June i, 1907. J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Review of the Crude Rubber Marker. 



293 



A KRIVALS of riibber (inchuling cauch(5) at Para from 

 ^~^ -May I to the 28tli aggregated 2,340 tons, against 2.320 tons 

 for the whole of May last year and 2,260 tons for the same month 

 in 1905. Total arrivals for the crop year, ending June 30, are 

 likely to exceed the preceding year's output by 2,000 tons or 

 more, or about 6 per cent. The following table may be of in- 

 terest lor comparison : 



Paka Arrivals — Rlisbek and Cauchd — in Tons. 



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



To December 31 I3.4"0 . 13,300 14.690 ' 14.720 



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



To May 31 29,080 31.59° 32,840 036.220 



To June 30 30,580 33.060 34,490 



[a — To May 28, 1907.] 



Such an increase alone would not be sufficient to account for 

 the decline in prices which was in progress for some time past, 

 and has reached a lower level at this writing than has been 

 recorded since the autumn of 1904. The crop year ending June 

 30, 1905, showed an increase of 8.2 per cent, over the preceding 

 year, but this did not prevent an unprecedented high range of 

 prices, v^hich prevailed for an unusually long period. The 

 normal condition in the Amazon region is a constantly increas- 

 ing production, and the general condition in the consuming mar- 

 kets has been a rising price level. The increasing rate of pro- 

 duction, measured by Para exports, lias been, durini; three 

 periods of live years, as follows: 



Five years, 1892-93— i89f)-97 .-\verage 16,090 tons 



Five years, 1897-98 — 190I-02 .\vcrage 26,380 tons 



Five years, 1902-03 — 1906-07 Average 33,170 tons 



Fifteen years ago, at this date. The I.nuia Rubber World 

 quoted fine new Para at 70 cents. Meanwhile the .Amazon out- 

 put has doubled, and at times the then price has nearly doubled. 

 Clearly the amount produced alone does not decide prices, but 

 the pressure of demand for consumption has to be considered, 

 and this it is more difficult to measure with accuracy or prompt- 

 ness. But such a decline as has now to be recorded is evidence 

 of lessened activity somewhere. 



.•\n interesting feature of the market is the steady advance 

 which has been seen in the prices of Africans as compared with 

 Para grades. Referring again to a period 15 years ago, the 

 highest New York quotation for any African sort was 55 cents 

 (for pinky Madagascar), and most of other Africans were 

 selling at less than 40 cents. The best Africans have long been 

 above the $1 level, and Paras may yet lose the position of 

 primacy as regards prices. 



New York quotations: 



Para. June 1, '06. May i. 07. May 29. 



Islands, fine, new 120 @I2I 115 @ri6 no (fiiii 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Uprivcr, fine, new 124 (ffT25 117 @li8 112 @113 



Uprivcr, fine, old 125 ('r7;i26 119 (S"I20 114 Cci'MS 



Islands, coarse, new... 64^-67 65 67 @ 68 62 <n_ 63 



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

 Uprivcr. coarse, new. . 90 @ 91 91 @ 92 87 (q] 88 



Uprivcr, coarse, old... none here none here none here 

 Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 72'/.(g 73 73J4(S} 74 71 @ '2 



Caucho ( Peruvian) ball 84 @ 85 86 @ 87 83 (<f 84 



Ceylon, fine, sheet 150 135 ©136 134 ('V135 



c- ^ ,. Africa -v. 



Sierra Leone, 1st 



quality 



Lopori ball, prime. .. .I03@107 

 Lopori strip, prime... 98(VT 99 

 Madagascar, pinky.... 85^5 86 



Ikelemba none here 



Soudan niggers 90@9l 



..97(3:98 



Massai. red 97^98 



Bcnguella 75(S76 



Cameroon ball 76(377 



Accra flake I9@20 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 85(386 Mexican, scrap 86(^87 



Guayaquil, strip 70(371 Mexican, slab 64(365 



Nicaragua, scrap 83(384 Mangabeira, sheet 56(^68 



Panama, slab 65@6() Guayule 47(@48 



E.\ST In 



Assam 93@9A 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine S$400 



Islands, coarse 2$7SO 



I.ast Manaos advices : 

 Uprivcr, fine 6$400 



UIAN. 



