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THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



[March i, 1906. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



PRICES have been well maintained during the month 

 following our last report, in spite of the exceptionally 

 heavj- receipts at primarj' markets. Present quota- 

 tions remain as last reported for first grades of Para, " 

 with a slight advance on coarse Para and throughout the 

 list of Africans and Centrals. 



January witnessed larger entries of rubber at Para than any 

 previous month in the history of the trade— 5710 tons. The 

 record before had been 5000 tons, in March, 1905. Kxports 

 from the Amazon were also large during January : 



To United States kilos 2,075,242 



To Great Britain 1,885,738 



To Continental Europe 793.0.(4 



Total 4,754,024 



Total arrivals at Para (including Caucho) for the first eight 

 months of four crop seasons have been : 



I90J-03. 1905-04. 1904-05- 1905-06. 



Tons 19,520 21,510 22,210 rt 23,950 



[(2— To February 27., 



Following is a statement of prices of Para grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on Februarj' 28 — the current date : 



P.ARA. March i, '05. February i, '06 February 28. 



Islands, fine, new 125(2 126 



Islands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new 128^129 



Upriver, fine, old none here 



Islands, coarse, new 75^1 76 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 94® 95 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet. . . .72>^(S 73)^ 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 79>^@»o 



AFRICAN. 



Aggregating 1208 658= 1926 



Deliveries, January 1051 651 = 1702 



I22(«iI23 



none here 



1 26(5; 1 27 

 none here 



73/^(5 74 

 none here 



93 >^^' 94 

 none here 



73fe 74 

 88@ 89 



122(2,123 

 none here 



I26(n 127 

 none here 



73& 74 

 none here 



93@ 94 

 none here 



74fe 75 

 86(as 87 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. .. 88^ 89 



Guaysquil, stiip 74(2 75 



Nicaragua, scrap 84(2 85 



Panama, slab 65(0 66 



Mexican, scrap S6(ai 87 



Mexican, slab 63(2 64 



Maugabeira, sheet 6o@ 70 



EAST INDIAN. 



.Assam 97(5 98 



Borneo 45(0 49 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine ■ 6S500 



Upriver, coarse 4f4oo 



Sierra Leone, ist qual. io3>^(S; 104 



Massai, red I03>^@I04 



Benguella 84>^@ 85 



Cameroon ball 74 @ T5 



Accra flake 25 @ 26 



Lopori ball, prime. . . 114 @II5 

 Lopori strip, prime . 98 (3 99 

 Madagascar, pinky. . 95 %, 96 



Ikelemba 115 (Si 16 



I^ate Parfi cables quote : 



Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 5l4oo 



Islands, coarse 2S900 



Exchange, 16} Ji/. 

 Last Mauclos advices : 



Upriver, fine 6I400 Upriver, coarse 3$9oo 



Exchange, i6j^d. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in India rubber. No. 68 William street, New York), advises 

 us : 



During the first half of Febrtiary money eased considerably, and 

 there was a fairly good demand for paper both in town and out at 

 5 (a) 6 per cent, but the latter part of the month the market has 

 stiffened considerably, and the demand for paper has dropped to 

 small proportions at 5>^ (<• 6 per cent. 



Statistics of Pura l^ubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 



Stocks, Januarj- i Ions 



.Arrivals, January 1151 



Stocks, January 31 217 7= 224 



2142 

 ■985 



157 



1474 

 1410 



64 



PARA. 

 I906. 1905. 1904. 



Stocks, January I to/is 585 200 370 



-Arrivals, January 4720 3775 3760 



ENGLAND. 

 1906. 1905. 1904. 

 570 175 545 

 905 1 145 



565 



-Aggregating... 

 Deliveries, January . 



■■■■5305 3975 4130 

 3845 2719 3565 



1 135 1080 1690 

 675 725 I'oo 



Stocks, Jannary 31 1460 1 256 565 460 355 590 



1906. 1905. 1904 



World's visible supply, January 31 ... ./()?/i 4062 2972 3717 



Para Receipts, July I to January 31 18,319 '6,326 16,235 



Para Receipts of Caucho, same dates 2065 1504 1519 



Afloat from Para to United States, Jan. 31. 721 529 1418 



Afloat from Para to Europe, January 31 . ... 1197 675 1020 



Ceylon (Plantation) Rubber Exports, 1905. 



DESTINATION. 



Pounds. 



Great Britain 124,738 Holland 



Germany 19,807 Sweden 



Belgium 10,386 



United States 10,054 Total, 1905. . . . 



-Australia 1,152 Total, 1904 .. 



France 2,184 Total, 1903. . . 



Pounds. 



125 



21 



.168,547 

 • 77.212 

 ■ 41.798 



Bordeaux. 



IMPORT.ATION.S OF CAOUTCHOtJC. 



1904. 



January kilos 54,550 



February 169,025 



March 94, 615 



.April 121,560 



May 91,125 



June 65,060 



July 72,220 



August 208,185 



September 87,400 



October 57,903 



November 71,970 



December 



Total 1,003,553 



1905- 



130,255 



I2f>,540 



173,355 



152,650 



74,700 



77,100 



71,150 



110,700 



103,800 



60.650 



123,230 



1,204,130 



Anl'werp, 



The inscription sale on February 16 resulted in sales as follows : 



Offered. Sold. 



Congo sorts kilos 194,152 191,017 



Other sorts '. . 72,704 57,555 



Total 266,856 258,572 



Prices were higher than the brokers' estimations, based upon re- 

 sults of the January inscription, by an average of 32 centimes per 

 kilo, or about 3 per cent. Messrs. C. Schmid & Co. successeurs 

 advise The India Rubber World that some of the more impor- 

 tant lots sold were ; 



Valuation. 

 10 tons Lopori II francs 8 65 



19 " Maringa 5.80 



15 " Aruwimi ii-75 



S " Lac Leopold 12.70 



10 " Congo Jl'Poko 12.25 



27 " Kasai Loanda 11.30 



26 ' ■ Kas.ai Loanda Sankura 10.50 



7 " Lomami strips 12.25 



Small lots of Straits Settlements plantation biscuits and crepe 

 sold at 16.80 francs [=Si.47j]. 



Sold at. 



9-57>'2 

 6-27^- 637>^ 

 12.07 >^ 

 12.90 



\2.-2y2-l2.^^]4 



"■47K 

 10.72'^ 

 12 25 



