THE CUBA REVIEW 



business is largely a matter of personal 

 friendship, and it is in this connection that 

 the services of a well-introduced agent 

 should prove to be a valuable asset. Most 

 importers are extremely conservative in 

 their methods, and hard spade work is 

 often necessary before they can be induced 

 to make a change. Catalogues for the 

 market should be printed in the Spanish 

 language and if at all possible prices in 

 United States currency, covering delivery 

 c.i.f. Havana, should be quoted. It is con- 

 sidered that goods of light weight, though 

 strong, and of an attractive appearance at 

 competitive figures should find their way 

 into the market. 



Tinned Hollow-ware 

 The sources of supply of firmed hollow- 

 ware are as follows: United Kingdom, 

 United States, France and Germany. In 

 these goods the United Kingdom is com- 

 petitive and shares with the United States 

 the bulk of the trade. The principal goods 

 in demand are basins, canisters (coffee, 

 sugar, etc.), funnels, pie-dishes, moulds, 

 baking-pans, cooking pots, ladles, spoons, 

 graters, mugs, etc., whisks, flour shovels, 

 filter funnels, milk containers. 



The following articles of United States 

 manufacture command a good sale: Fun- 

 nels, 6^4 in., $1.00 per doz. ; drinking 

 cups, 4^ by AYo in., $9.00 per gross; milk 

 containers, 2 quarts, $29.10 per gross; 

 dairy pails, heavy raised bottoms, 12 

 quarts, 12>^ by 9^ in., $74.85 per gross; 

 plainer quality, 12 quarts, 11 by 10^^ in., 

 $47.70 per gross; pails, 12 quarts, 12 by 

 8% in., $29.70 per gross; wash bowls, diam. 

 13 in., $25.85 per gross; water dippers, 1 

 quart, 5^ by 2^ in., $10.05 per gross; cake 

 moulds, round with center hole, 10^ by 3^ 

 in., $17.10 per gross; milk pans, 12 quarts 

 12^ by 2^ in., $13.00 per gross; wash 

 basins, large, top and side handles, 17 

 quarts, 17% by 3^ in., $3.95 per doz. (the 

 last-mentioned article enjoys a very large 

 demand in Cuba, and a slightly larger size 

 than that specified is perhaps in more gen- 

 eral favor) ; rinsing basins, side and top 

 handles, 17 quarts, 18 by SYi in., $3.40 

 per doz.; pudding bowls, 5 quarts, 11 by 

 3J^ in., $12.80 per gross; spittoons, 7J4 

 by AYi in., $24.80 per gross; covers, 8>^ 

 by 12 in., $5.15 to $10.40 per gross; cake 

 pans (shallow), depth 1 in., diam. 10 in., 



$7.45 per gross; pie plates (shallow), 

 depth ]4, in., diam. 9 in., $5.35 per gross; 

 colanders, 10 in., $18.75 per gross. The 

 above prices are understood to be for goods 

 delivered f. o. b. New York and are sub- 

 ject to discounts varying from 50 to 60 

 per cent. 



According to the Cuban Customs Tariff 

 manufactures of tinplate are dutiable at 

 $5.20 per 100 kilos. In the case of United 

 States goods the duty is $3.90 per 100 kilos. 



Galvanized Ware 

 With regard to galvanized ware, the 

 trade is stated to be principally in the 

 hands of United States and British manu- 

 facturers. The principal articles in demand 

 are buckets, baths, watering-cans, dust- 

 bins, ash-cans, etc., wash-bowls, w-ash- 

 tubs. The following articles of foreign 

 manufacture find a ready sale in the mar- 

 ket: Wash bowls, 13 in.; well buckets, 



12 quarts; ash-cans, corrugated and gal- 

 vanized, 16j?4 by 23 in.; ash-cans, made of 

 galvanized sheet, uncorrugated, galvanized 

 deep seamless covers, bottom band, 15 by 



13 in.; chamber pails, plain, 12 quarts; 

 water pails, (a) 12 by 11% in., 16 quarts, 



(b) extra heavy, 12>4 by 9% in., 14 quarts, 



(c) extra heavy reinforced ears, enameled 

 wood handle, 12>^ by 9% in., 14 quarts; 

 wash-tubs (a) drop handles, securely fas- 

 tened, heavily wired, 24^^ by 20 j^ in., 

 depth 11% in., {b) extra heavy banded, 

 red. heavy fixed handles, galvanized wringer 

 attachment, 23% by 18% in., depth 11 in.; 

 watering-cans, 12 quarts. — The Hardware 

 Trade Journal. 



Countervailing Duties en Automobiles 



Instructions covering countervailing du- 

 ties on automobiles and accessories im- 

 ported from Cuba were issued to U. S. 

 customs collectors by the Treasury. Auto- 

 mobiles, the instructions stated, including 

 lamps, rubber tires and other accessories 

 and parts, not specified, are dutiable under 

 the Cuban tariff when imported from the 

 United States at the rate of 25 per cent 



ad valorem. 



U. S. Exports to Cuba 



]\IoxTH OF February 



1922 1923 



$8,799,773 812,182,374 



8 Months Ended February 



1922 1923 



$73,966,433 S95,067,443 



