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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1905. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



UNITED STATES IMPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS. 



THE table herewith relates to values ot imports of manu- 

 factures of India-rubber (not including Gutta-percha) 

 into the United States for the past five fiscal years, end- 

 ing June 30. The figures in the last column have not 

 before appeared in print, having been obtained from Washing- 

 ton in advance of the official publication. The greatest gain in 

 imports from any country is shown in the case of Germany, and 

 covers toys, surgical novelties, hard rubber, and tires. The in- 

 crease from France is also due in part to tires. The increase 

 from Russia relates to rubber sponges. On the other hand, 

 the imports from Great Britain have declined, during five 

 years, largely more than half. It is not certain to what the 

 decline is due, beyond the falling ofi in the importation of 

 mackintoshes. 



Fkom- 



Auscria- Hungary 



Belgium 



Denmark 



France. . 



Germany 



Italy 



Netherlands. . 



Russia 



Spain 



Sweden and Norway. . . 



Switzerland 



United Kingdom 



Nova Scotia, New Brun. 

 Quebec, Ontario, Mani. 



British Columbia 



Central America 



Mexico 



West Indies 



Chinese Empire 



Hongkong 



Japan 



British Australia 



1900. 



> 2,467 



4.788 



13 



98,599 



163,942 



464 



289 



25 



138 



291,647 



93 



682 



85s 



4 



20 



3 



32 



6 



23 



! 896 

 10,162 



121,217 

 182,442 



479 



11,823 



50 



3 

 65 



150,097 



8 



439 



384 



19 

 3 



49! 



439| 

 89 



$ 1.351 

 21,792 



110,850 



197,608 



480 



1,680 



1,100 



49 



70 



113.589 



9 



527 



X17 



6 



4 



27 



379 



tI2 



5 



Total i$564.o88 $478,663 .$449,756 $665,972 $821,562 



1903. 



i 6,695 

 55.532 



129,632 

 308,551 



554 



1.236 



28,361 



5 



31 



132,768 



348 



1, 716 



68 



3 

 39 



300 

 t25 



1904. 



^ 16,278 

 34.547 



2 



167,9" 



427 917 



1,521 



1,082 



50.353 

 466 



367 



117.709 



7t 



1. 175 



79 



280 



70 



42 



4 



746 



907 



35 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 

 Official statement of values of exports ot manufactures of 

 India-rubber and Gutta-percha, for November, 1904, and for the 

 first eleven months of five calendar years : 



BRITISH EXPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS. 

 OFFlciilL Statement of values, goods of British production, 

 for four calendar years. Gutta-percha goods and waterproof ap- 

 parel not included : 



1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 



Boots and shoes.... £ 176,387 £ 171.557 .£' 224,586 £ 205,068 

 Othersorts 1,086.028 1,052,887 1.201,681 1,213,944 



Total £1,262,415 £1,224,444 £1,426,267 £1,419,012 



Pairs Footwear. 1,537,008 1,723.536 2,382,360 2,074,224 



FOREIGN RUBBER GOODS TRADE OF CANADA. 

 Canadian imports of India-rubber and Gutta-percha manu- 

 fzctures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904. are officially 

 stated to have been in value as follows : 



Uniicil Great Other Total Duties 



Impokts. States Britain. Countries Value. Collected. 



Boots and shoes. .. . $154,191 $ 341 $ 73 $154,605 $ 35,399.11 



Belting 46,298 1,076 47,374 12,58384 



Clothing and water- 

 proof cloth 45,409 ^87,851 1,453 334.713 90,207.11 



Hose 47.632 1,111 117 48,860 16,86558 



Packing and mats. . 49.572 1.392 67 51,031 17.696.95 



All other 274,369 42,875 24,388 341,632 83,457.92 



Total 1617,471 ^334,646 $26,098 $978,215 $256,210.51 



Total, 1902-03... $573 421 $446,811 $25,579$!, 045, 8ll$253, 873.15, 



Total, 1901-02.. . 525,218 217.812 31,999 775.029 201,698.64 



Total, 1900-01.. . 434,590 154,944 21,738 611,272 163,012.44 



Total, 1S99-00.. . 359,037 118,111 19,083 539.061 149,006.80 



The share of Germany in this trade has declined from S22,- 



090 to $18,877, and Austria from $1005 to $950. The share of 



France increased from $1090 to $4638, and Russia's from $54 to 



$1179. 



There may also be noted the following imports, not classi- 

 fied by the customs as " rubber goods," but having a relation 

 to the industry : 



United Great Other Tolal Duties 



Imi'Okts. States. Britain. Countries. Value. Collected. 



Webbing, elastic and 



non elastic $132,791 $65,754 $3,604 $202,149 $36,312.92 



Stockinettes for rub- 

 ber footwear 59,606 11,220 .... 70,826 10,046.90 



Duck, for rubber belt- 

 ing and hose 197.219 313 197.532 free. 



Rubber thread 2,loS 2,108 free. 



EXPORTS OF CANADIAN RUBBER GOODS. 



To— Value. To— Value. To— Value. 



Great Britain .$39,378 Turkey $I.5I9 UnitedStates$ 9,994 



Australia 3'. 583 British Guiana . 786 



New Zealand . 24,445 Brazil 521 Total $128,067 



Newfoundland 14,376 Chile 698 Total. 1903 . 142.891 



Belgium 1.700 West Indies . .. 327 Total, 1902. . 322.572 



Italy 2,099 British Africa. . 647 Total, 1901. . 151,656 



RUBBER FOOTWEAR IN CHINA. 

 ACCORDING to the German paper, Das Handels Museum: 

 " Rubber shoes are coming more and more into favor among 

 the poorer classes at Canton. The import of this class of goods, 

 which in 1899 was only 8761 pairs, was 42,552 pairs in 1902, and 

 in 1903 reached the high total of 234,496 pairs." The figures 

 for Canton, however, do not represent the whole Chinese con- 

 sumption of rubber footwear. In this connection may be men- 

 tioned the official returns of British exports of rubber shoes to 

 China and also to Hongkong— the latter doubtless going in 

 large part to China : 



IQOI. 1902. 1903. 



China pairs 107,716 66,060 24,456 



Hongkong 164,460 i73.o4o 549.624 



The exports of rubber footwear from the United States to 

 the same ports for the last four fiscal years have been : 



1900-01. 1901-02. IQ02-03. 1903-04. 



China /«/« 1,634 2,237 3,628 1,417 



Hongkong 1,634 5,468 91,942 106,000 



Hard Rubber Handles. — A late catalogue of table cutlery 

 and other knives, made by the long established Goodell Co. 

 (Antrim, New Hampshire), includes a number of items of table 

 knives and forks with handles of hard rubber and celluloid. 



