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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



TRADE OF UNITED STATES AND CUBA 



The imports from and exports to the Republic of Cuba for nine months of 1913-14 were 

 as follows: 



Im'porls 



1912 1913 1914 



Cattle skins $308,757 $355,910 $697,995 



Cane sugar 56,840,625 65,854,830 59,966,429 



Fruits: 



Bananas 447,886 391,658 345,480 



Mining products: 



Copper ore 635,528 494,161 868,059 



Iron ore 2,547,236 ^ 3,241,703 3,108,264 



Tobacco: 



Wrapper 132,991 111,931 221,273 



Another 11,552,893 13,129,889 11,317,657 



Total exports for nine months ending Mar. 31 $48,238,161 $53,456,663 $53,327,489 



1912 1913 1914 



Corn.'. '. $1,206,595 $1,293,686 $1,362,087 



Wheat flour 3,169,653 3,414,693 3,103,488 



Coal— Bituminous 2,109,026 2,456,088 2,496,283 



Cotton cloth manufactures 1,428,542 1,210,716 1,225,125 



Iron and steel manufactures: 



Agricultm-al implements 158,806 232,408 147,875 



Cars— Passenger and freight 1,326,162 1,511,110 1,842,975 



Locomotives 271,548 373,206 609,030 



Pipes and fittings 877,709 813,199 715,246 



Sheets and plates No data No data 510,857 



Structural iron and steel 419,144 549,747 427,840 



Sewing machines 269,031 291,666 283,242 



Typewriters 73,523 67,744 71,143 



Wagons No data 42,294 30,157 



Wire 413,499 304,301 330,593 



Leather and manufactures: 



Boots and shoes 2,115,106 2,938,550 2,503,961 



Upper glazed kid 33,389 53,364 54,297 



Lumber and woods: 



Boards, planks, etc 1,753,424 1,819.906 1,914,320 



Furniture. : 581,260 707,644 574,587 



Meat products. 



Bacon 386,550 605,167 1,191,460 



Hams and shoulders 546,723 642,669 715,918 



Lard 3,426,393 3,772,876 4,049,731 



Lard compounds and other substitutes. . 945,555 1,125,595 1,070,9:^3 



Pickled pork 692,929 648,218 355,079 



Oils: 



Cottonseed 110,489 266,438 262,496 



Crude 172,791 232,040 346,693 



Illuminating 27,270 92,398 79,698 



Lubricating 387,053 452,819 468,193 



Paper manufactures : 



Books, maps, music, etc 264,001 176,023 192,958 



Newsprint paper 119,291 150,006 179,656 



Total imports for nine months ending Mar. 31 $78,247,338 $90,237,627 $83,091,653 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS 



Of the rubber hose and other rubber goods, 

 worth $145,930, imported into Cuba during 



the year 1912, manufactures to the value of 

 $110,686 were from the United States; and 

 of the balance, $24, 169 represented purchases 

 from Germany. 



