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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1909. 



Official India-Rubber Statistics 



Fnr the United States Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1908. 



INDIA-RUBBER. 



I.— Imports of Crude India-Rubber, by 



Countries. 



Fpom — Pounds. Valuer 

 Europe: 



Belgium 3,016,462 $2,053,369 



France 1,561,182 1,040,594 



Germany 2,821,194 1,980,635 



Netherlands 160,856 111,619 



Portugal 2,144,973 1.201,787 



United Kingdom 6,809,622 4,745,201 



Total 16,514,289 $11,133,209 



North America: 



British Honduras 16,886 $ii,97» 



Canada 32.821 19,893 



Costa Rica 97'399 56,653 



Guatemala 110,614 56,915 



Honduras 102,010 65,865 



Nicaragua 510.093 311,974 



Panama 134,972 82,415 



Salvador 20.224 12.200 



Mexico 9,269,443 3,888,684 



British West Indies 259 150 



Cuba 378 250 



Dutch West Indies 108 27 



Total 10,295,207 $4,506,998 



South America: 



Brazil 32,645,173 $19,284,856 



Colombia 401,401 249,776 



Ecuador 655,485 413.378 



'Peru 258,389 210,343 



Uruguay 5.213 3-520 



Venezuela 217,399 140,668 



Total 34,183,060 $20,302,540 



Asia: 



Straits Settlements 921,411 $332,083 



Other British East Indies. 316,076 335,870 



Total 1,237,487 $667,953 



Oceanica: 



Australia and Tasmania. . . 40 $36 

 Africa: 



British West 250 $61 



British East 2,827 2,389 



Total 3.077 $2,450 



Grand Total 62,233,160 $36,613,185 



Total, 1906-07 76,963.838 $58,919,981 



Total, 1905-06 57.844,345 45,114,450 



Total, 1904-05 67.234.256 49,878,366 



Total, 1903-04 59.015.551 40.444.250 



II. — Imports of Crude India-Rubber, by 



Customs Districts. 



At — Pounds. Value. 



Baltimore, Md 210,595 $56,180 



Boston and Charlestown . . 623,181 395*776 



Newport News, Va 250 61 



New York, 57,618,236 34.716,816 



Philadelphia 130 148 



Galveston, Tex 278 126 



Key West, Fla 157 127 



Mobile. Ala 8,289 5, 712 



New Orleans. La 250,184 123,118 



Pensacola, Fla 115 58 



Corpus Christi, Tex 113,270 31,112 



Paso Del Norte, Tex 12,515 7,292 



Saluria, Tex 3, 291, 115 1,210,320 



Puget Sound, Wash 40 36 



San Francisco, Cal 44.072 27,235 



Champlain. N. Y 14,721 10,682 



Chicago, 111 18,355 13,819 



Cuyaho??-, Ohio 8,761 4,81 1 



Niagara. N. Y 4.644 3.483 



Vermont, Vt 13,310 5.576 



Louisville, Ky 92 38 



St. Louis, Mo 850 659 



Total 62,233,160 $36,613,185 



III. — Imports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber, by Customs Districts. 



At — Value. 



Baltimore, Md 51,870 



Boston 120,617 



Fall River. Mass 8,825 



Newport News, Va 3, 750 



New York 1,595,609 



Philadelphia 37.663 



Porto Rico 3,185 



Providtnce, R. 1 1.679 



Galveston, Tex 4,710 



New Orleans, La 9,805 



Tampa, Fla 1.125 



Hawaii , 1,588 



Puget Sound, Wash 2,289 



San Fiancisco, Cal 15,166 



Chicago, 111 33.385 



Cuyahoga, Ohio 2,156 



Detroit, Mich 13.476 



Genesee, N. Y 2,354 



Milwaukee, Wis 1 ,098 



Cincinnati, Ohio 2,96 1 



Denver, Colo 28,158 



Indianapolis, Ind 1,069 



Kansas City, Mo 2,457 



Pittsburg, Pa 1.058 



St. Louis, Mo 5,67s 



Other ports 4,862 



Tulal $1,956,590 



IV. — Imports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber, by Countries. 



[ -|- Indicates Increase ; — indicates Decrease, 

 compared with the preceding year.] 



From — Value. 



Austria-Hungary $107,870 + 



Belgium 101,750 + 



France 539,480 — 



Germany 737,278— 



Italy 115.639 + 



Netherlands 937 — 



Norway 3.587 + 



Russia in Europe 12,768 — 



Spain 197 — 



Switzerland 417 — 



United Kingdom 333.543 + 



Canada 1 ,894 — 



Mexico 195 + 



Hongkong 235 — 



Japan 415 — 



Other Countries 385— 



Total $1,956.590 — 



Total. 1906-07 $2,262,783 + 



Total. 1905-06 $1,992,413 



Total, 1904-05 1,389,064 



Total, 1903-04 821,526 



Total, 1902-03 665.972 



Total, 1901-02 449,756 



Total, 1900-01 478,663 



Total, 1899-1900 564,083 



Total, 1S98-99 379.309 



Total, 1897-98 309,247 



V. — Exports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber (and Gutta-Percha), by 

 Customs Districts. 



