The tonnage duty on foreign vessels is 12 rials, or $1.50, per register ton.
On vessels arriving and departing in ballast or putting in in distress no duty is levied.
Besides the tonnage duty, every foreign square-rigged vessel entering and loading incurs about $85 expenses, besides $5.50 for each day occupied in discharging. Foreign fore-and-aft vessels pay about $15 less port charges.
The tonnage duties and port charges are very high. Foreign vessels pay $8.50 per ton. In the port of Havana an additional duty of 21-7/8 cents per ton is levied on all vessels for the support of the dredging machine.
The wharf charges on foreign vessels are $1.50 for each 100 tons register.
The light-house duties, officers' fees, etc., vary at the different ports of the island, but are exorbitantly high in all. At Baracoa, for instance, the following is the tariff of exactions:
| Tonnage duty, per ton, | $1.50 |
| Anchorage, | 12.00 |
| Free pass at the fort, | 3.00 |
| Health officer, | 8.00 |
| Interpreter, | 5.00 |
| Inspector's fee for sealing hatchway, | 5.00 |
| Inspecting vessel's register, | 8.00 |
| Clearance, | 8.00 |
The actual expenses of discharging a foreign vessel of 160-4/95 tons, which remained a fortnight in the port of Havana, amounted to $900.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF CUBA FOR A SERIES OF SIXTEEN YEARS.
| Years. | Imports. | Exports. |
| 1826 | $14,925,754 | $13,809,838 |
| 1827 | 17,352,854 | 14,286,192 |
| 1828 | 19,534,922 | 13,114,362 |
| 1829 | 18,695,856 | 13,952,405 |
| 1830 | 16,171,562 | 15,870,968 |
| 1831 | 15,548,791 | 12,918,711 |
| 1832 | 15,198,465 | 13,595,017 |
| 1834 | 18,511,132 | 13,996,100 |
| 1835 | 18,563,300 | 14,487,955 |
| 1836 | 20,722,072 | 14,059,246 |
| 1837 | 22,551,969 | 15,398,245 |
| 1838 | 22,940,357 | 20,346,407 |
| 1839 | 24,729,878 | 20,471,102 |
| 1840 | 25,217,796 | 21,481,848 |
| 1841 | 24,700,189 | 25,941,783 |
| 1842 | 24,637,527 | 26,684,701 |