THE CUBA REVIEW 



23 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



YELLOW PINE EXPORTS 



(Gulf Coast Record) 



Cuban trade remains quiet, although im- 

 provement is looked for later, possibly not 

 until late fall. 



In the week ending June 20, shipments 

 were slightly larger, and the month will show 

 an aggi-egate trade rather beyond expectation. 

 Most of the business placed is of the small lot 

 variety, but an occasional large contract is 

 reported. 



]\Iovement of lumber to Cuba during the 

 first six months of 1914 will fall about 40 

 per cent, below that of a like period in the 

 preceding year. The shrinkage is a sweeping 

 one, and with one exception, shipment to 

 the island is the smallest recorded the 

 January-June term within nine or ten years. 

 These months usually represent much more 

 than half of the year's trade with Cuba, but 

 an exception may be noted this season. 

 Conditions throughout the island appear to 

 be improving and with lumber receipts below 

 normal, it is probable that stocks have suf- 

 fered some impairment, while low mill prices 

 and an easy freight market offers excellent 

 opportunities for summer buyers. 



The shrinkage has been felt rather keenly 

 by shippers, and by mills whose market for 

 the class of stock used in this trade has been 

 much restricted. Cuba was especially active 

 in early months of last year. 



The week's clearances included about 

 1,600,000 feet for Cuba during week of 

 July 4th. 



Export of lumber to Cuba during May was 

 smaller than in previous months of the year, 

 and the figures show but 37,074,569 feet 

 aoved to the island since January 1st. This 

 is the smallest for such a period since 1905, 

 with the exception of 1 )09, when shipment 

 for the first five months of the year was 

 35,847,815 feet. Last year, the figure was 

 about sixty-eight milUon feet. 



Havana's proportion of the whole is some- 

 thing less than visual, but in later weeks 

 Havana has been getting its full share of the 

 Cuban outgo. Neither in the capital city 

 or at the smaller ports is there any act ve 

 demand, and prospect for the future is not 

 brilMant. As the summer months are gen- 

 erally dullest in this trade, improvement can 

 hardly be looked for before October. 



MAY MANUFACTURE FLOUR 



A biU before the Senate allows free duty 

 to all the wheat which may be imported in 

 Cuba, also on the packages to be employed 

 and an exclusive concession to the Compaiiia 

 MoUnera de Trigo de Cuba, for five years 

 and free exemption from all taxes during 

 that period. 



The Compania MoUnera in return for the 

 privilege will erect flour mills in Havana 

 Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. No 

 increase in the present duty on flour is 

 established. 



WHAT ENGLAND BUYS 



England's annual imports from Cuba 

 consist in the main of the following pix)ducts . 

 Three years' figures follow: 



1910 1911 1912 



£ £ £ 



Rum 12,360 22,585 28,251 



Sugar 1,371,633 29,611 1,203,890 



Molasses 325,220 185,252 306,839 



Cigars 857,440 925,481 880,393 



Cigarettes 4,667 5,717 6,323 



Leaf Tobacco. 2,622 2,892 1,682 



Sponges 12,813 12,250 9,281 



Mahogany.... 69,569 90,660 86,551 



Other woods.. 10,319 17,648 16,225 



Various articles 2,395 3,844 9,601 



2,668,879 1,296,089 2,548,153 



HAVANA'S CUSTOM COLLECTIONS 



Totals. $20,140,944 $21,646,472 $20,910,130 



COTTON CLOTH TO CUBA 



Great Britain exports of cotton cloth to 

 Cuba for the years 1912 and 1913 are as 

 follows: 1912, 94,704,900 yards; 1913, 55,- 

 496,300 yards. 



HATS FROM ECUADOR 



The exportation of Panama hats during 

 the first five months of 1913 from Ecuador 

 to Cuba was as follows: 289 pounds; value, 

 $3,154. — Consular Report. 



The Cuban Government proposes to estab- 

 lish an immigration and quarantine station 

 on Cayo Juan Vicente, Nipe Bay. 



