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this year 6,082,775 kilos of leaf tobacco 

 are reported to have been exported through 

 Habana, valued at $8,521,434, and also 4,- 

 629,136 kilos of stemmed tobacco, valued 

 at $8,996,533. In the same period of 1921 

 the exportations are reported to have 

 totaled 4,667,477 kilos of leaf tobacco, 

 worth $9,639,057. and 3,506.697 kilos of 

 stemmed tobacco, valued at $9,244,581. 

 Other tobacco exportations through the port 

 of Habana for the first nine months of 1922 

 are given as follows: cigars, 65,842,082, 

 valued at $7,523,772; 16,744,091 boxes of 

 cigarettes, valued at $380,827; and 177,- 

 423 kilos of scrap tobacco, worth $167,266. 



Philippine Islands 



The sugar market of the Philippine 

 Islands has followed that of the United 

 States in a general way during the past 

 Winter and Spring. Shipments in the 

 first three months of the year were mod- 

 erate, totaling 80,641 tons, of which over 

 half were centrifugals going to the United 

 States. Toward the end of the month 

 the tone was considerably improved, in 

 sympathy with that in the United States, 

 and heavy sales resulted, with exports of 

 71,315 tons during the single month of 

 April. Of this, 49,481 tons were to United 

 States Atlantic ports and 9,961 tons to San 

 Francisco. 



The increase in exports by districts has 

 been fairly regular, as 70,612 tons left 

 Manila up to May 1, compared with 39,198 

 tons last year, and 76,324 tons left Iloilo, 

 against 27,184 tons in 1921. 



Sales of muscovado sugars, which had 

 been fairly heavy during the advance, fell 

 off with the April decline, but they picked 

 up somewhat in May. On May 15 musco- 

 vados were quoted at the equivalent of 

 1.80c. per pound while centrifugals were 

 3.30c. 



The sugar industry of the Islands is 

 making progress. Associated Press cor- 

 respondence dated May 29 from Manila 

 says that efficiency of the sugar centrales 

 in the Philippine Islands is approaching 

 the Hawaiian standard, according to rec- 

 ords in the offices of the Philippine Sugar 

 Centrales agency on the six centrales con- 



trolled by the Philippine National Bank 

 in the Island of Negros. 



The average number of tons of cane per 

 ton of sugar at the bank's six centrales is 

 8.53, compared with the average of 8.61 

 for Hawaii in 1921. The average factory 

 efficiency for five of these centrales for 

 the season is 91.8. This is a very favorable 

 record when all the conditions are con- 

 sidered. 



The planters are cooperating with us 

 heartily in every way, which is especially 

 important in its bearing on future produc- 

 tion and increased production per acre 

 under cultivation. Twenty-five experi- 

 mental fields are now under the super- 

 vision of the Bureau of Science, where 

 problems of fertilizing, etc., are being 

 solved. 



These improvements in the industry 

 will be especially noticeable next year, 

 according to the Sugar Central and Plant- 

 ers' News, and in spite of a decidedly dry 

 Spring a good increase in crop outturn is 

 anticipated. Between January 1 and 

 March 15, plantings were checked by con- 

 tinued wet weather, but the dry weather 

 which followed has enabled planters to 

 rush work. In some parts of Luzon, how- 

 ever, the dry conditions are approaching 

 the intensity of a drought. 



The sugar crop figures for the fiscal 

 year ending July 1, 1921, were published 

 recently by the Department of Agriculture. 

 These showed an area in cane of 596,122 

 acres and a sugar production of 528,393 

 tons for the Islands as a whole. Of this 

 amount, 24,271 tons were made into small 

 cakes of "Panocha" sugar. Considerable 

 cane was used also in the production of 

 liquid by-products. Other authorities in- 

 dicate that the exports during this period 

 totaled about 200,000 tons, which indicates 

 a consumption of about 300,000 tons in the 

 Islands. 



Exports prom the Philippines 

 f Warner. Barnes & Co., Ltd.) 



Jan. 1 to April 30 

 Destination 1922 1921 



Atlantic Ports 85,500 13,669 



San Francisco 24,050 15,168 



China 26,013 28,123 



Japan 16,393 17,500 



Total tons 151,956 74,460 



