| Bananas | $5,000,000 |
| Logwood | 850,000 |
| Coffee | 750,000 |
| Cocoanuts | 650,000 |
| Rum | 500,000 |
| Sugar | 260,000 |
| Ginger | 180,000 |
| Tobacco | 180,000 |
Of these the United States took $6,200,000, Great Britain $2,000,000, France $750,000, Canada $425,000 and Germany $425,000.
Jamaica’s chief export is bananas, almost all of which are taken by the United States, who in return sells her 50 per cent. of her imports, England, Canada and Germany following in the order named with $5,300,000, $1,300,000, and $340,000 respectively to their credit.
Jamaica has no preferential tariff with the United Kingdom and will not have so long as the United States continues to be her best customer.
Barbados’ area of 166 square miles is the most densely populated piece of land in the world, with 200,000 inhabitants. It imported $6,500,000 worth of goods in 1913 and exported $2,600,000. It is a great coaling station for ocean vessels, its trade in this line alone amounting to $2,400,000 last year.
The United States took $330,000 of its production in 1913 and sold it goods to the extent of $1,850,000. England controls most of its trade. Its chief articles of export are sugar, rum and molasses.
The following table shows the imports and exports of the chief of the remaining islands:
| Islands | Imports | Exports |
|---|---|---|
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $1,250,000 | $ 950,000 |
| Antigua | 830,000 | 850,000 |
| Dominica | 720,000 | 735,000 |
| Montserrat | 150,000 | 180,000 |
| Granada | 1,350,000 | 1,800,000 |
| St Lucia | 1,500,000 | 550,000 |
| St. Vincent | 600,000 | 550,000 |
All of these islands have a preferential duty treaty with Canada and Great Britain, despite which our own sales with them in 1913 were about $2,000,000.
Sugar and rum are their chief products. Dominica and Montserrat export limes, lime juice and citrate of lime. Granada and St. Lucia export cocoa, and St. Vincent’s chief product is arrow-root. Last year St. Lucia supplied 135,000 tons of coal to vessels, most of which came from the United States.