THE CUBA REVIEW 13 



A $2,000,000 Import Trade in Perfumery 



Cuba imports annually half a million dollars' worth of fine soaps and up to $2,000,000 

 worth of "perfumery and essences." There is a small export of domestic products of 

 this latter class, and an inconsequential re-export trade. Details of the Republic's 

 foreign trade in "perfumery and essences" for the calendar years 1919 and 1920 (the 

 latest official figures available and published only within the past few weeks) are set 

 out below: 



Cuba's Imports, Exports, and Reexports of Perfumery and Essences, 1919 and 1920 



Countries of origin or destination 

 Imports : 



United States 



France 



Germany 



Italy 



Netherlands 



Spain and Canary Islands , 



United Kingdom 



Other 



Total imports. 



Exports : 



United States 



Argentina 



Australia 



Ecuador 



Mexico 



Nicaragua 



Panama 



Peru 



Porto Rico 



Santo Domingo 



Spain and Canary Islands. 

 Other 



Total exports. 



Re-exports : 



United States. . . 



Mexico 



Other 



Total re-exports 10,461 $10,243 7,555 $3,536 



Statistics of Cuba's imports, exports, and re-exports of soaps are given below 



in so far as they are shown in the official returns for the same years: 



Cuba's Imports, Exports, and Re-exports of So.ap, 1919 ant) 1920 



1919 1920 



Soaps Pounds Value Pounds \'alue 

 Imports 



Fine 735,008 $416,168 960,356 8564,429 



United States 416,012 210,572 537,375 289,717 



France 67,113 62,764 87,336 78,877 



Spain 241,353 136,455 320.036 187,343 



United Kingdom 9.994 5,805 14,928 7,802 



Common, in bars 15,928,911 1,371,534 14,544,879 1,428,425 



United States 15,284,165 1,298,254 13,193,051 1,258,139 



Other kinds 930,093 224,789 1,039,398 289,773 



United States 850,874 194,865 949,619 248,293 



Total imports 17,594,012 $2,012,491 16,544,633 $2,282,627 