Belting, Boots All 



From — Packing, and other 



and Hose Shoes. Rubber. 



Baltimore, Md... $805 $ $250 



Bangor, Me 2,845 1,056 1,086 



Hoston, Mass.... 12,550 474,931 341,568 



New York 781,834 1,041,260 2,333,782 



Passama(i'd'y. Me 3.506 295 2,104 



Philadelphia 25,002 .... 18,833 



Mobile. Ala 436 1.447 47o 



New Orleans, La. 8,888 1,507 2,631 



Arizona SS.ogi 830 8,136 



Corpus Christi . . 19,440 2,234 66,768 



Paso Del Norte.. 46,224 269 19,110 



Saluria, Tex. ... 47,316 225 8,145 



Alaska 15,828 27,3^1 1,204 



I'uget Sound ... 15.746 10,821 57,6io 



San Diego, Cal.. 986 128 51 



San Francisco . . 176,729 40,856 259,018 



Buffalo Creek ... 110 .... 134,622 



Champlain, N. Y. 7,995 64 71,038 



Detroit, Mich. .. 23,391 6,015 39.222 



Huron, Mich..., 467 629 7,372 



Memphrcmagog . i9.i34 57 50.190 



Minnesota 7.281 529 15,669 



Montana & Idaho 1.762 10 1,010 



Niagara, N. Y... 48,218 1.367 105,719 



N. and S. Dakota 14,701 1.133 13,300 



Osewgatchie ... 1,670 371 85,680 



Superior, Mich. . . 1.876 .... 120 



Vermont, Vt. ... 5,678 500 89,146 



Other districts .. 2,266 425 9,186 



Total $1,347,775 $1,614,290 $3. 743.040 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Imports of Crude Gutta-Percha, by 

 Countries. 



From — Pounds. Value. 



Germany 143,261 $78,391 



Netherlands 17 13 



L''^nited Kingdom 11,601 8,395 



Canada 7,326 4.61 5 



Panama 9,363 2,212 



Colombia 12,619 3,552 



Straits Settlements 4,413 3,125 



Japan 10 2 



Total 188,610 $100,305 



Total, 1906-07 546,890 $201,339 



Total. 1905-06 500,770 188,161 



Total, 1904-05 665,217 2io,t88 



Total, 1903-04 424,617 174.953 



GUTTA-JELUTONG (Pontianak). 



From — Pounds. Value. 



Netherlands 19.950 $2,969 



Cnited Kingdom 1 16,923 4,160 



Straits Settlements 22,324,810 1,020,339 



Dutch East Indies 341,620 12,308 



Total 22,803,303 $1,039,776 



Total, 1906-07 28,437,660 $1,085,098 



Total, 1905-06 21,390,1 16 733.074 



Total, 1904-05 19,104,91 1 641,319 



[Note. — The imports of Gutta-percha credited 

 to South .\merica are undoubtedly Balata.] 



SCRAP RUBBER. 



I. — Quantity and Value of Exports by 



Countries. 



To — Pounds. Value. 



Belgium 41,104 $11,224 



France 375,o68 33.014 



Germany 451.279 53.3^2 



Italy 159,186 16,256 



Netherlands 48,202 6,417 



Sweden 64,679 6,483 



United Kingdom. 1,5^7,460 208,882 



Canada 1,568,413 114,006 



Australia 398 63 



Total, 1907-0? 4,255.789 $449,727 



Total, 1906-07 4,756,621 $548,695 



Total, 1905-06 a 339,507 



Total. 1904-05 a 204,945 



Total, 1903-04 a 534.500 



Total, 1902-03 a 404,586 



a — Not officially reported. 



II. — Quantity and Value of Imports by 

 Countries. 



From — Pounds. Value. 



.Austria-Hungary 105.480 $9,668 



Belgium 123,493 12,384 



Denmark 239,981 24,369 



France 1.095,170 103,133 



Germany 3,640,805 345.987 



Italy 28,032 1,353 



Netherlands 246,037 23,203 



Norway 228,435 23,250 



Russia in Europe 4,694,731 427,662 



Sweden 616,771 68,145 



Switzerland 10^677 1.094 



Turkey in Europe 342,340 32,392 



United Kingdom 1,671^666 163,209 



iiermuda 3,116 ri6 



Canada 2,684,461 210,175 



Newfoundland 20.766 2,298 



Mexico 46,761 3.400 



British West Indies 988 16 



Cuba 95,816 9,686 



Brazil 219,197 18,807 



Guiana, British 1,041 82 



Chinese Empire 60,333 3.537 



Straits Settlements 16,775 5.232 



Honijkong 120,036 6,434 



Turkey in Asia 6,720 726 



.Australia 1 1,407 464 



Total, 1907-08 16,331,035 $1,496,822 



Total, 1906-07 29,335,193 $2,608,987 



Total, 1905-06 24,756,486 1,721,678 



Total, 1904-OS i5.57Sj2i4 953.439 



