SPAIN.

this country with the small quantity she will need to import, in spite
of any competition our shippers might have to meet from other
quarters. To avoid delay in getting into direct touch with the principal
 buyers, our firms should avail themselves of agents on the spot,
who for a small commission will undertake all the negotiations.
The present quotations for wheat are 28 to 30 pesetas silver per
100 kilograms ($4 to $4.30 per 220 pounds). The duty is 8 pesetas
gold ($1.52) per 100 kilograms, while wheat flour has to pay as much
as 13.20 pesetas gold per roo kilograms when imported from the
United States. Prices should be quoted, either in sterling or in
The usual mode of reimbursement is
for the shippers to draw against London or Paris bank credits with
In some cases the shippers are asked

francs, c. 1. {. Barcelona.

shipping documents attached.
ho, against delivery of the bill of lading,

to draw on the buyers, w
-in London or in Paris.

accept the drafts, making them payable either
ers with monthly sailings

There are two regular lines of steam
the Spanfrom

 New York to Barcelona without transshipment, viz,
ish Transatlantic Company, whose New York agents are Messrs.
Ceballos & Co., and the Austrian Line of Fratelli Cosulich, represented
 by Messrs Phelps Brothers & Co., No. 11 Broadway, New
York. Particulars as to freight rates can be obtained from either of
these two firms.
IMPORTS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR INTO SPAIN.

The official returns of the imports of wheat and wheat flour into

Spai 4
pain during the last three years are as follows:

  
 
  
   
 

 

 

   

Whence imported. | 1900. 19OT. 1902.
- RT SLE lok rs
United Wheat. Tons. Tons. Tons.
/nited States : Ra «6
Fr: LRG. sha tuus iis ves iwde ania TASS SEs Bias aise vse aT aE eT iveunsuusresaRErasa persis 5,112 14,055 856
rance ........ o 16
Roumani 1,969 1,718 4
Ried fm 17,948 7,434 |r oe
Ot ee 75,100 50,408
I Cl COMMLL IER. wire sess inensinsinninsisarsbennennaninarsssssanen 45,202 9,188
« Wheat flour.
Germany i (*
A cet Ro 10 5 (*)
Austria
Belgi i ivvesnenfsenserunsvananelannsenenvannnes
glum,
Franc ve QT 4
Ott BES eas 4,276 904 119
ther countrie 4 :
JOB, ivvbideareinsvinsiavisennsavanas 1,084 2,106 1,135

 

 

* 70 pounds.
JuLius G. Lay, Consul-General.

BARrcE : ;
PARCELONA, SPAIN, October 31, 1903

Consul-General Julius G. Lay, of Barcelona, under date of October

 28 . 3
28, 1903, reports by cable a market for 80,000 bushels of macaroni

 ata : . :
1 wheat if price and quality are satisfactory.

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