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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1902. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values for the first nine months 

 of 19 >2, compared with the same period of three years 

 preceding, not including exports to Hawaii and Porto Rico: 



Total . .$208,861 



(a) Included in "All Other" prior to July i, 1899. 

 The number of pairs of rubber boots and shoes exported 

 during the first nine months ol 1902 was 1,589,910, against 

 1,366,322 pairs for the corresponding months of 1901 and 785,- 

 614 pairs in 1900. 



RUBBER GOODS EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK. 



During five weeks ended October 28, 1902: 



Argentina.. .$ 506 Denmark.... 534 



Australia 15.045 DutchW.Ind 56 



Dutch E Ind 72 



Dan. W. Ind 93 



Ecuador 7,715 



France 12,216 



Germany ... 32 447 



Great Biitain 80,177 



Haiti 22 



Italy 1.487 



Japan 1,261 



Mexico .... 4,178 



Newfoundld. 799 



Netherlands. 3,621 



Norway ... 1,529 



New Zealand 42 



SUMMARY. 



July 2-29 (four weeks) $ii7,57i 



July 30-August 26 (fourweeks) 119,103 



August 27-September 23 (four weeks) 161,045 



September 24-October 28 (five weeks) 208, 86| 



Total since July i $606,583 



RUBBER GOODS IN THE C>HINESE TARIFF. 



Under the new Chinese tariff, effective since October 311 

 1902, the following duties are imposed on imports of India-rub- 

 ber and Gutta-percha : 



Crude, 5 per cent, ad valorem. 



Manufactures (other than boots and shoes), per picul, 3.140 haikwan 

 taels=$i.49 per 100 pounds. 



India-rubber boots, per pair, .08 tael=5.048 cents. 



India rubber shoes, per pair, .02 tael = i.262 cents. 



Old rubber (fit only for remanufacture), per picul, .25 tael^rii.q cents 

 per 100 pounds. 



Asbestos packing (including sheets and blocks) is dutiable at 

 3>^ haikwan taels per picul, and asbestos packing (metallic) at 

 5 haikwan taels, equivalent to $1.66 and $2.37, respectively, per 

 100 pounds avoirdupois. The rate for " Packing, engine and 

 boiler, and all other kinds " is 5 per cent, ad valorem. 



WHERE "INDIAN RUBBER" GOODS COME HIGH. 

 An ad valorem duty of 40 per cent, is provided for in the 

 Newfoundland " Revenue act, 1901," on all importations of 

 " Indian {sic) rubber boots and shoes and all manufactures in 

 part or in whole of Indian rubber or gutta-percha; Indian rub- 

 ber clothing and clothing made waterproof with Indian rubber 

 or like substances; rubber or guttapercha hose, and cotton or 

 linen hose, lined with gutta-percha or Indian rubber." It 

 would appear, however, that rubber belting may be imported 



at 20 per cent, ad valorem, under the heading " Belting ol 

 leather, or other material for machinery, including lacings or 

 fasteners." The rate on asbestos, and all manufactures there- 

 of is 36 per cent, ad valorem, and on linoleum the same. 



COMPARATIVE STATFiMENT BY COUNTRIES. 

 Value of imports and exports of manufactures of Caout- 

 chouc and Gutta-percha, officially reyorted, for the nine months 

 of January-September (inclusive), 1902, stated in United States 

 money, at par of exchange : 



Imports. Exports. 



Germany .$2,188,886 $6,383,874 



United Kingdom [.12,455,908] 4,415,556 



United States 498,886 2.702,410 



France (special commerce) 1.451,360 1,441.131 



Austria-Hungary 1,786,920 1,406,160 



Italy 594.817 439-864 



Total $8,976,777 $16,789,025 



[n— Not officially stated as yet this year. Imports since January I estimated 

 upon average rate for same period of five years past.j 



The combined excess of exports for the countries named 

 was $7,812,248 for nine months, or at the rate of $10,416,331 

 per year as the value of the market for rubber goods outside 

 of these leading manufacturing countries. The outside market 

 is worth even more than this. There should be added to 

 these 10 millions the value of whatever manufactures of India- 

 rubber are exported by Russia to other countries than are 

 named in the table above — a quantity not at present statable. 



rubber FOOTWEAR IMPORTED AND EXPORTED. 



Official returns for January-September, 1902 ; included also 

 in the totals in the preceding table : 



Imports. Exports. 



Germany $644,266 $371,280 



United Kingdom. [« 898,677] 572,174. 



United States None. 71 8,759 



France (special commerce) 286,219 142,627 



Austria-Hungary 152,270 297,354 



[a— Estimate based upon statistics for last year.] 



GERMAN STATISTICS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR. 



Nine months — January to September inclusive : 



imports. exports. 



Countries. 



igoo. 1901. 1902. 1900. 1901 1902. 



Great Britain. /(//w 26,300 20,800 12,700 116,200 118,000 l8b,loo 



Austria-Hungary. 30,800 19,500 8,800 



Russia 391, 2C0 425.300 317,400 



Sweden 10,000 15,000 24.900 



United States 35,40O 50,800 78,400 



Belgium 10,400 8,900 8,200 



Denmark 4.200 2,700 3,400 



France 15,800 7,400 7,300 



Other countries. . 2,200 2,800 9,000 66,500 35500 78,600 



Total... /f«7«,t. 495 ,900 534,200 451,200 213,100 172,500 283,600 

 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN STATISTICS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR. 

 Nine months— J tnuary-September, 1902— in kilograms: 



IMPORTS. 



Russia 90,600 Switzerland... 700 Ret'rn'd goods 4,700 



Germany 10,600 Denmark 300 



United Slates. 5,100 France 200 Total 115,400 



Great Britain.. 3.100 Servia 100 Nine mos. '01. 122,300 



EXPORTS. 



Germany. ... 96,200 Belgium 12,100 Japan 



France 48,500 Holland 8,800 Russia 



Roumania ... 46,400 Hamburg.... 8,000 Servia 



Turkey 40,500 Bulgaria 3.500 Denmark ... 



Brit. E. Ind.. 35,100 Greece 1.600 Australia.... 



Italy 31,100 Egypt 1,200 



Great Britain . 18,700 Spain 600 Total 347. 500 



Switzerland... 12,500 China 500 Nine mos. '01. 491, 700 



In connection with the above mentions of Russia it may be 

 stated that 3,514464 pairs of "galoshes" were exported last 

 year from Kronstadt, of which 3.322,656 pairs for Germany. 



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