THE CUBA REVIEW 



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merce, has found it necessary to reprint the 

 new order with explanatory text. That 

 pamphlet is just off the press and is being 

 supplied free of charge to those interested, 

 upon application to the above-mentioned 

 office. All shipments for export to foreign 

 countries or to Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto 

 Rico will be affected by the new regulations. 



Accuracy of statement and completeness of 

 description in export statistics are the 

 primary objects of the new procedure. 

 Heretofore the data received by the Bureau 

 of Foreign and Domestic Commerce have 

 frequently been lacking in these respects, 

 largely by reason of the fact that interior 

 shippers consign to their agents at the sea- 

 board for export goods unaccompanied by 

 adequate descriptions for use in making ex- 

 port declarations. The new regulations seek 

 to remedy this defect. 



The importance of detailed and accurate 

 returns as a basis for the statistical informa- 

 tion published by the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce is apparent when it is 

 realized that the export trade of the country 

 now exceeds $3,000,000,000 annually and is 

 rapidly increasing. With practically all com- 

 modities participating in that growth, in- 

 terest in commercial procediu'e is widespread 

 and to meet the demand for authoritative 

 instructions regarding the new requirements 

 in export trade, the main features of Treasury 

 Decision No. 35708, containing the regula- 

 tions on that subject, have been summarized 

 as follows : 



i. A simplified form of shippers' export 

 declaration has been prescribed alike for ex- 

 ports by rail and by vessel. Is is so drawn up 

 as to prevent the disclosure of the value of 

 goods to persons outside the customs service. 

 The duplicate to be handed over to the ship- 

 per's agent at the seaboard or to the common 

 carrier as proof of compliance with customs 

 requirements will contain no statement of 

 value. 



2. The oath to shippers' declarations for 

 export by water may be taken before any per- 

 son authorized to administer oaths and not as 

 heretofore exclusively before the collector of 

 customs at the port of exportation. This will 

 facilitate the preparation of export declara- 

 tions by the original shipper instead of by 

 his agent at the seaboard, who is less cognizant 

 of the character and value of the mechandise 

 and the country of final destination. Manu- 

 facturers themselves are urged to make out 

 the export declarations wherever practicable 

 to assist in which work the Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commerce cheerfully supplies 

 to those interested Schedule B containing the 



official classification of aU merchandise enter- 

 ing export trade. 



3. The requirements on the part of common 

 carriers have been somewhat simplified and 



-hereafter copies of the waybills will be ac- 

 cepted from the railroad companies in lieu of 

 car manifests. In vessel manifests a notation 

 that the values are as stated on the shippers' 

 declarations will be accepted in heu of a de- 

 tailed statement of the value of each shipment. 



4. On and after January 1, 1916, the legal 

 requirement that goods shall not pass out of 

 the jurisdiction of the United States until 

 shippers' declarations are presented in due 

 form will be strictly enforced. Exception will 

 be made only when the carrier gives bond to 

 produce within 15 days export declarations 

 (originals or duplicates) for all shipments. 



Compliance with the new regulations will 

 impose no hardships on exporters who have 

 been observing the legal requirements. On 

 the contrary then- convenience is served, and 

 the cooperation of shippers generally will aid 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce in publishing full and accurate in- 

 formation regarding the export trade, and 

 thus furnish to the manufacturers of the 

 country an accurate business guide. — Special 

 Agent Garrard Harris. 



CUBAN EXPORTS FOR OCTOBER 



The exportation of Cuban products in the 

 month of October amounted to nearly a half 

 million dollars more than last year, according 

 to the customs house reports. Products 

 which formerly were never, or at least very 

 seldom, exported at all are this year being 

 sent out of the country in large quantities. 



Cuban products valued at $3,470,557 were 

 exported during October, as compared with 

 $2,999,630, the value of fruit exports for 

 October of last year. This shows an increase 

 of $470,927 in a single month. 



The countries to which these products 

 have been shipped in the order of the quantity 

 sent are United States, England, Spain, Den- 

 mark, Argentine, Chile, Canada, Holland, 

 France, Uruguay, Colombia, Australia, 

 Panama, Dutch West Indies, Canaries, 

 Gibraltar, and Rio de Oro. 



The products sent by Cuba are leathers 

 and hides, sugar, oranges, cacao, metals, 

 tobacco, cut tobacco, cigarettes, alcohol, 

 rum and honey. 



It is stated that Cuba is now shipping its 

 products to countries that formerly never 

 received any, although Cuba purchased 

 heavily in the markets of these countries. — ■ 

 Havana Post. 



