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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1907. 



BRAZIL'S EXPORT OF RUBBER. 



THE figures herewith indicate the weight in kilograms of the 

 exports of rubber from all the ports of Brazil, of rubber 

 produced in that republic, during the past four calendar years. 

 They have been compiled from the returns of the federal 

 bureau of statistics of Brazil, and are in continuation of a similar 

 table presented in The India Rubber World July i, 1903 (page 

 343). We have had occasion before to refer to the high degree 

 of efficiency to which the statistical office referred to has been 

 developed under the administration of Mr. J. P. Wileman, and 



fara rubber (including caucho). 



Ports. 1903. 



Manaos 16,499,519 



Para 12,559,057 



Corumba 255,168 



Itacoatiara ..... 



Maranhao 199 



Ilha do Cajuciro... 1,972 



Porto Murtinho.... 2,740 



Total 29,318,655 28,792,206 32,073,28s 31,643,000 



CEARA RUBBER ("MANICOBA"). 



Ports. 



Ceara 



Bahia 



Ilha do Cajueiro. 



Para 



Maranhao 



Cabedello 



Pernambuco 



Maccio 



Rio de Janeiro. . . 



1903. 

 517,824 



40,224 



632,858 

 950 



27,308 



41,333 



5,397 



U104. 



668,809 



939,157 



503,871 



2,430 



11,471 



1,923 



97,556 



180 



680 



1905. 

 589,218 

 1,443,826 

 557,530 

 3501 



' 8,527 i 

 82,666 f 



1906. 

 715,000 

 1,410,000 

 505,000 



34,000 



Total 



Ports.. . 



Bahia 



Rio de Janeiro 



Santos 



Corumba 



Para 



Maranhao 



Ilha do Cajueiro . .. 



Ceara 



Cabedello 



Pernambuco 



Maceio 



Porto Alegre 



Porto Murtinho. . . . 



T.721.S94 



26.077 2,682,217 2,664,000 



MANGABEIRA RUBBER. 



1903. 



355-291 



43.457 



62,588 



37,893 

 1.896 



3,214 

 28,100 



3,996 

 15,354 

 97,849 



11,543 



400 



1904. 

 415,579 



85,195 

 128,991 



56,383 

 541 



6,301 

 35.316 



6,935 

 22.863 



85,034 



10,420 



350 



1,300 



Total 661,581 855,208 637.109 653,239 



Grand total 31.702.130 31.873,491 35,392,611 34,960,239 



BRAZILIAN RUBBER EXPORTS, BY PORTS. 



1903. 



a Amazon ports 29,061,422 



ii Atlantic ports 2,344,507 



c Interior ports 296,201 



1904. 

 28,508.227 

 3,042.385 

 312,879 



1905. 1906. 



31,477^950 31,296,000 



3,394,900 3,361,517 



519,761 302,722 



31,863,491 35,392,611 34,960,239 



Total 31,702,130 



a Para, Manaos, and Itacoatiara. 



b On the Brazilian coast, from Cabedello south to Santos. 



c Corumba and Porto Murtinho, on the river Paraguay, discharging into 

 the Rio de la Platte, and representing the shipments figuring as exports to 

 Uruguay and Argentina. 



DESTINATION OF EXPORTS, 1906. 



Countries. Para. 



United States 16,162,000 



Great Britain 10,760.000 



Germany 1,661,000 



France 2,770,000 



Uruguay 



Other countries 290,000 



the figures herewith may be regarded as representing very closely 

 the totals of the rubber manifests from the different ports. Some 

 of the statistics here included are not available from any other 

 source. 



It will be observed that these figures relate to shipments by 

 calendar years, whereas the Para and Manaos figures, presented 

 elsewhere in this paper, relate to "crop years." Besides, the 

 latter include the output from the whole Amazon region, whereas 

 the figures on this page report the Brazilian output alone. This 

 explanation is made in view of the fact that Mr. Wileman's 

 latest advices show a slightly decreased total production, while 

 the latest "crop year" — ending six months later, by the way — 

 gives a large increase over any former year. 



THE RUBBER TAX AT PARA. 



Total 31,643,000 2,664.000 653,239 34.960,239 



ANEW condition in the rubber trade at Para has resulted 

 in no little dissatisfaction among the exporters there. The 

 ad valorem export duties on the various grades of rubber are cal- 

 culated, not upon the value of each particular shipment, but upon 

 an official valuation, which is revised weekly. Every Monday 

 morning the various exporters report to the Recebedoria (the 

 state tax receiving office) the different prices at which they 

 effected purchases during the preceding week, being obliged to 

 mention every purchase of 2 tons or more. The Recebedoria 

 takes the average of the prices for fine rubber and declares it 

 the same morning as the pauta (official price) for the current 

 week. Similarly the pauia for coarse rubber and caucho is 

 arrived at by taking the average of prices paid for those sorts. 

 The taxing of rubber by the Para authorities applies only to 

 rubber produced in the state of Para, though in fixing the pauta, 

 account is taken of all sales at that port, regardless of the 

 origin of the rubber. This system has long been in vogue, and 

 in operation it has proved satisfactory. 



Since the cession of tlie Acre region by Bolivia, it has been 

 organized into the Federal district of the Acre, under the fiscal 

 administration of the government at Rio. Rubber exported 

 from that territory is taxed by the Federal government, the 

 collection being made at Para by Alfandega, a Federal office, 

 independent of the local Recebedoria. The complaint that is 

 made is in regard to the method of fixing the Federal pauta, or 

 official price. In this case, the lower prices paid for "islands" 

 (Para state) rubber are not taken into account, which results 

 in the Federal pauta being considerably higher. It is pointed 

 out that it is unjust, under the circumstances, that the pauta for 

 the Para state product should be influenced by the prices for 

 "upriver" rubber being included in the computation. 



The difference between the two pautas is shown in a compari- 

 son of the official figures announced for the week beginning May 

 13 [values in reis per kilogram] : 



State. Federal. 



Fine rubber 5,950 6.325 



Medium 5.950 ^,025 



Coarse 3,6io 4,700 



Caucho 3,700 



Caucho sernamby 4,700 



The aviador firrns, by whom the rubber is brought to market, 

 have made a protest to Rio de Janeiro respecting the way in 

 which the Federal pauta is made up, to which at last accounts 

 no reply had been received. 



IManaos has a pauta fixed in the same way as that in the state 

 of Para, relating to fine and coarse rubber, caucho and caucho 

 sernamby (Peruvian ball and sheet). 



A Rubber Under the Ban.— A rubber called "gutta-jangka" is 

 marketed at Sarawak, Borneo, adulterated with raw sago, clay, 

 and other foreign matter. The government has just prohibited 

 the practice, under the penalty of fines not exceeding $100.— 

 Malay Mail. 



