THE CUB A RE V I EW 23 



Foreign Trade of Cuba, 1913, 1919, 1920, and 1921— Continued 

 Countries of destination 1913 1919 1920 1921 



Imports of merchandise: 



Other countries in Europe $7,778,000 $3,065,000 $7,784,300 $6,750,039 



Another 3,443,000 20,439,000 42,973,717 15,231,749 



Total imports $140,133,000 $356,631,000 $557,016,692 $356,435,099 



Exports of merchandise : 



United States $131,571,000 $439,935,000 $626,915,178 $222,541,281 



United Kingdom 18,426,000 82,521,000 98,354,736 27,232,572 



France 1,685,000 23,038,000 13,005,079 4,905,475 



Spain 657,000 8,078,000 7,041,517 2,480,288 



Germany 4,708,000 10,000 458,392 



Other countries in America 5,580,000 10,912,000 25,134,137 5,732,895 



Other countries in Europe 1,204,000 6,651,000 17,961,254 4,441,235 



Another 780,000 1,874,000 5,596,887 10,338,602 



Total exports $164,611,000 $573,019,000 $794,008,788 $278,130,740 



The 1920 foreign trade was abnormal, due to inflated values and unusual prosperity, 

 so that the volume of imports and exports can not be considered as representing the 

 normal trade of the country. Purchases were exceptionally heavy at high values, and 

 shipments were the same. The value of imports for 1921 represents, in part, merchandise 

 ordered during the prosperity of 1920 and is not indicative of the actual trade situation 

 for the year, which, from the statistics, would appear similar to 1919 in point of imports 

 into Cuba. 



Declared Exports to United States 



The total value of merchandise declared at American consular offices in Cuba for 

 export to the United States during 1920 was approximately $650,700,000, as compared 

 with an approximate value of $220,800,000 in 1921. In addition, American goods valued 

 at $1,685,030 in 1920, and $2,498,939 in 1921, were returned to the United States. The 

 following table gives the principal declared exports to the United States from Cuba 

 during the years 1920 and 1921: 



Comparative Statement of Declared Exports to United States for 1920 ant) 1921 



1920 1921 



Articles Quantities Values Quantities Values 



Animals and animal products: 



Tallow, pounds 



Hides, wet salted, 1,000 pounds 



Bones, tons 



Sponges, pounds 



Beeswax, pounds 



Vegetable food products: 



Tomatoes, bushels 



Other vegetables, pounds 



Bananas, bunches 



Grapefruit, boxes 



Pineapples, cubic feet 



Canned and preserved fruit, pounds. . 



All other fruit, pounds 



Cocoa, pounds 



Cocoanuts, number 



Sugar, 1 ,000 pounds 



Honey, gallons 



Molasses, 1,000 gallons 



Wine, dozen pints 



Other vegetable products: 



Cigar wrapper, stemmed, pounds 



Cigar filler — 



Unstemmed, pounds 



Stemmed, 1,000 pounds 



Tobacco scrap, pounds 



Cigars, pounds 



