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Tornado de la zafra pasada el 1 de enero de 1922 1,225,318 toneladas 



4,845,318 toneladas 

 Deduciendo las exportaciones expresadas arriba 3,154,296 toneladas 



Saldo de existencias disponibles 1,691,022 toneladas 



De lo cual por lo menos se ban vendido 250,000 toneladas, o sea un saldo disponible 

 para surtir a los Estados Unidos, al Canada y a Europa hasta que pueda disponerse 

 de 1,450,000 toneladas de nuevas zafras. 



Nueva York, Junio 22 de 1922. 



DATA REGARDING THE COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR, AS PUBLISHED BY THE 

 UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION IN "TARIFF INFORMATION SURVEYS 

 ON THE ARTICLES IN PARAGRAPH 177 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1913" (WASH- 

 INGTON, 1921), PAGE Z?,. 



Table 8. — Average costs, in cents per pound, of producing sugar in the regions and years 

 indicated. 



Region Prewar (a) 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 



Cuba 1.700 2.904 3.931 4.104 



Domestic beet 4.123 4.357 5.498 7.306 



Hawaii 2.898 3.853 5.339 5.196 



Louisiana 4.480 4.605 6.471 10.086 



Porto Rico 2.828 4.229 4.568 5.802 



Table 9. — Showing method of reducing costs of Cuban, beet, and Louisiana sugars to the same 

 basis, and the differences between Cuban costs and domestic costs when all are reduced to the same 

 basis. 



COSTS IN CENTS PER POUND 



Region Prewar (a) 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 



Domesticbeet 4.123 4.357 5.498 7.306 



Refiners' margin (b) 791 1.593 1.490 1.668 



Profit in refining 160 .523 .191 .364 



Deduction 631 1.070 1.299 1.304 



Cost, raw basis 3.492 3.287 4.199 6.002 



Cubancost 1.700 2.904 3.931 4.104 



Difference 1.792 .383 .268 1.898 



Hawaii 2.898 3.853 5.339 5.196 



Cubancost 1.700 2.904 3.931 4.104 



Difference 1.198 .949 1.408 1.092 



Louisiana 4.480 4.605 6.471 10.086 



Reduced to six-tenths of amount used in case of beet. . .379 .642 .779 .782 



Cost, raw basis 4.101 3.963 5.692 9.304 



Cubancost 1.700 2.904 3.931 4.104 



Difference 2.401 1.059 1.761 5.200 



Porto Rico 2.828 4.229 4.568 5.802 



Cubancost 1.700 2.904 3.931 4.104 



Difference 1.128 1.325 .637 1698 



(a) Average for the five years 1910 to 1914. 



(b) The figures given for refiners' margin are derived from data in the possession of the com- 

 mission and are based on prices actually paid for raws and received for refined by refiners. 



