208  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA

Her  imports  in  1913  were  $13,750,000,  England ­
  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