T HE CUB A REVIEW 



33 



The Sugar Industry 



Import and Export in January 



With exports of refined sugar exceeding by 

 lore than 10,000 tons the largest January 

 lovement recorded in any previous year, 

 nd imports 87,000 tons in excess of the 

 revious record for the month, a new high 

 ;vel in volume of business handled in the 

 agar trade of the United States with 

 )reign countries was established in the 

 pening month of this year. Refined ex- 

 orts totaled 71,411 ordinary tons (63,760 

 mg tons), doubling the figures for Decem- 

 er, 1921, while imports amounted to 

 52,656 ordinary tons (314,871 long tons), 

 n increase of 155,000 tons over the Decem- 

 er figure, and nearly three times the volume 

 f imports in January of last year. 



Europe Takes More Refined 

 The increase of nearly 36,000 tons in 



sports was due mainly to large shipments 



D Great Britain and France, these countries 



iking together 42,814 tons during January, 



s compared with 16,927 tons in December. 



[ow the month's export total compares 



ith those of previous Januaries is shown by 



tie following tabulation: 



Tons of 

 Year 2,000 lbs. 



922 



921 



920 



919 



918 



917 



916 



915 



71,411 

 28.653 

 60,219 

 32,833 



5,587 

 22,171 

 27,283 

 12,172 



With the exception of 73 tons exported 

 :om Porto Rico, the January, 1922, figures 

 ^present exports from the continental 



Inited States. 



Distribution of Exports 

 After Great Britain and France, the 

 rincipal purchasers of American refined 

 uring the month were Argentina, Greece 

 nd Uruguay. The following table gives 

 etails of the distribution of exports: 



Tons of 

 E.xported to 2,000 lbs. 



Inited Kingdom 22,055 



'ranee 20,759 



ireece and Greek Asia 5,812 



\irkev in Europe 1,597 



talv.' 1,533 



vWherlands 1,030 



pain and Canary Islands 1,177 



Belgium 



Denmark 



Germany 



Malta 



Jugoslavia 



Rumania 



Gibraltar 



Norway 



Iceland 



Canada 



Newfoundland 



Mexico 



Panama 



British West Indies . . 



Haiti 



Virgin Islands 



Cuba 



Other West Indies. . . 



Bermuda 



British Honduras. . . . 



Argentina 



Uruguay 



Chile 



British Guiana 



Other South America. 



Palestine 



Japan 



India 



China 



Philippine Islands . . . . 



Algeria 



Egypt 



Morocco 



Spanish Africa 



British West Africa . . 

 Other Africa 



937 



758 



575 



295 



220 



134 



123 



94 



72 



96 



193 



,433 



90 



203 



107 



88 



71 



45 



44 



21 



,097 



,084 



40 



34 



13 



695 



40 



34 



22 



126 



,576 



,232 



390 



386 



67 



13 



Total 71,411 



About two-thirds of the total export busi- 

 ness passed through the port of New A^ork, 

 shipments from which were 48,412 tons. 

 Exports from Philadelphia were 8,053 tons; 

 New Orleans, 13,693 tons; Boston, 585 tons; 

 San Francisco, 189 tons; San Antonio, 218 

 tons; other continental ports, 188 tons; 

 Porto Rico, 73 tons. 



The value of refined sugar exported during 

 January was $4,738,518, an average of 3.32 

 cents a pound, against an average value of 

 3.73 cents for sugar exported in December, 

 and of 7.84 cents for that exported in 

 January, 1921. 



A Record Import Movement 

 Of the 352,656 tons of sugar imported 

 during January all but a negligible quantity 

 came from Cuba, from which 347,084 tons 

 were brought in. This is the hea\dest 

 import movement of Cubas on record for 

 January, exceeding the previous high 

 figure of January, 1920, by more than 



