THE CUBA REVIEW 



27 



COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL 



SHARE OF UNITED STATES IN CUBA'S IMPORT TRADE 



The percentage of imports into Cuba from the United States and other countries during 

 1912 and 1913 is shown in the following table: 



From United States 



From Other Countries 



Pr addicts: 

 Stone, earth and ceramics . . . . 

 Metals, and manufactures of . . 



Chemicals, drugs, etc 



Textiles, and manufactures of . 



Paper and paper goods 



Wood, and manufactures of . . . 



Animals, and products of 



Machinery, instruments, etc . . 



Foodstuffs 



Miscellaneous 



Articles free of dutv 



1912 

 Per Cent. 

 57.00 

 72.30 

 57.14 

 20.00 

 45.24 

 71.43 

 77.00 

 70.00 

 44.70 

 50.00 

 85.00 



1913 

 Per Cent. 

 60.16 

 72.00 

 52.89 

 22.58 

 46.53 

 72.08 

 73.71 

 72.09 

 45.14 

 40.00 

 89.21 



43.00 

 27.70 

 42.86 

 80.00 

 54.76 

 80.00 

 54.76 

 28.57 

 23.00 

 30.00 

 55.30 

 50.00 

 15.00 



39.84 

 28.00 

 47.11 

 77.42 

 53.47 

 77.42 

 53.47 

 27.92 

 26.29 

 27.91 

 54.86 

 60.00 

 10.79 



Foodstuffs represent about 36 per cent, of tiie imports into the island; textiles and manu- 

 factures, 14 per cent, and machinery, etc., 12 per cent., as shown by the following table: 



1912 1913 

 Per Per 



Articles: Cent. Cent. 



Stone, earth and ceramics 4.09 4.31 



Metals, and manufactures of . . 6 . 00 7.10 



Chemicals and drugs 6.15 5 . 97 



Textiles, and manufactures of . 14 . 50 13 . 50 



Paper and paper goods 1 . 75 1 . 90 



Wood, and manufactures of . . . 2.81 2.96 

 — United States Consular Report. 



1912 

 Per 



Articles: Cent. 



Animals, and products of 4 . 95 



Machinery, etc 10.72 



Foodstuffs 37.23 35.62 



Miscellaneous 2.40 3.27 



Articles free of duty 8 . 80 



1913 



Per 

 Cent. 



4.95 

 12.20 



8.22 



PREVAILING PRICES FOR CUBAN SECURITIES 



Quoted by Laiorerice Turnure & Co., New York 



Republic of Cuba Interior Loan 5% Bonds 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1944 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1949 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 43^% Bonds 



Havana City First Mortgage 6% Bonds 



Cuba Railroad First JMortgage 5% Bonds 



Cuba Railroad Preferred Stock 



Cuba Company 6% Debenture Bonds 



Cuba Company 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock 



Havana Electric Railway Consolidated Mortgage 5% Bonds 



Havana Electric Railway Light and Power Co. Preferred Stock 



Havana Electric Railway Light and Power Co. Common Stock 



Matanzas Market Place 8% Bonds Participation Certificates 



Cuba-American Sugar Co. Collateral Trust 6% Bonds 



Cuba- American Sugar Co. Preferred Stock 



Cuba-American Sugar Co. Common Stock 



Santiago Electric Light and Traction Co. First Mortgage 6% Bonds .... 

 All prices of bonds quoted on an "and interest basis." 



CANADA'S TRADE 



Though interested parties have made sug- 

 gestions looking to a reciprocity treaty be- 

 tween Canada and Cuba, no direct negotia- 

 tions or official correspondence on the subject 

 have taken place, according to information 

 in high circles of the Trade and Commerce 

 Department. Though there is a treaty of 

 reciprocity between Cuba and the L^nited 

 States, the latter has no monopoly of the 



trade. Last year Canada sold to Cuba 

 potatoes valued at $537,302; fish, $432,387, 

 and lumber, $262,940, and many smaller 

 items. It is felt that to mutual advantage 

 the trade between the two countries might be 

 extensively developed and there has been 

 such a move in Cuban centers, but it is denied 

 at Ottawa that the negotiations reported m 

 a recent despatch from Havana have been 

 opened.— Ottawa Despatch of December 2d. 



