THE CUBA REVIEW 



Imports of Certain Articles into the United States from Cuba 



1. Bananas: 



Value $482,046 



Bunches 1,151,165 



2. Cocoa or cacao, crude: 



Value $34,261 



Pounds 326,064 



3. Copper ore: 



Value $4,937,098 



Tons (2,240 lbs.) 90,221 



Copper contents, lbs 37,010,920 



4. Hides, cattle: 



Value $2,361,679 



Pounds 12,065,247 



5. Iron ore: 



Value $1,905,384 



Tons (2,240 lbs.) 605,625 



6. Manganese, oxide and ore of: 



Value $1,479,314 



Tons (2,240 lbs.) 67,780 



7. Sugar, Cane: 



Value 219,461,319 



Tons (2,240 lbs.) 2,036,049 



8. Tobacco, leaf suitable for cigar 



wrappers: 



Value $276,008 



Pounds 180,739 



9. Tobacco, all other leaf: 



Value ■ $15,711,337 



Pounds 20,366,787 



fNot given. 



jCalendar year 1918. 



ICalendar year 1919. 



^Stated in sq. yards for 1921-22. 



^Except duck. 



^See also Pipes and Fittings. 



^Includes naphthas, etc. (No. 48). 



^Except Gasoline. 



^Included with Gasoline. 



'Includes terneplates and taggers' tin. 



^No imports. 



506,253 

 1,267,440 



4,879 



47,355 



4,532,648 



65,001 



21,415,468 



2,591,967 

 11,949,928 



1,934,260 

 460,902 



2,990,392 

 74,003 



290,732,477 

 2,450,317 



94.611 

 44,254 



619,537 

 1,412,427 



13,697 



53,882 



2,546,980 



54,983 



16,339,134 



3,015,060 

 10,016,726 



2,526,743 

 664,553 



222,314 

 6,316 



596,275,578 

 3,082,906 



941,012 

 1,871,291 



2,588,681 



59,685 



15,933,682 



848,718 

 6,240,512 



2,095,746 



525,448 



144,910 



4,238 



378,209,386 

 2,198,942 



127,512 

 34,301 



227,520 

 96,646 



961,60(3 

 1,880,952 



511,698 



6,827,62 



2,068,922' 

 35,570 

 17,045,697 



1,628,349 

 15,270,697 



440,078 

 103,394 



1,809 



57 



171,300,590 

 3,446,543 



125,179 

 36,704 



18,859,740 23,800,164 22,051,320 20,452,830 

 20,356,332 23,391,604 18,195,875 21,364,455 



-Tlie Economic Bulletin of Cuba. 



Iron Mines of Cuba 



The iron ores of Cuban are said to con- 

 stitute one of the largest reserves in the 

 world. The most extensive deposits — 90 

 per cent of the whole island — occur in 

 Oriente Province. There are two kinds of 

 deposits — (1) the hematite and magnetite 

 deposits, averaging 57.8 per cent iron, 

 with 9 million tons of ore, near the city of 

 Santiago on the South Coast; and (2) the 

 brown iron ores, averaging 45.18 per cent 

 iron, with 3,000 million tons on the North 

 Coast. The chief mines of both types are 

 in Oriente Province. The chief ore fields 

 in Oriente Province are those of Moa Bay, 

 near Nipe Bay; the Mayari district, south 

 of Nipe Bay; the Daiquiri field, 20 miles 



east of Santiago; and the Firmeza district, 

 9 miles east of Santiago. 



There are also the ore deposits of 

 Camaguey Province and other areas. The 

 total available reserves of ore, containing 

 more than 40 per cent iron, have been es- 

 timated as follows: — 



Oriente Province 2,660 million tons 



Camaguey Province 400 million tons 



Havana Province 50 million tons 



Pinar del Rio Province 40 million tons 



Total — Cuba 3,150 million tons 



The chief interests in Oriente are the 

 Bethlehem Steel Co., Midvale Steel Co., 

 Guantanamo Exploration Co., United 

 States Steel Corporation, and the Eastern 

 Steel Co. 



