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1912 1,912,875 



1913 2,443,986 



1914 2,581,501 



1915 2,649,488 



1916 3,068,437 



1917 3.073,010 



1918 3,533.090 



1919 4,104,205 



1920 3,758,347 



1921 3.974,116 



According to the figures published by H. A. Himely in his weekly reviews of the 

 Cuban sugar crop the total production of sugar during the 1920-21 season amounted to 

 3,935,433 long tons of 2,240 pounds, as compared with 3,728,975 tons for 1919-20, 

 3,967,094 tons for 1918-19 and 2,429,240 tons for 1912-13. 



Heavy Sales of Sugar During 1922 



Up to the beginning of January, 1922, only some 2,584,000 tons belonging to the 

 1920-21 crop had been exported, or about 66 per cent, as compared with approximately 

 90 per cent in normal years. However, after January 1, 1922, shipments of sugar 

 increased heavily until by September 2, 1922, approximately 4,529,900 long tons of sugar 

 had been exported, of which about 1,218,794 tons belonged to the 1920-21 crop and 

 3,311,106 tons to the 1921-22 crop. 



The principal reasons for this increased activity were depleted sugar stocks in the 

 United States and Europe and low prices which favored replenishment. With only 

 about 700,000 tons of sugar remaining in Cuba to ])e marketed, and a marked improve- 

 ment in prices, it would seem that the 1922-23 crop should offer an opportunity for 

 recouping in part the losses sustained during the depression. The following table, pre- 

 pared from statistics furnished by H. A. Himely, shows the distribution of the Cuban 

 sugar crops of 1912-13, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21 and 1921-22. ^ 



Exports, Consumption, and Stocks of Last Four Sugar Crops an"d that of 1912-13 



Items 1912-13 1918-19 1919-20^ 1920 21= 1921-22= 



Exports: Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons 



United States 1,993,000 2,870,000 2,714,000 3,040,000 2.962,000 



Canada 79,000 85,000 189,000 82,000 127,000 



United Kingdom 3266,000 608,000 509,000 486,000 465,000 



Japan and China 62,000 68,000 



France 158,000 61,000 85,000 112,000 



Australia 11,000 25,000 



All other countries 55,000 93,000 22,000 89,000 



Destination not specified 



Total e.xports 2,338,000 3,832,000 3,577,000 3,804,000 3,823,000 



Local consumption 91,000 135,000 149,000 121,000 ^85,000 



Stock on hand 3,000 10,000 88,000 



Total crop 2,429,000 3,967,000 3,729,000 3,935,000 3,996,000 



1 Data as of June 17, 1922, except for crop, which is total for season. 



2 Data as of Nov. 25, 1922, except for crops, which are totals for seasons. 



3 Includes total quantity exported to all European countries. 

 * Estimated. 



The United States is the market on which Cuba still depends for the sale of most 

 of its sugar, though the significant feature of the post-war trade has been the increased 

 takings of Cuban sugar by the European countries. 



The Tobacco Industry 



The Cuban tobacco industry is second only in im.portance to that of sugar and gives 

 employment to a large number of the inhabitants, especially in the manufacture of the 

 great quantities of cigars and cigarettes made in Cuba, both for local consumption and 

 export. The American commercial attache, Chester Lloyd Jones, has made an extensive 

 study of the tobacco industry, and data which he has collected show a crop of 609,065 

 bales of tobacco for the 1913-14 pre-war season, 673,084 in 1914-15 and 417,316 in the 

 1915-16 season. Statistics for the seasons from 1916-17 to 1919-20 were not obtainable, 



1 The figures for 1920-21 and 1921-22 were brought to date (November 25) in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce from Himley's Weelily Review of the Cuban Sugar Crop. 



