CUBA 
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In 1913 Cuba exported goods valued at 
$1:65,135,039; her imports in the same year be 
ing $143,826,829. Her export trade has in 
creased 140 per cent, in ten years and her im 
ports 82 per cent. Since Cuba has been a re 
public her foreign commerce has increased 
230 per cent. 
The United States takes 83 per cent, of 
Cuba’s exports, and supplies her with about 60 
per cent, of her requirements; the United 
Kingdom receiving 11 per cent., Germany 2 
per cent., France 1 per cent., and Spain which 
formerly controlled this trade but four-tenths 
of one per cent. England exports 13 per cent., 
Spain 8 per cent., Germany 7 per cent, and 
France 6 per cent, of Cuba’s imports. 
Cuba requires foodstuffs, textiles, shoes, 
machinery, tools, hardware, chemicals, drugs, 
toilet and paper materials. The main articles 
of import, and their value, last year were: 
Potatoes $ 1,897,066 
Condensed Milk 2,165,766 
Flour 4,327,806 
Lard 6,148,827.