THE CUBA REVIEW 



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New Rates of Duty 



Preferential General 



Sugar above No. 16 D. S. and refined. 



96° test and under 1.49 1/3 2.24 



99° test and over 1.59 1/3 2.39 



Sugar not above No. 16 D. S. 



75° test and under 70 1.1608 



96° test 85 1.68712 



99° test and over 87^4 1.83)4 



Sugars over 16 Dutch Standard imported by Refiners were assessed in a previous 

 iiariff a higher duty than 96° sugars under 16 D. S. but under the latest West Indian 

 Trade Agreement, Refiners can import washed sugars which may be over 16 D. S. at 

 ;he same duty as the 96 testing sugars. In other words, there is no penalty imposed 

 for sugars bright in color and the only basis on which the duty will be assessed will be 

 :':he actual polariscopic test. 

 I New York, N. Y., May 24, 1922. 



I Supplementary Sugar-Tride Figures 



The following figures for the sugar trade 

 !)f certain countries in the calendar year 

 921 have recently become available. 



Countries 



EXPORTING COUNTRIES 



British South Africa 



'ava and Madura 



Imports 

 (in thou- 

 sands) 



Pounds 

 26,538 



. IMPORTING COUNTRIES 



kitish India 1,309,260 



^apan ^679,401 



Singapore 177,972 



Switzerland 156,668 



Exports 

 (in thou- 

 sands) 



Pounds 



137,784 



3,715,386 



15,956 



n 05, 740 



112,202 



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^Includes 760,000 pounds of "rock candy, 

 ube, loaf, grape, molasses, and the like." 

 The quantity for this item was incorrectly given 

 n Commerce Reports for March 27, the figure 

 here used representing a conversion from piculs 

 nstead of kin. 



^There were also exports of "all other sugar, 

 :onfectioneries, and sweetmeats," valued at 

 >44,614 yen (8420,618), for which the quantity 

 s not stated in the monthly returns. 



The Peruvian imports of sugar in 1920 

 imounted to 27,000 pounds and exports to 

 iS 1,069 ,000 pounds. 



Italian Production in 1921 



Italy ties with Poland for sixth place 

 among the sugar-producing countries of 

 Europe in 1921, with a total production of 

 200,000 metric tons. In 1920 Italy ranked 

 tenth, with 122,000 metric tons. 



The 1921 sugar production is smaller 



than the national demand, and larger quan- 

 tities are being imported from abroad. 

 The total sugar imports into Italy for the 

 first nine months of 1921 amounted to 

 100,000 metric tons, the Dutch East In- 

 dies supplying 55 per cent., the United 

 States 18 per cent., and Belgium, Cuba, 

 France, and Brazil most of the remainder. 



Java Estimate for 1922 



The complete estimate of the 1922 sugar 

 crop in Java, as reported by the Dutch 

 East Indian Archipelago, is 24,163,994 

 piculs, equivalent to approximately 1,473,- 

 500 long tons, graded as follows: 



Piculs 



Superior 13,020,458 



Superior seconds 310,008 



Channel assortment 3,882,259 



Channel or American assortment. . 6,547,705 



American assortment 125,594 



Centrifuged seconds 11,329 



Seconds 5,400 



Molasses sugar 261,241 



Total 24.163.994 



Sales from the 1922 crop by the Sugar 

 Producers' Association had amounted, at 

 the end of February, to 10,061,000 piculs 

 (613,475 long tons), of which 9.152,000 

 piculs had been bought by Japanese firms. 



Stocks of the 1921 crop on March 1 were 

 2,300,000 piculs (140,000 tons). The 

 average price realized for crystal sugar of 

 the 1921 crop was 15.39 guilders per picul, 

 equivalent to about 4.05 cents a pound. 



