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THE CUBA REVIEW 



force any additional quantities at the 

 present time, as this would simply make it 

 more difificult for merchants to market their 

 present stocks and to clear up their old 

 accounts. 



Cuban Market for American Leather 

 Slippers 



The slipper manufacturer is now build- 

 ing up a permanent foreign trade on a peace 

 basis. An intensive study of slipper statis- 

 tics shows there is before him in 1922 in 

 the foreign market great possibilities for 

 furthering the present and developing new 

 business enterprises. 



United States exports of slippers to Cuba 

 during 1919 and 1920 were as follows: 

 Monthly average, 5,303 pairs, 1919; 3,972 pa?rs, 

 1920; average value per pair, .'$1.12, 1919; 

 .$1.51, 1920. 



In 1919 Canada was entitled to first rank 

 with an average monthly importation of 

 6,813 pairs; Cuba was second with 5,303 

 pairs, and Belgium third with 2,899 pairs. 

 In 1920 Cuba ranked first, with an average 

 per month of 3,972 pairs; Canada second, 

 with 3,143 pairs; Denmark third, with 

 2,803 pairs, and Belgium took only 1 pair 

 during the entire year. 



Monthly Exports During 1921 



The following statistics show for the first 

 ten months of 1921 the total exports of 

 slippers and the country receiving the 

 greatest number of pairs: 



Pairs 



January, total 11,468 



Cuba 8,221 



February, total 2,688 



Panama 1,200 



March, total 4,155 



China 2,308 



April, total 4,485 



Cuba 1,824 



Canada 1,339 



May, total 5,120 



Cuba 2,784 



Canada 1,721 



June, total 6,146 



Canada 3,354 



Cuba 2,012 



July, total 1,745 



Panama 901 



Cuba 578 



August, total 4,039 



Canada 2,763 



September, total 11,715 



Scotland 6,728 



October, total 4,223 



Canada. 2,698 



Cuba and Canada Lead in Trade 

 The five countries ranking first in quan- 

 tities received during one or more months 

 of 1921, the total number of pairs and 

 values of the same for the years 1919 and 

 1920 and the ten months of 1921 are as fol- 

 lows: 



In 1921 the slipper trade with Cuba 

 slightly led that with Canada in quantity; 

 the cHmatic conditions causing a demand 

 for a lighter weight slipper, to some extent 

 accounts for the variation in value. Of 

 American manufactured slippers exported 

 during the months of January, April and 

 May, Cuba each month received the great- 

 est quantity and Canada during the months 

 of June, August and October. 



In 1921 these two countries appear to 

 dominate the foreign trade in slippers and 

 therefore to some degree influence the style 

 and material of the products manufactured 

 for foreign consumption. 



British Piece Goods 



British Exports of Cotton Piece Goods to 

 Cuba in October, 1921 

 Square Yards Value 



154,300 $10,270 



British Exports of Cotton Piece Goods to 

 Cuba for Ten Months 

 January- January- January- 



October, 1913 October, 1920 October, 1921 

 Linear yards Square yards Square yards 

 49,817,800 28,523,000 6,069,300 



Exports of Trunks and Bags 



The following presents the value of the 

 October exportation of trunks and bags to 

 Cuba and the average value per month of 

 the shipments of similar goods during 1919 

 and 1920: 



United States Exports of Trunks, Valises 

 and Traveling Bags 

 Average monthly Value, 



value October, 



1919 1920 1921 



$14,732 $61,852 $7,123 



