) TOL eee 2,303,482 
1916... 5. ae bOt LO NOLS eee 2,145,124 
An increase of nearly 7,000 tons in 
arrivals of Santo Domingo sugars ac- 
counted largely for the gain shown in 
full duty imports during the month. 
The figures of these imports, for Sep- 
tember and for the year to date, are as 
follows in tons of 2,000 pounds: 
Sep- Nine 
From tember months 
Santo Domingo ...... 19,898 127,895 
Central America ..... 634 21,837 
Miexi¢o: secs ates 204 11,787 
Brazil eee wero eee PA 3,487 
Pen Woe eee eee ae 10,247 
Venezuela ........... mt 3,205 
Other So. America..... 185 4,578 
British West Indies... . Le 1,993 
Other West Indies..... 1,785 8,175 
Dutch East Indies..... Bae 17,028 
Other countries........ 30 2,795 
Totals o.oo ee 23,007 213,027 
The value of sugar imported in Sep- 
tember was $9,236,701, against $18,119- 
553 for imports during August. The 
sugar was received at the following 
ports: New York, 77,678 tons; Philadel- 
phia, 43,639; Boston, 20,153; Savannah, 
