CUBA

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In  1913  Cuba  exported  goods  valued  at
$1:65,135,039;  her  imports  in  the  same  year  being ­
  $143,826,829.  Her  export  trade  has  increased ­
  140  per  cent,  in  ten  years  and  her  imports ­
  82  per  cent.  Since  Cuba  has  been  a  republic ­
  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.