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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Capitolio Theatre. This was the first time that an ice skating act has been presented 

 in this country and it met with instantaneous approval. 



The Trade of the United States with Cuba 

 Statistics for the Fiscal Years 1918 to 1921 



By Luis Marino Perez 



The United States has exported to Cuba merchandise valued at $1,264,091,822 

 in the last four years, as reported by the Department of Commerce in "Monthly 

 summary of foreign commerce of the United States." 



The exports to Cuba were: 



1917-18 $235,469,608 1919-20 395,790,649 



1918-19 229,545,704 1920-21 403,285,861 



The imports from Cuba were: 



1917-18 $264,024,006 



1918-19 337,654,142 



$1,264,091,822 



1919-20 645,571,828 



1920-21 420,399,940 



$1,667,649,916 



The principal articles that make up this trade are shown in the following table, 

 compiled from "Monthly summary of foreign commerce of the United States." Articles 

 not included in the table below are not separately stated for Cuba in that publication. 



