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THE CUBA R E V I E W 



CUBA'S COMMERCIAL GROWTH 



OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES OF TRADE 

 CONDITIONS IN ALL PARTS OF THE ISLAND 



The volume of the foreign trade was 

 remarkable when it is considered that so 

 small a percentage of Cuba's arable land 

 is under cultivation and that the island 

 is sparsely populated. It is doubtful if any 

 country in the world which has only about 

 10 per cent of its arable land under culti- 

 vation, which produces wealth largely 

 from this area, and which, having an ur- 

 ban population of 40 per cent with less 

 productive powers than probably any other 

 people in cities and towns, can exhibit 

 statistics which show a combined foreign 

 trade of over $255,000,000, which was 

 Cuba's record in 1910. 



The following table shows the total' im- 

 ports, by articles, into Cuba for 1910 and 

 the countries supplying the largest share 

 of the trade : 



The value of the imports from countries 

 not mentioned in the foregoing table 

 amounted to $16,076,014, and consisted 

 principally of foodstuffs from other Amer- 

 ican and European countries. 



In textiles, paper goods and foodstuffs 

 the United States lags, because other 

 countries cater to the desires of Cuban 

 merchants and are more reasonable in 

 prices. The gain by the United States 

 in securing Cuba's trade is slow but sure. 



The pineapple exportation was that of 

 a normal year, which in Cuba means rather 

 poor returns for the pains taken. 



There was a marked decadence in such 

 special industries as cocoa and coconuts 

 and oil, due to a lessened price for the 

 first in the world's markets and the disease 

 which is decimating the coconut groves. 



Articles. 



Stone, earth, and ceramics: 



Earth and stone 



Bitumens,, etc 



Glass and crystals 



Pottery, porcelain, etc -. 



Metals, and manufactures of: 



Gold, silver, and platinum.... 



Iron and steel 



Copper, and jiianufactnres of. . 



Other metals 



ChoTiicals, drugs, etc.: 



Drugs --• 



Colors, dyes, and varnishes — 



Chemical products 



Oils, fats, greases, etc 



Textiles, and manufactures of: 



Cotton, and manufactures of. . 



Vegetable fibers 



Wool, bristles, hair, etc 



Silk, and manufactures of 



Taper and paper poods: 



Paper and cardboard , — 



Books and other printed mat- 

 ter 



Woods, and manufactures of: 



Wood and its manufactures. . 



Other vegetable materials 



jiniinals and animal products: 



Animals --- 



Hides and skins 



Manufactures of animal prod- 

 ucts - 



Machinery, instruments, etc.: 



Instruments 



Machinery - -. 



Apparatus 



Foodstuffs: 



M cats 



Fish 



Cereals 



Fruits 



Vo^ftablos, etc 



Oils and beverages 



Milk products 



Other foodstuffs 



All other articles 



Articles free of duty 



Money 



Total. 



United 

 States. 



Total. 



8989,249 



1,088,759 



1,138,711 



695,051 



338,053 



6,163,754 



809, 127 



289, 294 



468,350 



672,781 



2, 7S0, 939 



1,896,900 



8,527,821 



3,, 562, SOI 



1,088,225 



010,704 



1,498,369 



314,904 



2,506,090 

 190,026 



341,112 

 573,059 



4,453,299 



263,271 

 8,381,763 

 2,821,968 



11,476,815 

 1,310,144 



13,3.58,362 

 672,674 

 4,522,049 

 3, 206, 467 

 2,524,0.57 

 3,600,134 

 2,51)7,032 

 7,775,007 

 4,283,017 



107,959,198 



S704,219 



1,081,380 



276,911 



175,019 



75, 992 



4,221,105 



562, 834 



109,320 



220,884 



■424, 273 



1,674,303 



852,700 



1,302,9.59 

 152,157 

 161,251 

 131,004 



000,912 



119,280 



1,831.551 

 79,317 



.333,967 

 468,029 



3,330,110 



97,240 

 5,8(.a,0S0 

 2,238,046 



8,931,002 



62,482 



6,757,850 



301,960 



1,185,471 



318,543 



742,717 



1,029,073 



1,275,803 



0, 800, 049 



27, 650 



Ger- 

 many. 



Spain. 



S19,395 



3,419 



389,810 



104, 605 



101,002 



337,428 



67,450 



53, 107 



55,718 

 27,671 

 118,461 

 57,096 



598,200 

 144,3X4 

 64,374 

 66, 909 



317,001 



51,969 



80,910 

 11,058 



52 

 3,854 



72, 423 



64, 206 



453,227 



35,064 



4,3.54 



235 



2, 435. 868 



3,. 570 



400,760 



44,361 



32,451 



7,4.i3 



2.55,172 



51,603 



$16,154 



11 



115,734 



111,682 



10, 122 



57,437 



3,182 



25, 646 



70,147 



9,099 



56,928 



319,823 



1,523,698 



240, 340 



6iJ,094 



8,820 



250,945 



77,112 



275,814 

 13,427 



438 

 74,972 



895,699 



25,312 

 14,191 

 13,322 



145,029 

 299,990 

 106.577 

 308,947 

 773,005 

 2,281.262 



40, 491 

 188,7112 

 144,032 



97,462 

 8,974 



54,597,043 0,542,760 8,689,230 9,701,932 



France. 



165, 523 



1,129 



126, 935 



85, 529 



139,866 



149,676 



34, 272 



17,807 



22, 174 



26,887 



628, 883 



493,213 



1,023,283 

 186, 748 

 339,300 

 259, 123 



173,312 



35,638 



111,371 

 22, 148 



11,981 



67,299 



62,309 

 165,952 

 271,079 



21,262 

 24,326 

 12. 678 

 12,998 

 06,215 

 341,773 

 15,374 

 26,879 

 340,814 

 125,087 

 , 240, 993 



United 

 Kingdom, 



$10,397 



2,517 



06,051 



129,077 



6,502 



996,448 



133,486 



55,544 



5,270 

 166, 435 

 218,240 

 146,037 



3,449,028 



1, 534, 443 



404,343 



33,541 



22, 157 



9,949 



91,782 

 31,481 



30 

 4,982 



40,312 



1,591 



1,215,958 



217,405 



3,634 



223,110 



2,050,731 



12,237 



24,410 



2,55,929 



349,690 



26,082 



132,596 



220, 794 



12, 292, 219 



