THE CUBA REVIEW 



19 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



CUBA'S TRADE WITH ENGLAND 



The mercantile relations between Cuba and 

 Great Britain continue to gi-ow more impor- 

 tant as indicated by the trade statistics for 

 five years just issued by the British govern- 

 ment for the past five years. 



The imports from and the exports to Cuba 

 were as follows: 



Imports. 



1908 £1,271,734 



1909 1,292,733 



1910 2,668,879 



1911 1,296,089 



1912 2,548,153 



Exports. 



1908 £2,360,315 



1909 2,494,957 



1910 2,546,904 



1911 2,801,598 



1912 3,234,134 



The principal articles imported by Cuba 

 from Great Britain consist of: Beer, biscuits, 

 rice, fish, condensed milk, coal, coke, linseed, 

 bricks, soda, china and porcelain, etc., etc. 



ENGLAND A GREAT MARKET 

 FOR BANANAS 



Thirteen years of imports of bananas from 

 all sources by the United Kingdom show a 

 constantly increasing demand. 



The import figures as printed by the West 

 India Committee Circular are as follows: 



Bunches. 



1900 1,287,442 



1901 2,228,672 



1902... . ^2,804,700 



1903 3,087,516 



1904 3,910,511 



1905 5,737,914 



1906 6,425,704 



Bunches. 



1907 6,232,158 



1908 6,385,449 



1909 6,238,065 



1910 6,094,579 



1911 6,714,479 



1912 6,978,867 



1913 7,539,984 



DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S TRADE 

 WITH CUBA 



Cuba's exports to Dominican Republic 

 amounted to: 



1912 1913 



Valiw Percent Value Percent 



$6,578 08 87,352 OS 



Cuba's imports from Dominican Republic 

 amounted to: 



1912 

 Value Percent 

 $15,429 12 



1913 

 Value Percent 

 $27,536 26 



WEARING APPAREL EXPORTS 



As a preliminary step to the formation of 

 a large company to engage in the exporting 

 of wearing apparel, Walter H. Bartholomew, 

 formerl}' manager of the Dress and Waist 

 Manufacturers' Association, will start, June 



1, with two associates on a trip througli the 

 West Indies for the purpose of determining 

 just what merchancHse will find the readiest 

 market in that territory. A boat may be 

 chartered on board which five or six Hues 

 will be carried. A contract has been let for 

 the con.struction of a large vessel which will 

 be finished in seven months, and this ship 

 will call on the trade three times a year. 



Havana and Santiago will be called upon 

 among other jjlaces and canvassed for larger 

 business with American manufacturers of 

 this class of goods. 



EXEMPTION OF FLAVORING EXTRACTS 

 FROM INTERNAL TAX 



Extracts and essences containing alcohol, 

 when imported into Cuba by manufacturers 

 of carbonated waters, have been exempted 

 from internal tax by customs circular of 

 February 12, 1914.' This exemption is 

 subject to the same regidations as those 

 prescribed for the admission of similar 

 articles for the manufacture of liquors. — • 

 Cuban Customs Circular Xo. 12. 



CANADIAN-CUBAN TRADE 



The Halifax, Xova Scotia Herald, calls 

 attention in a recent issue to the increase of 

 Canada's commercial relations with Cuba. 

 According to official statistics, Canada's 

 trade with the Republic in 1902 amounted to 

 $813,804 and in the year ended ^Slarch 31, 

 1913, this had increased to $4,272,415, made 

 up of imi^orts, $2,745,572, and exports, 

 $1,526,843. 



The attention of Canadian exporters is 

 also called to the fact that one of the bills now 

 before the Cuban Congress provides for the 

 reduction of the duty on food products. If 

 this reduction is made, Dominion shippers 

 should be able to place manj^ Canadian pro- 

 ducts, but especially flour, on the Cuban 

 market. 



The Herald also states that Canadian cap- 

 ital has been invested freeh' in Cuba. Such 

 enterprises as the Royal Bank of Canada, 

 with twenty-three branches scattered in 

 different cities through the island; the Bank 

 of Xova Scotia; the Camaguey Co., which 

 controls the electric plant and tramwaj's of 

 that city and whose head office is at Hahfax, 

 clearl}- show that Canadian interests are well 

 represented in the island. 



It also thinks that the Repubhc of Cuba 

 wishes to establish closer commercial relations 

 with Canada, because of the expected promo- 

 tion of the Consulate at Hahfax to the rank 

 of consulate-general for the Dominion of Can- 

 ada, July next. A consol of career has been 

 named at Toronto, and a proposition to name 

 consols of career at ^Montreal and St. John 

 has been approved by Congress. 



