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but during the calendar years of that period the following amounts of tobacco are shown 

 as the productions: 363,099 bales in 1916, 432,402 in 1917, 598,969 bales in 1918. 

 667,806 bales in 1919 and 541,167 bales in 1920. The crop for the 1920-21 season is 

 estimated to have been 403,000 bales,'' of which the weight is given as approximately 

 48,000,000 pounds, which would make the average weight of a bale about 120 pounds; 

 but the weight of a bale of tobacco as generally given in the invoices certified at the 

 consulate general is around 100 pounds, and in the table following is about 90 pounds. 

 Statistics showing the quantity of tobacco exported during the calendar years 1920, 

 1921 and the first three months of 1922 have been furnished by the Cuban Treasury 

 Department and are given in the following table: 



Cuban Tob.acco Exports 



First three 

 Products 1920 1921 months of 



1922 



Leaf tobacco, kilos 13,199,162 11,649,738 4,836,617 



Cigars, number 157,689,630 53,776,484 23,502,796 



Cigarettes, boxes 8,022,456 4,683,252 6,005,110 



Fine cut tobacco, kilos 682,988 159,558 57,560 



Imports of foreign tobacco are of little importance, amounting to about $150,000 

 per year, and consisting principally of plug and twist tobacco and snuff. No detailed 

 statistics later than June 30, 1920, have been published by the Cuban Government show- 

 ing the import and export figures of its foreign commerce. 



In 1912 the total exports of tobacco amounted to $35,223,797 and in 1913 to 

 $31,328,894; 1919, $47,744,419; and during the first six months of 1920, $27,605,416. 

 In 1913 total exports of tobacco to the United States amounted to $18,580,627, as com- 

 pared with $25,398,294 in 1919 and $17,498,010 in the first six months in 1920. 



Petroleum and Petroleum Products 



During the year 1919 there were 72,173,184 gallons of crude petroleum for fuel 

 purposes imported into Cuba, according to official statistics. Of this amount, 71,585,812 

 gallons came from Mexico, while only 587,372 gallons came from the United States. 

 There was a great increase in the importation of this class of oil during the first six 

 months of 1920, a total of 92,521,908 gallons being brought from Mexico and the United 

 States, of which quantity 80,362,853 gallons were received from Mexico. The advan- 

 tageous position of the Mexican oil fields to the Cuban markets is largely responsible for 

 Mexico's monopoly of Cuban importations of fuel oil. With the exception of fuel oil, 

 most crude oil imports come from the United States. 



Statistics have not been published showing the importations of petroleum and 

 products for the whole of Cuba during the years 1920 and 1921, but the customhouse at 

 Habana has furnished figures for such imports from the United States received at that 

 port during these two years, and a classified tabulation follows : 



Imports or Petroleum Products Received from the United States at Habana During 1920 



and 1921 



1920 1921 



Petroleum products Quantity Value Quantity Value 



Crude oil, gallons 21,902,711 $3,919,600 21,296,477 $2,758,469 



Gas oil, gallons 999,610 49,608 3,265,568 249,686 



Fuel oil, gallons 2,211,490 21,000 2,130,459 20,505 



Benzine, gallons 51,128 17,689 



Gasoline, gallons 4,708,175 971,954 964,138 193,391 



Kerosene, gallons 1,252,888 276,195 280,132 180,590 



Other refined oils, gallons 3,616,269 1,086,504 4,112,471 1,707,625 



Other crude oils, gallons 2,671,578 546,080 4,533,621 753,318 



All others, gallons 32,316 9,530 31,995 9,548 



Tar, kilos 1,441,517 47,868 989,304 31,345 



Asphalt, kilos 288,687 13,633 630.092 32,812 



1 The 1921-22 production was 470,000 bales. 



