. The Cuba review. 16 THE CUBA REVIEW. COMMERCE OF CUBA. For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, "*<o»» EXPORTATION Cuba's Commerce With the World. Cuba offers a valuable market for the products of American ranches, farms, and factories. The United States buys about seven-eighths of the Cuban ex- ports and supplies nearly one-half of the Cuban imports, as appears by the above charts reduced from the official drawings of the Cuban Secretary of the Treasury, showing imports and exports during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, the last available statistics. Cuba exports sugar and t
. The Cuba review. 16 THE CUBA REVIEW. COMMERCE OF CUBA. For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, "*<o»» EXPORTATION Cuba's Commerce With the World. Cuba offers a valuable market for the products of American ranches, farms, and factories. The United States buys about seven-eighths of the Cuban ex- ports and supplies nearly one-half of the Cuban imports, as appears by the above charts reduced from the official drawings of the Cuban Secretary of the Treasury, showing imports and exports during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, the last available statistics. Cuba exports sugar and tobacco and imports foodstuffs and manufactured ar- ticles. The imports for 1907-08 com- pare with tlic previous fiscal year as fol- lows: 1906-07. 1907-08. Foodstuffs . . .$36,201,187 $35,284,551 Cotton man. . 8,147,500 10,417,451 Machinery .... 5,808,524 5,127,222 Iron & Steel . . 5,484,378 5,942,968 Boots & Shoes . *4,i 16,098 * Includes all leather goods. United States Trade With Cuba. November imports from Cuba: 1908 1909 $2,906,232 $3,308„033 Eleven months ending November: $76,618,197 $104,725,457 November exports to Cuba: 1908 1909 $3,661,617 $4,794,229 Eleven months ending November: $28,630,030 $43,691,691 IMPORTATION Exporting Cattle to Cuba. According to the present outlook, says the New Orleans Picayune, the cattle ex- porting business will be materially in- creased this winter when Cuban buyers will invest more heavily than in a long time back in cows, bulls and hogs. Dur- ing the summer months regular ship- ments have been made from the stock- yards to Cuban ports, more hogs being exported than any other kind of live stock, and the American hogs have the reputation of discounting any other in coming up to the requirements or ex- pectations of the Cuban people. To Establish Colonies. One of the pet schemes of Sir William Van Home, says La Lucha, is to establish colonies along the land adjoining the rail- road track, building farms, markets, and
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