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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The Sugar Industry 



Quarter -Year's Sugar Imports quarter of the past several years gives 



As a result of a record import movement further measure of comparison. The fij 



of Cuban raws, sugar imports into the ures are in tons of 2,000 pounds: 



United States in March established a new Imports, Jax. 1-March 31 



high level for any single month's business ' Free and 



with a total of 640,360 ordinary tons (571,- Year Cuban full duty Total 



750 long tons), 138,000 tons in excess of the 1922 1,459.011 36,046 1,495,05 



imports during Februarv and 175,000 tons 1921 762,304 81,736 844,04 



more than those of any previous March. }J20 ^'-99 670 ^60-00 ^860 3" 



^ c .^T-nnn -r 1918^^^^^'..^. 652^532 25!706 678^23 



Cuba Supplies 62,^,000 Tons j^n 753,807 64,247 818;05 



All but a negligible quantity of this un- }916 772,993 47,869 820,86 



A , A ■ a t n u \.- u 1915 626,998 .^^8,34:5 665.34 



precedented milow came from Cuba, which 



supplied 623,673 tons against 16,687 tons The figures of total March imports fo; 



from all other sources together. This is previous years are: 1921, 418,981 tons 



135.000 tons more than imports from Cuba 1920, 464.665; 1919, 294,693; 1918, 288,- 



in February, and nearly 175,000 tons more 285; 1917, 379,467; 1916, 338.074; 1915 



than was imported from that quarter in 367.672. 



any previous single month. The largest In comparison with the corresponding 



previous March movement of Cuban raws periods of last year and the year previous 



to this country, in 1920, was nearly 200,- imports of full duty sugars have been con- 



000 tons less. spicuously small in 1922. For the firstl 



In consequence of this record-breaking three months of the year they total only! 



movement, on top of the large volume of 13.269 tons, against 72,041 tons last year 



imports arriving in January and February, and 121,678 tons in 1920. The only year 



total imports of Cuban raws for the first since 1914 to show a smaller total of full 



quarter of the year have exceeded one mil- duty imports in its opening quarter is 



lion tons for the second time. They aggre- 1918. 



gate 1,459,011 tons, 448,000 tons more The detailed figures of full duty imports 



than the highest previous quarter's figure by countries of origin are as follows for 



of two years ago. The arrival during the 1922 to date (tons of 2,000 pounds): 1 



same period of 36,046 tons of full duty p-j-om March Quarter I 



and duty free sugars makes the total im- Mexico 5 956 1107^ 



ports for the quarter from all sources al- Nicaragua l!218 



most 1,500,000 tons (1,495,057), which is Guatemala 242 773 



360,000 tons more than imports from all Costa Rica 98 98 



^ . . ,, J. . , ^ Brazil 46 4o 



countries in the corresponding period of Honekone 4 58 



1920, and amounts to more than half of the Canada 2 



total imports for the entire year 1921. 



A more striking indication of what this ^°*^^' ^'^^^ 13,269 



import movement amounts to in terms of Philippines Increase Shipments 



comparison with preceding years is given ^ r 1 r 1 



bv the consideration that if imports for ^Imports of duty free sugars have come 



the rest of 1922 bear the same proportion J^^ y^^' ,f i^^'^ly ^'"^"^ ^^.^ L T"'!i 



to those of 1920 and 1921, the total for ^hese totalled lOMl tons m March and 



this year will be roundly 5,250,000 ordinary 22,777 tons for the quarter. For the cor- 



tons, or 1,200.000 tons more than were im- responding period of 1921 duty free im- 



Dorted in 1920 ports were 9,695 tons, and in 1920 only 



^ 2,478 tons. 



_ ^ The value of sugars imported during 



Comparative Statistics ^^^^^^ ^.^^ $26,305,088, an average of 2.03 



A tabulation of the figures of Cuban full cents per pound, as compared with an 



duty and duty free imports for the first average of 1.94 cents a pound for February 



