May I, Tgo7.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



261 



T"" HE rubber market has been in a condition during the past 

 '■ month that may best be described as uncertain, unless 

 the language be adopted of one trade report that appeared a 

 fortnight ago, referring to the week then closing as the dullest 

 on record. The arrivals have been taken to fill contracts and 

 manufacturers have shown no interest in the lower price scale 

 now prevailing. There was a gradual decline, from the quo- 

 tations in our last report, until past the middle of the month, 

 when new Islands fine was quoted at $1.14 — a price not before 

 recorded since December, 1904, but it is not known that busi- 

 ness was done at these figures. There has been a subsequent in- 

 creased firmness of the market and quotations to-day are within 

 I and 2 cents of prices one month ago. 



The Para rubber crop this year is conceded to be larger than 

 in any former year. Arrivals at Para up to April i (includ- 

 ing caucho) were 1,280 tons larger than in the year before at 

 the same date, and the rate has been well maintained since, 

 the estimated total arrivals for April, at the time of our going 

 to press, being 3,050 tons, against 2,500 tons in April, 1906. The 

 following table shows the arrivals in tons for the four last crop 

 years — to December 31, to March 31, to April 30, and the entire 

 crop. If the average rate of arrivals is maintained for May and 

 June, the present crop will aggregate very nearly 36,000 tons 

 and the average seems likely to be exceeded. 



Par.\ Arrivals — Rubber and Caucho — in Tons. 



1903-04. 1904-05. 1905-06. 1906-07. 



To December 31 13.470 13,300 14,690 14,720 



To March 31 25,480 27,210 28,020 29,300 



To April 30 27,550 29,330 30,520 032,350 



To June 30 30.580 33.060 34-490 



ta— Partially estimated.] 



The market for Centrals and Africans has been of a firmer 

 character throughout the month. 



New York quotations : 



Para. May I, '06. April i. '07. April 29. 



Islands, fine, new 122 ©123 116 @II7 115 @Il6 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new 126 @I27 118 @II9 117 @li8 



Upriver, fine old 127 @I28 121 @,I22 119 @I20 



Islands, coarse, new.. 70 @ 71 67 @ 68 67 @ 68 



Islands, coarse, old. . .none here none here none here 

 Upriver, coarse, new.. 91^® 92 92 @ 93 91 @ 92 



Upriver, coarse, old... none here none here none here 

 Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 74 @ 75 75J^@ 76 nVi® 74 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 85 @ 86 86 @ 87 86 @ 87 



Ceylon, fine, sheet I37 @I38 I35 @I36 



African. 



Lopori ball, prime. .. .105® no 

 Lopori strip, prime. .. ioo@ 102 

 Madagascar, pinky.... 87(0)88 



Ikelemba iio@n2 



Soudan niggers 9i@ 92 



Sierra Leone. 1st 



quality 102® 103 



Massai, red I02@io3 



Benguella 76@ 77 



Cameroon ball 79@ 80 



Accra flake 20@ 21 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 86(a87 Mexican, scrap 89@90 



Guayaquil, strip 73@74 Mexican, slab 66@67 



Nicaragua, scrap 85(aM Mangabcira, sheet 59@69 



Panama, slab 67^68 Guayulc ®48 



East Indian. 



Assam 94@95 Borneo 49@63 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$6oo 



Islands, coarse 3$ooo 



Last Manaos advices : 

 Upriver, fine 6$700 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 6$500 



Upriver, coarse 4$8oo 



Exchange is]4d- 



Upriver, coarse 4$400 



Exchange 15 7/32rf. 



New York Prices for January (New Rubber). 



1907. 1906. 1905. 



Upriver, fine I.2I@I.24 l.23@l.29 I.l8@l.25 



Upriver, coarse 96® 



Islands, fine i-i7@ 



Islands, coarse 71(0! 



Cameta 72(0; 



New York Rubber Prices for 

 1907. 



Upriver, fine $l.i9(a$i.23 



Upriver, coarse 95® -98 



Islands, fine 1.17® 1. 19 



Islands, coarse 69® .72 



Cameta 71® .73 



New York Prices for M 

 1907. 



Upriver fine I.l6@l.2i 



Upriver coarse 92® .96 



Islands fine 1. 14®!. 19 



Islands coarse 66® .70 



Cameta 71® .73 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 



New York. 



Fine and Total. Total. Total. 



Medium. Coarse. 1907. 1906. 1905. 



Stocks, Februarv 28....ro».s 188 8 = 196 358 136 



Arrivals, March 1333 636 = 1969 1415 3148 



Aggregating 1521 644 = 2165 1773 .3284 



Deliveries, March 1416 624 = 2040 1378 2941 



Stocks, March 30 105 



Para. 

 1907. 1906. 

 Stocks. Feb. 2S. .Tons 485 737 

 Arrivals, March 4675 2795 



20 = 125 395 343 

 England. 

 1905. 1907. J906. 1905, 



810 

 3800 



449 

 1 186 



875 

 866 



305 

 770 



.Aggregating . . . 

 Deliveries, March 



• 5160 



417s 



3532 

 3396 



4610 

 3881 



1635 

 825 



1741 

 836 



1075 

 800 



Stocks, March 30 — 985 136 72c 



1907. 

 World's visible supply, March 30.. Tons 3,894 



Para receipts, July i to March 30 25,435 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates.... 3,975 

 Afloat fr. Para to United States. Mar. 30 748 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, Mar. 30... 1.226 



Plantation Pubber From the Far East. 



WEEKLY CEYLON EXPORT.-;. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



January I to Feb. 4... 

 Week ending Feb. n. 

 Week ending Feb. 18. 

 Week ending Feb. 25. 

 Week ending Mar. 4.. 



26,418 Total, 1907 80.456 



16,744 Same dates, 1906 48.058 



14,007 Same dates, 1905 13,896 



10.772 Same dates, 1904 11-592 



12,515 



Distribution. 



Great Britain 57,91" Belgium 



United States 14,410 Australia 



Germany 6,048 



,641 

 440 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots, per pound — show little change : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 10^^® 10^ 



Old rtibber boots and shoes — foreign 9H@ 9H 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 7/^® 7^ 



.■\utomobile tires 9"-8^io 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 10 ®io54 



White trimmed rubber I2'/<@I2J4 



Heavy black rubber 5^® 6 



Air brake hose 4'4® 5 



Fire and large hose 35^® 3*^ 



Garden hose ^yi® 2}i 



Matting VA® iH 



