THE CUBA REVIEW 



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UNITED KINGDOM'S TRADE WITH CUBA* 



EXPORTATIONS 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 



Clothing i8,570 £6,558 £10,852 £4,148 £5,557 



Beer 50,922 36,630 42,940 31,102 33,034 



Biscuits 10,085 13,024 14,554 9,397 7,069 



Soda compounds 12,683 12,751 14.290 13,490 12,965 



Other chemical preparations. 7,313 9,385 12,038 9,454 11,022 



Crockery 28,288 17,882 24,508 18,741 22,261 



Rice 30,523 36.123 68,266 58,027 40,869 



Cotton cloth 516,244 560,258 648,879 669,273 715,990 



Cutlery 5,472 5,865 7,291 3,724 4,795 



Glassware 10,768 l.^),605 19,624 13,614 10,801 



Hardware 27,135 22,924 23,303 16,897 22,945 



Hats 4,984 5,362 6,525 3,997 2,471 



Tools in general 28,980 23,527 22,7.54 16,445 19,449 



Jute 11,081 12,461 12,986 14,828 12,042 



Linen 229,141 213.449 223.081 225,264 261,672 



Machinery 168,149 134,185 188,757 70,736 155,263 



Drugs 7,731 5.472 8,828 6,336 7,069 



Bronze 5,807 5.345 5,154 4,160 5,626 



Copper 8,142 8,916 11.948 5,238 5,003 



Iron 206,3.50 168,538 213,639 103,264 118,150 



Condensed milk 4,927 29,329 , 18,833 20,062 5,225 



Vegetable oils 11,284 12,173 14,816 10,618 13,233 



Colors, etc 28,504 22,271 32,105 19,798 30,948 



Manufactures of silk 5,048 4,925 5,474 8,103 8,805 



Wool 112,934 107,601 97,379 91,074 82,023 



Total of all exportations.. £1,885,868 £1,863,260 £2,109.570 £1,700,726 £1,892,663 

 Importations of some Cuban products for the five years ending with 1909 and their 

 value are as follows : 



Articles 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 



Asphalt, tons** 1,850 30 1,992 18 



Mahogany, tons 9,002 2,381 6,361 10,314 26.856 



Sponges, lbs 55,068 115,686 51,682 



Molasses, quintals! 596,662 1,027,771 1,234,311 1,220,117 1,426.614 



Values 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 



Asphalt £3,928 £80 £3,700 £25 



Mahoganv 67,977 19,021 49,268 £70,029 26,856 



Sponges ' 5,102 8,884 5,818 



Molasses 82,105 145,465 191,126 199,028 267,248 



* Figures of Sr. Julian de Avala, Cuban Consul-General at Liverpool, England. 

 ** Ton = 2,240 lbs. 



t Quintal = 112 lbs. 



England Gains in Cuban Trade 



"Our trade with Cuba," says the Westminster Gazette, "has increased by 50 per cent 

 since Spain left the island; it stands to-day at between three and a half and four millions 

 sterling a year ; it is larger than our trade with Newfoundland, Algeria and all the Dutch 

 colonies, the Canary Islands, Persia, Siam or Morocco; nearly three-fourths of it is made 

 up of British exports to Cuba — textiles, cereals, iron and steel manufactures and machin- 

 ery being the leading commodities ; next to the United States, we both sell to and buy 

 from Cuba more than any other country in the world. 



"Besides this, a very large amount of British capital ha? been invested in Cuban enter- 

 prises, in railways, sugar and tobacco especially, and a considerable percentage of the 

 bonds of the republic is held in London. So far as we can tell, the connection between 

 the two countries is likely to become more intimate and valuable as time goes on. The 

 resources of Cuba have only just begun to be systematically surveyed and "exploited, and 

 it is clear already that London will be more and more drawn upon for the capital to 

 develop them." 



"Perhaps no spot on the earth's surface more obviously needs or will more obviously 

 repay development." 



