THE CUB A R EV I E W 



during 1918 and 1919, ))y countries of origin 

 to have been as follows: 



Rice imported into Cuba in 1918 and 1,919. 



Countries of origin 



United States 



Brazil 



Canada 



Mexico 



Spain 



United Kingdom. . . . 



China 



French Indo-China . 



British India 



Siam 



Japan 



Porto Rico 



British West Indies. 



Pounds 



121,295,395 



111,999 



129,074 



103,441 



172,381 



4,946,146 



50,653,766 



914,859 



150,467,303 



8,456,049 



45,285,754 



Value 



$8,177,319 



6,356 



7,651 



7,269 



9,100 



318,059 



3,334,693 



66,218 



8.939,993 



574,154 



2,757,572 



Total 382,536,167 



24,198,384 



Pounds 



United States 126,922,821 



Brazil 



Canada 



Mexico 63,720 



Spain 



United Kingdom 744,464 



China 26,589,544 



French Indo-China .... 422,547 



British India 49,638,186 



Siam 6,105,343 



Japan 109,165,650 



Porto Rico 147,208 



British West Indies 133,333 



1919 



Total 319,932,816 



Value 

 511,131,998 



4,403 



'59,i60 

 1,862,695 



41,792 



3,301,697 



576,717 



8,436,357 



12,418 



10,816 



25,438,053 



Prices of Rice and Method of Sale 



The prices of American rice are higher 

 than of the Oriental. The present price of 

 Saigon rice ranges from $3.30 to $3.60 per 

 100 pounds gross, c. i. f. Habana; and of 

 the American, from $3.80 to $5.50 per 100 

 pounds net, c. i. f. Habana. The fancy 

 California-Japan rice (American) has grad- 

 ually taken the place of the Valencia rice 

 and will continue to do so provided the 

 prices favor the American product. These 

 two kinds of rice are of the higher grade 

 and are used, principally in Habana, by 

 the better class of people, hotels, and res- 

 taurants. They are in least demand. 

 The classes of rice preferred are the S. Q. 

 Rangoon (India), Saigon (French Indo- 

 China)., Siam Garden (Siam), American, 

 and the Valencia (Spain). 



At present surplus stocks are not being 

 carried. It is expected, however, that large 

 quantities will be imported during the next 

 few months. 



The best method of sale is through 

 brokers, branch agents, or large importers. 

 Oriental rice is sold by description, but it 

 is necessary to sell American by samples. — 

 Vice Consul Theodore M. Fisher, Habana. 



New Fuel-Oil Station at Habana 



Acting Commercial Attache Chester 

 Lloyd Jones, Habana, reports that the 

 Mexican Eagle Petroleum Co. (El Aguila) 

 is about to open a new fuel-oil station at 

 Regla on the harbor of Habana. Crude 

 oil to establish the station will be brought 

 to the port by the Eagle Oil Transport Co. 

 A tank steamer with a cargo of approxi- 

 mately 3,000.000 gallons of crude oil is 

 due to arrive from Tampico with the first 

 shipment of oil for this new service. The 

 distribution and the sales will be in the 

 hands of the Anglo-Mexican Oil Co. 

 (Ltd.). 



The new station is equipped with two 

 large storage tanks having a capacity of 

 10,000 tons each. It has also a modern 

 steel lighter for the service of ships in 

 Habana and the outports and arrangements 

 for the supply of the Cuban market by 

 land shipments. 



Present Conditions in Cuban Lumber 

 Trade 



That the lumber business is on a more 

 solid foundation than any other business 

 in Cuba is the consensus of opinion of most 

 of the prominent Cuban bankers and lum- 

 bermen, says Axel Oxholm, Chief of the 

 Commerce Department's Lumber Division, 

 who has just returned to the United States 

 from a visit to that country. While Cuba 

 is still suffering with the rest of the world 

 from the effects of the Great War, and in 

 addition received a most severe blow as a 

 result of the sugar crisis, it nevertheless is 

 slowly recovering, and sanguine hopes are 

 entertained for the future. One of the 

 first industries to recover will be the lum- 

 ber trade. 



Lumber Business Handled 

 Conservatively 

 The Cuban lumber import business has 

 ever been confined almost entirely to solid 

 and substantial men. The majority of 

 these are Spanish, who are conservative, 

 satisfied with a smaller gain and more pa- 

 tient in building up their trade than are the 

 Cubans, who are generally attracted by a 

 large profit secured quickly. During the 

 war, and shortly after, a number of incap- 

 able and somewhat unscrupulous merchants 

 engaged in the lumber trade, but these firms 



