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THE CUBA RE V I E IV 



Given at the Presidential Palace in the city 

 of Havana, on the twenty-first day of 

 December, 1921. 



(Signed) Alfredo Zayas, President. 

 (Signed) Jose M. CoUantes, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Commerce and Labor. 



Sugar Trade 



The effects of a freer movement of 

 Cuban raws to the United States market 

 are apparent in the figures of the country's 

 import and export trade in sugar for the 

 month of November issued this week. 

 As a result of an increase not far short of 

 one-half in importations from Cuba, as 

 compared with October, November's im- 

 ports show an aggi'egate gain of roundh' 

 50,000 tons over the month before, and 

 total 231,475 ordinary tons, or approxi- 

 mately the same as those of August. 



The increase in receipts from Cuba was 

 63,231 tons, but partially offsetting this 

 was a decrease of 12,740 tons in duty free 

 and full duty imports, principally in ar- 

 rivals from the Philippine Islands. These 

 fell off from 29,479 tons in October to 

 17,754 tons in November. There were also 

 receipts of 868 tons of duty free Virgin 

 Islands sugars last month, against none 

 in October. 



With eleven months of the year gone, 

 total imports for 1921 stand at 2,786,217 

 tons, or more than 100,000 tons in excess 

 of the figures for the corresponding period 

 of any year prior to 1919, but something 

 over 1,000,000 tons less than those of 

 1920. The comparative figures for the 

 month and for eleven months of recent 

 years are as follows, in ordinary tons: 



Eleven 



Year November months 



1921 231,475 2,786,217 



1920 216,466 3,855,615 



1919 206,702 3,403,272 



1918 113,951 2,495,870 



1917 49,255 2,445,920 



1916 163,039 2,670,270 



1915 130,722 2,525,121 



Heaviest November Movement 



The import movement in November of 

 this year, it will be observed, was heavier 

 than in any November preceding. 



Total imports of Cubas to the end of 

 November have also been heavier than in 



anj' year before 1919, amounting to 

 2,413,021 tons, and exceeding the 1918 

 figures by 15,500 tons; while full duty 

 imports of 220,450 tons are larger than in 

 any previous year except 1920, and duty 

 free imports from the Philippine and Virgin 

 Islands, totaling 152,746 tons, also exceed 

 those of any year except last year. The 

 following table shows the comparative 

 movement of these three classes of sugars 

 for the past three years, to the end of 

 November, in ordinary tons: 



1921 1920 1919 



Cuban... 2,413,021 2,806,663 3,246,592 

 Fulldutv.. 220,450 889,874 58,740 



Dutyfree. 152,746 159,078 97,940 



Total... 2,786,217 3,855,615 3,403,272 



Imports of full duty sugars in November 

 were almost negligible, totaling only 3,770 

 tons, of which 1,600 tons came from Hon- 

 duras, 586 tons from Guatemala and Salva- 

 dor, 787 tons from the Dutch West Indies, 

 760 tons from Venezuela, and 37 tons from 

 Hongkong. 



The total of 220,450 tons of full duty 

 sugars imported in 1921 to date is made up 

 as follows: From Santo Domingo, 128,763 

 tons; Central America, 24,965; Mexico, 

 11,840; West Indies, 10,955; Peru, 10,247; 

 Venezuela, 4,626; Colombia, 4,389; Brazil, 

 3,562; other South America, 1,239; Java, 

 17,028; and other countries, 2,836. 



The distribution of imports during 

 November by ports of receipt was: New^ 

 York, 122,817 tons; Philadelphia, 66,005; 

 Boston, 30,404; Savannah, 7,730; New 

 Orleans, 3,865; San Francisco, 549; other 

 ports, 105. 



The value of sugar imported during 

 November was $11,252,994, an average of 

 2.43 cents per pound, against 110,207,266, 

 an average of 2.82 cents in October. 



Export at Low Level 



Export business in refined sugar con- 

 tinued at a low ebb during November, 

 total exports for the month being 18,937 

 tons, as compared with 19,332 tons in 

 October. The November total is the small- 

 est for any month of the year since April, 

 and the smallest for any November of 

 recent years, with the exception of 1920. 

 Total exports for the eleven months of 