Borneo 



■ 30(S62 



Uprivcr. fine. . . 

 Uprivcr, coarse 

 Exchange 



Per Kilo, 

 . . . .6$250 



4$700 



.15 i/32rf. 



.4$ioo 

 I5'4d. 



Upriver, coarse .... 



Exchange 



New York Rubber Prices for April (New Rubber). 



1906. 1905. 



.18 $i.25(3$i.28 $l.3i(g$i.34 



.94 .g2(qj .95 .96(g) .99 



.16 I.22@ 1.25 I.27@ 1.30 



.68 .-o(S> .74 .73@ .77 



.72 .7217,' -0 .7b@. .80 



1907. 



Uprivcr, fine $i.i^(3$ 



Upriver, coarse 9I(3> 



Islands, fine 1.14(3} 



Islands, coarse 66('cj' 



Camcta 7i(n 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 

 New York. 

 Fine and lotal. Total, Total. 



Medium. Coarse. 1907. 1906. 1905. 



Stocks. March 31 Tons 105 20= 125 395 343 



.\rrivals. .Xpril 1241 614= 1855 759 1422 



Aggregating 1346 634= 1980 1 154 1765 



Deliveries, .April iiio 593= 1703 768 1154 



Stocks, .\|)ril 30 236 41 = 277 386 61 1 



Para. England. 



1907. 1906. 1905. 1907. 1906. 1905. 



Stocks, Mar. 30. . . Tons 9S5 136 829 810 905 275 



.Arrivals, .April 3260 1900 I420 1165 1150 930 



Aggregating 4245 2036 2249 1975 2055 1205 



Deliveries, April 3735 1769 1753 1025 775 850 



Stocks. .April 30. 



267 496 950 1280 355 



1907. 



Total, 1907 



Same dates, 1906 62.645 



Same dates, 1905 .30,553 



Same dates. 1904 24,062 



World's visible supply, April 30.. Tons 3,487 



Para receipts, July i to .April 30 28,695 



Para receipts Caucho. same dates.... 5,075 

 .Afloat Para to United States, .April 30 498 

 .Afloat from Para to Europe, April 30. 970 



Plantation Rubber From The Far East. 



WKICKLV CEYLON EXPORTS. 



Pounds. 



Jan. I to March 4 50,999 



Week ending Mar. 11.. 5,096 

 Week ending Mar. 18.. 8.858 

 Week ending Mar. 25.. 2.426 

 2 weeks ending Apr. 8. . 26,449 



Note. — Our fiRuris. last month, up to March 4. shewed Ceylon exiorts 

 totalling 80.456 pounds. Ttcy included, however. 29,457 pounds of Straits 

 and Malay rubber, now deducted. Subsequent reports embrace only Ceylon 

 produced rubber. The tol.il exports from Ceylon to .\pril 8 (including 

 Straits, etc.) amounted to 161,451 pounds. 



EXPORTS FROM THE STRAITS. 



Plantation Para shipped from Singapore, January i to Feb- 

 ruary 20, 167,433 pounds ; from Penang, to February 14, 9.867 

 pounds. 



AT THE AUCrriONS. 



London, March 26. — Offerings were 21^ tons of plantation 

 rubber from the Straits and Malay States and 6 tons from 

 Ceylon, mostly sold. The highest price was $s. iirf. (® 5j. 

 Jiyid. [=$1.45] for 26 cases of fine block from Pears's Lana- 

 dron estate. Sales included 329 packages, averaging 5.5. 6J6rf. 

 [=$1.3454] pound, against 100 packages at SS- I'rf. [=$1-44] 

 one year ago. Fine hard Para brought 5^. [=$1.21 2-3I. 



London. April 26. — The largest quantity of plantation yet of- 

 fered was seen at to-day's auction — 862 packages (over 46^ 



