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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1905. 



REVIEW OH THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



T"" HE month under review closes with a condition of firm- 

 ness in the market for rubber, after a period of unusual 

 dullness. Prices of all Fara grades are somewhat lower 

 at the end than at the beginning of the month, though 

 still much higher than at the same date one year ago. In re- 

 spect to other sorts, conditions.vary,[some showing a slight de- 

 cline, while prices for some grades have been well maintained. 

 Buying by manufacturers has been light, from all reports, and 

 it is evident that, in view of the small stocks available and the 

 light receipts at primary markets at this season, any marked 

 activity in buying would result in an upward tendency of 

 prices. 



Receipts at Pari (including Caucho) to July 28 were 1205 

 tons, against 1250 for the whole month of July last year, which 

 may be taken as pointing to the usual sized crop this year. But 

 if the crop total for the season just opened should equal that 

 of last year (which was the largest yet harvested), it does not 

 signify a speedy replenishment of visible supplies. During the 

 last season only 40 per cent, of the year's total reached Pari by 

 December 31, whereas in the year before, 44 per cent, had ar- 

 rived by that date. Every year the center of production re- 

 cedes further from the seaboard, delaying the date of arrival in 

 the consuming markets of the bulk of the product. From fig- 

 ures printed on the following pages it is evident that the in- 

 crease in the output from the Amazon valley last season came 

 from b-eyond l^razilian territory (including the newly acquired 

 Acre district). 



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

 ago, one month ago, and on July 31— the current date : 



PARA. August I, '04. 



Islands, fine, new Ii4@ii5 



Islands, fine, old none here 



UpriTer, fine, new Ii8@ii9 



Upriver, fine, old II9@I20 



Islands, coarse, new 64(8 65 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, coarse, new qi @ 92 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 68@ 6q 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 77® 78 



The decline in other sorts at New York has been less 

 marked, as the figures show : 



Statistics of Para 'jabber {Excluding Caucho) . 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . .82 



Guayaquil, strip 70 



Nicaragua, scrap ... .81 



Panama, slab 6o 



Mexican, scrap 81 



Mexican, slab 57 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .71 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam • 96 (897 



Borneo 41 @42 



(383 

 @7i 

 @82 

 @6l 

 (382 

 @58 

 @72 



AFRICAN. 



Sierra Leone, I stquality 98^ gg 



Massai. red 98@ 99 



Benguella 75@ 76 



Cameroon ball 66(g 67 



Accra flake 26(3 27 



Lopori ball, prime 104^105 



Lopori strip, prime. .. . gl@ 92 



Madagascar, pinky... . i^@ 88 



Ikelemba 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5*300 



Islands, coarse 2$3oo 



Exchange 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 6$3oo Upriver, coarse 3$8oo 



Exchange, i7:,V.i/. 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR JUNE (NEW RUBBER). 



Upriver, fine 1.30(^1.35 



Upriver. coarse 94@ 97 



Islands, fine I.28(gli.33 



Islands, coarse 72(3 76 



Cameta 74@ 80 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine <>l'350 



Upriver, coarse 4$25o 



, 17a'. 



Stocks. May 31 

 Arrivals. June. 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and 



Medium. Coarse. 



. . .lent 361 217 = 

 261 229 =: 



Toial Total Tol.l 



1905. 1904. 1903. 



578 327 541 



490 252 652 



Aggregating. 

 Deliveries, June . 



Stocks, June 30. 



622 

 227 



395 



446 = 

 247 = 



199 = 



1068 



474 



594 



579 1193 

 .142 826 



137 



367 



PARA. 

 1905. 1904. 1903. 

 Stocks. May 31 ... few/ 365 195 115 



Arrivals, June 985 1035 1770 



ENGLAND. 

 1905. 1904. 1903. 

 370 440 1400 

 760 720 570 



Aggregating 1350 1230 1885 



Deliveries, June Iiqo 1055 1770 



I130 I160 1970 

 645 575 650 



Stocks, June 30 . . i6o 175 115 



485 585 1320 



1905. 



World's visible supply, June 30 tons 179° 



Para receipts, July i to June 30 27,311 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 5474 



Afloat from Pari to United States, June 30. .. gO 



Afloat from Para to Europe, June 30 455 



Albert B. Beers (New York) reports : 



"There is nothing new in the commercial paper situation 

 since the report of a month ago, the demand for rubber notes 

 still continuing fair at 4>^ @, 5 per cent, for the best, and 5^^ 

 ((« 6 per cent, for the smaller concerns." 



Canada. 



Value of imports of India-rubber, gutta-percha and manu- 

 factures thereof for 10 months of the last three fiscal years, be- 

 ginning July I : 

 Crude Materials : 



Fkom — 1903. 1904. 1905. 



Great Britain $ 6,863 $ 4.346 f 25.883 



United States 1356,474 2,075,327 2.263,011 



Other countries 714 gig 332 



Totals $1,364,051 



Manufactures : 



Great Britain $3'.!8,iS8 



United States 461.239 



Other countries :9,489 



$2,080,592 $2,289,226 



$323,338 



500.452 



23.291 



Total $808,916 $847,081 



Ceylon Exports {'-Plantation Rubber). 



$156,262 



510,061 



22,918 



$689,241 



January i to May 22. . 

 Week ending May 29. . 

 Week ending June 5 . . 

 Week ending June 12 . . 

 Week ending June 19 . 



rouNus. 



■ 39.770 



344 



794 



. 2.608 



1.922 



POUNDS. 



Total to June 19 45.438 



Same period. 1904 32.225 



Same period, 1903 22,533 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots, in cents per pound — show a slight increase over the fig- 

 ures last reported, as follows : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic 6"^(a 6% 



Do . —Foreign S'A ® SH 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 5 @ 5j^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carri.ige Tires 6J^ @ 6% 



White Trimmed Rubber 8»^ (3 85J 



Heavy Black Rubber ^M @ A% 



.Mr Brake Hose 2^^ @ 3 



Fire and Large Hose 2),^' ® 2V^ 



Garden Hose lM^@ljl 



Matting ijj @ i 



