Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
TRADE OF CUBA.
Summary for the SIX Months Ended
December 81, 1980.

| Summary for the SIX Months Ended
! December 81, 16D0.
The division of -castoms and 4neular al
| fairs OF the War Department gave out to-
| day for publication summary of its regu-
| lar monthly bulletin showing the trade OF
| the Island Of Cuba for the six months end
ed December 81, 1899.
| The summary shows the total trade for
the six months named as follows:
The total imports during the six months
named amounted in value to $37, 566, 1877; Of
this amount s1,570.116 was admitted duty
free.
! The imports during the period named were
| classified follows:
| Articles OF food and animals to the value
/ s91. IT'S; articles In crude condition or
! partially SO. S513, 6O6 articles Of voluntary
| use, Injuries, etc. 81 357, 227 miscellaneous.
s4,08.947 The total amount OF import du-
! ties collected during the period named were
| s7044, oa4; the percentage of free articles,
The imports of gold and silver during the
! period were follows:
Gold coin from the United States, 1920
| OBS: from Spain, So. OS4; from France, $780,
| 600; from Mexico, 81, 100; making the total
| imports of gold coin 81 ST. 500.
| Silver from the United States, $6.460:
| from Spain, S61I; making a total Of silver
coin of s7O77: silver bullion to the value of
| $514 from the United States. making the
/ The total imports including gold and sill
| yer, by countries during the period named
| were as follows:
| From European countries, $16 294, 7se;
Asiatic countries. 1927 Os2; from Africa, 81 ;
| from North America. 1926, 557, of which
amount 6843. I94 was imported from the
United States: from Central America, $780,
1853: from South America, S2,O44, 731; from
the West Indies $685., 564 of which amount
$S64.051 was imported from Porto Rico
making the total imports, including gold
S39. 391, 567
During the six months named there was
exported from the Island Of Cuba merchan-
disc OF the value of 49, ISL, classified
as follows:
Products of agriculture. SS274 $40; manu-
factures, S6,949S50; products of the forests
Sl3l22l products of the mines, $3.50 1914;
miscellaneous articles to the value of SS05-
4i6. During the same period there was ex-
ported x2,2ISo00 in gold coin to the United
States, 1894 to Spain, 500, 900 to France,
, m XXI total exports of gold coin ST. 7so934;
Soooo in silver coin was exported to the
United States and 81, 70S to Spain making
| total exports of gold and silver during the
period named 81 1a0S42
Total exports. including gold and silver
by countries, were as follows:
10 European countries, Si,713,929 to
Asias!c countries. s6.o7l: to Africa, $50 1892;
amount S1i,o25. IFS was taken bv the United
States: to Central America 81 PSI: to South
america, 1854, 116; to the West Indies, Sse-
~ pcedHld, Sf4.SfZ: OF this amount
S4.4.a was exported to the Hawaiian Is
LANDS; making the total exports including
eoid ana silver, to all countries combined
$40, 49,, 223 e'
An analysis Of the above summary will
snow that in the matter of imports the
United states leads with 16S43 794 or
nearly one-half of the total amounts of i'm
ports The united Kingdom is second Spain
Is thlrd, France is fourth and Mexico is
fifth. 'o %
In the matter of exports the United
STATES also leads. with $t4 G25. 17s. or prac-
ucali! % per cent of the total exports: the
united Kingdom is second. Germany third
france Is fourth and Spain fifth OF the
totai imports SS,01S.s64 was received at the
port OF Havana. aud of the total cxports
si3,I"2%iS worth were exported through
said port. i'usn
iobacco being the leading article of ex-
port, 1t may be interesting to know that
curing the SIX months named the exports of
lhls article were as follows
Leaf tobacco to the value of 81 no eoi If
winch amount S3S04,31S was taken nv tho
United states; cigars to the value of 81 a5a
a".', or which amount $3.50 ofs worth was
taken by the United States cigarettes to the
value OF sl52.SS3, of which amount 500 10a
was taken by the United States: all Other
tobacco TO the value of $51 49, of which
smonm Sa'65I was taken by the United