. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \' I E W RAILROAD AND COMMERCIAL NEWS COFFEE DUTIES, PRICES AND IMPOR- TATIONS The duty imposed on all coffee imported into Cuba is nearly lie. per pound, except the Porto Rico product, which pays 8^^c. per pound. It will be seen that no_ foreign coffee can be imported and sold in Cuba with any profit for less than ISc. per pound wholesale. As a matter of fact the lowest grade coffee now being sold in Cuba brings about $ per hundredweight, while the Cuban-grown coffee sells for about $28 per hundredweight, command- ing this premium because of its excellence
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \' I E W RAILROAD AND COMMERCIAL NEWS COFFEE DUTIES, PRICES AND IMPOR- TATIONS The duty imposed on all coffee imported into Cuba is nearly lie. per pound, except the Porto Rico product, which pays 8^^c. per pound. It will be seen that no_ foreign coffee can be imported and sold in Cuba with any profit for less than ISc. per pound wholesale. As a matter of fact the lowest grade coffee now being sold in Cuba brings about $ per hundredweight, while the Cuban-grown coffee sells for about $28 per hundredweight, command- ing this premium because of its excellence and its fine aroma. Coffee produces all the way from 700 to 2,000 pounds per acre, and the trees, with proper care, will bear continuously. There is no crop in Cuba which offers better prospects to the grower, because there is probably no other country which consumes more coffee per capita or which grows a better article. At pres- ent there is not sufficient coffee raised in Cuba to supply one-fourth of the local demand, and the population is constantly increasing, which offers growing opportu- nities in the local market, fostered by a protective tariff, irrespective of the market in the States.—From the Bureau of In- fonnatiou, Department of Agriculture, Co!umerce and Labor of Cuba. According to the year book of the United States Department of Agriculture, Cuba's imports of coffee for five calendar years are as follows: 1905 23,916,707 pounds 1906 21,357,127 1907 23,250,910 1908 24,432,111 1909 25,407,861 BREWERY FOR CIENFUEGOS Domingo Nazabel, a planter near Cien- fuegos, aided by Senor Castano and other merchants of the city, propose to form a company, capitalized at $500,000 to estab- lish an ice plant and a beer brewery near the bay. The preparatory steps for the formation of the company were taken a few weeks ago. It is stated that $250,000 of the sum required has already been subscribed. Cienfuegos is a thriving city on the south coast of Cuba in the province of Santa
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