PAGE 1
000 B000000 06/30/2002
000 C000000 0000880406
000 D000000 N
000 E000000 NF
000 F000000 Y
000 G000000 N
000 H000000 N
000 I000000 6.1
000 J000000 U
001 A000000 THE HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND INC.
001 B000000 811-6445
001 C000000 3052711900
002 A000000 PO BOX 161465
002 B000000 MIAMI
002 C000000 FL
002 D010000 33116
002 D020000 1465
003 000000 N
004 000000 N
005 000000 N
006 000000 N
007 A000000 N
007 B000000 0
007 C010100 1
007 C010200 2
007 C010300 3
007 C010400 4
007 C010500 5
007 C010600 6
007 C010700 7
007 C010800 8
007 C010900 9
007 C011000 10
008 A000001 HERZFELD/CUBA
008 B000001 A
008 C000001 801-20866
008 D010001 MIAMI
008 D020001 FL
008 D030001 33116
011 A000001 THOMAS J. HERZFELD & CO., INC.
011 B000001 8-25933
011 C010001 MIAMI
011 C020001 FL
011 C030001 33116
012 A000001 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
012 B000001 84-XXXX
012 C010001 BOSTON
012 C020001 MA
012 C030001 02111
013 A000001 KAUFMAN, ROSSIN & CO., P.A.
013 B010001 MIAMI
PAGE 2
013 B020001 FL
013 B030001 33133
013 B040001 5486
014 A000001 THOMAS J. HERZFELD & CO., INC.
014 B000001 8-25933
015 A000001 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
015 B000001 C
015 C010001 BOSTON
015 C020001 MA
015 C030001 02111
015 E010001 X
018 000000 Y
019 A000000 N
019 B000000 0
020 A000001 THOMAS J. HERZFELD & CO., INC.
020 B000001 59-2053807
020 C000001 6
020 A000002 UBS PAINE WEBBER
020 B000002 13-2638166
020 C000002 1
020 C000003 0
020 C000004 0
020 C000005 0
020 C000006 0
020 C000007 0
020 C000008 0
020 C000009 0
020 C000010 0
021 000000 7
022 C000001 0
022 D000001 0
022 C000002 0
022 D000002 0
022 C000003 0
022 D000003 0
022 C000004 0
022 D000004 0
022 C000005 0
022 D000005 0
022 C000006 0
022 D000006 0
022 C000007 0
022 D000007 0
022 C000008 0
022 D000008 0
022 C000009 0
022 D000009 0
022 C000010 0
022 D000010 0
023 C000000 0
023 D000000 0
PAGE 3
024 000000 N
062 A000000 N
062 B000000 0.0
062 C000000 0.0
062 D000000 0.0
062 E000000 0.0
062 F000000 0.0
062 G000000 0.0
062 H000000 0.0
062 I000000 0.0
062 J000000 0.0
062 K000000 0.0
062 L000000 0.0
062 M000000 0.0
062 N000000 0.0
062 O000000 0.0
062 P000000 0.0
062 Q000000 0.0
062 R000000 0.0
066 A000000 Y
066 B000000 N
066 C000000 Y
066 D000000 N
066 E000000 N
066 F000000 N
066 G000000 N
067 000000 N
068 A000000 N
068 B000000 Y
069 000000 N
071 A000000 1290
071 B000000 1528
071 C000000 7200
071 D000000 18
072 A000000 12
072 B000000 1
072 C000000 94
072 D000000 0
072 E000000 0
072 F000000 104
072 G000000 0
072 H000000 0
072 I000000 0
072 J000000 54
072 K000000 8
072 L000000 5
072 M000000 9
072 N000000 6
072 O000000 0
072 P000000 0
072 Q000000 0
PAGE 4
072 R000000 23
072 S000000 15
072 T000000 0
072 U000000 0
072 V000000 0
072 W000000 48
072 X000000 272
072 Y000000 0
072 Z000000 -176
072AA000000 0
072BB000000 130
072CC010000 0
072CC020000 1768
072DD010000 170
072DD020000 0
072EE000000 90
073 A010000 0.1016
073 A020000 0.0000
073 B000000 0.0535
073 C000000 0.0000
074 A000000 0
074 B000000 0
074 C000000 0
074 D000000 0
074 E000000 0
074 F000000 6614
074 G000000 0
074 H000000 0
074 I000000 0
074 J000000 0
074 K000000 0
074 L000000 11
074 M000000 33
074 N000000 6658
074 O000000 0
074 P000000 26
074 Q000000 0
074 R010000 0
074 R020000 0
074 R030000 0
074 R040000 64
074 S000000 0
074 T000000 6568
074 U010000 1678
074 U020000 0
074 V010000 3.92
074 V020000 0.00
074 W000000 0.0000
074 X000000 1900
074 Y000000 0
075 A000000 0
PAGE 5
075 B000000 7209
076 000000 3.48
077 A000000 Y
077 B000000 Y
080 A000000 ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
080 C000000 200
081 A000000 N
081 B000000 0
082 A000000 N
082 B000000 0
083 A000000 N
083 B000000 0
084 A000000 N
084 B000000 0
085 A000000 Y
085 B000000 N
SIGNATURE CECILIA GONDOR-MORALES
TITLE SECRETARY/TREASURER