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THE CUBA R E V I E JV 



Italy's Crop 



Italy's 1923-24 beet sugar crop will 

 hardly reach the estimated 300.000 metric 

 tons, according to the calculations of the 

 Italian Sugar Union, which reports a total 

 crop area of 93.000 hectares, which at an 

 average of 28 tons per hectare are e.xpected 

 to yield 2.600.000 tons of beets. The beets 

 in all parts of the coimtr\- are reported to 

 be of excellent quality and the sucrose con- 

 tent high enough largely to offset the reduc- 

 tion in tonnage from last year. It is an- 

 ticipated that the season's outturn will be 

 enough to supply consumption needs for 

 the coming year without recourse to im- 

 portation, as was necessary in the closing 

 months of 1922-23. Sugar of the new 

 crop has been upon the market in Italy 

 since August. 



Negros' 1923-24 Crop 



Director Hernandez of the bureau of 

 agriculture, who has just returned from a 

 month's stay in the southern island, pre- 

 dicts a bumper crop of sugar for 1923-24 

 in Xegros. The cane is in fine condition, 

 he reports, and the planted area is con- 

 siderably larger than in the last crop. 



Another factor in the promised increase 

 is the more extensive use of fertilizers on 

 the plantations. The planters are highly 

 optimistic. ^Ir Hernandez says, the only 

 danger in sight being the locust menace, 

 which the planters and provincial 

 authorities are now dealing with. Danger 

 from this source is now believed to have 

 been warded off and the pest brought under 

 control. 



Nicaragua's Sugar Output 



The 1022-23 sugar crop in Nicaragua has 

 come fully up to expectations, according 

 to ad\'ices received in New York from a 

 Corinto export house. The production of 

 white sugar was estimated at 12.500 tons, 

 and exports for the first six months of the 

 year amounted to 11.020 tons. Nicaragua's 

 domestic consumption of sugar is estimated 

 at 3,000 to 4.000 tons annually, but the 

 greater part of this is brown sugar. 



The 1023-24 production of white sugar 

 is estimated at the same figure as that of 

 the last crop — 12.500 tons. 



Sugar Crop Outlook in Sinaloa 



The Chamber of Commerce of Culiacan. 

 the state capital, forecasts an increase of 

 25 per cent in the 1923-24 sugar crop of 

 the state of Sinoloa. Me.xico. as compared 

 with last year. The chamber announces 

 that the cane is of better quahty than last 

 year and the sucrose content promises to 

 be higher. There has also been an increase 

 in acreage, and the construction of the 

 Southern Pacific Railroad extension, giving 

 better transportation facihties to the in- 

 terior of the country, is expected to pro- 

 duce a further expansion of the cane area. 



Peruvian Sugar Market 



It is reported the Peruvian sugar mar- 

 ket is again activ'e and the industry ap- 

 pears to have been encouraged by the up- 

 ward movement of prices. Trading was 

 heavy and shipments were expected to as- 

 sume important proportions early in Octo- 

 ber. 



Sugar e.xports from Peru for the first 

 half of 1923 amounted to 114.803 metric 

 tons, valued at 2,513.000 Peruvian pounds 

 (SIO.228.000). These sugars were classi- 

 fied in the official returns as 4.493 tons 

 whites, 110.225 tons browns, and 55.000 

 tons muscovados. 



Cuban Visible Sugar Put at 288,000 Tons 



Cable reports show that only 288.030 

 tons of sugar remain in the stores and ports 

 of the various Cuban sugar mills, accord- 

 ing to Leandro Mejer, of the firm of Guma 

 & Mejer. accountants, who in February last 

 predicted positively a reduction in the crop. 



The ^Nlejer calculation is that 133.000 

 tons will be consumed in Cuba this j-ear. 

 this amount not being taken into account 

 in computing the above 288.000 tons. 



The only problematical factor in the 

 situation now is the amount already sold or 

 contracted for out of the said 288.000 

 tons. 



