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UNITED STATES
The figures for 1896 are from a British foreign office report (Annual Series, No. 2065, 1898). The trade of Porto Rico with other countries of importance in 1895 (according to the Estadistica General del Comercio Exterior) was :
Country Imports Exports Country Imports Exports Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Cuba 808,283 3,610,936 Holland . 325,301 3,246 England . 1,765,574 1,144,555 Denmark . 26,565 236,418 France . 251,984 1,376,087 British West Indies 1,709,117 521,649 Germany 1,368,595 1,181,396 Danish West Indies 600 40,434 Italy 19,619 589,045 French West Indies 55 62,927
The British consul says that the principal exports in 1896 were :
Articles Quantity Articles Quantity Sugar . . . tons Coffee . . . tons Hides . . . tons Cattle . . . head 54,205 26,655 169 3,178 Timber . . . tons Molasses . . tons Tobacco . . tons 30 14,740 1,039
Owing to the troubled state of affairs in Cuba, continues the report, prices for tobacco have increased enormously in Porto Rico. A large amount has been planted, and the crop promises well. COMMEECE or THE UNITED STATES WITH THE SPANISH WEST INDIES, BY PPJNCIPAL ARTICLES, 1893-1897 Exports to Porto Rico
1803 1894 1895 1896 1807 432,075 338,445 194,729 399,687 673,128 22,768 16,950 10.431 19,930 29,787 23,874 17,440 1.200 595 1,200 14,614 9,141 714 276 433 14,847 28,414 2,417 355 897 43,065 77.409 6,665 886 1,698 167,0.5;^ 200,813 118,617 129,021 126,933 733,308 734,443 382,676 486,482 516,188 23,301 33.222 10.318 13,776 13,379 837,056 871,174 410.804 .521.350 561,485 5,873 5,008 2,712 3,512 4,123 2,953 2,167 2,488 8,929 2,. 505 518 - �4 204 423 266 8,050 16,500 600 129 208 6
443 949 229 424 955 300 579 1.56 267 4.54 5,697 2.204 1,510 2,548 461 2,763 1,114 .575 849 165
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