208 SELLING LATIN AMERICA
Her imports in 1913 were $13,750,000, Eng
land supplying $4,500,000; the United States
$4,000,000, Canada, $1,250,000, France $300,-
000 and Germany $200,000.
Both England and Canada are favored by a
preferential tariff.
Jamaica covers an area of 4424 square miles.
Its exports in 1913 were $11,000,000 as against
$14,000,000 in imports. Her chief exports
are:
Bananas
Logwood
Coffee
750,000
Cocoanuts
500,000
Sugar
Ginger
Tobacco
Of these the United States took $6,200,000,
Great Britain $2,000,000, France $750,000,
Canada $425,000 and Germany $425,000.
Jamaica’s chief export is bananas, almost all
of which are taken by the United States, who
in return sells her 50 per cent, of her imports,
England, Canada and Germany following in