Janu.\ry I, 1903 ] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



133 



1899 to 204, 58 1 >■*«,■ in 1900 to 332, Sjs^'^^/ and in 1901 to only 

 162,897 _)'£'«. [Pht value of ihe/c?^ in United States gold is 

 about 50 cents.] The rubber industry of Japan continues to 

 grow, the imports of crude rubber officially reported having in- 

 creased from 77.865 pounds in 1899 to 107,438 pounds in 1900, 

 and 154.924 pounds in 1901. 



RUSSIAN EXPORTS OF RUBBER SHOES. 

 The exports of " galoshes " from Russia for 1900 are officially 

 stated at an equivalent of 4 960,084 pounds in weight, and $1,- 

 685,030 in value. The share going to Germany amounted to 

 2,709.378 pounds in weight, and $847,881 in value, Hamburg 

 alone imports 1 000,000 pairs of Russian overshoes yearly. 



Official Statistics of India=Rubber and Gutta=Percha.— United States.- Fiscal Year 1901=1902. 



INDIA-RUBBER. 



I. — Imports of Crude India-Rubber, by 

 Countries. 



II. — Imports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber, by Countries. 



[-|- Indicates increase; — indicates decrease.] 



From- 



gary. 



Aiitrla-Hung 



R'lgiura 



France 



Uermany 



It.ily 



Netherlands 



Russia 



United Kingdom 



Other Europe 



British North America. 



Ohlneso Empire 



Hongkong 



Japan 



Other countries 



Total, 1901-02 



Total, 

 Total, 

 Total. 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 



1900-01 



1899-00, , 



1898 99.. 



1897-98 



1896-97 



1895-96.. 



1891-95. 



1893-94. 



1892-93.. 



Value. 



S 1 

 21, 



no, 



198, 

 1.1 



3S2-f- 



792-f 



8.'0- 



608-1- 



480-1- 



,68' — 



I 099-F 



i.589— 



120— 



653- 



27 + 



379+ 



112 + 



15— 



8149,766- 



478,663 

 564 083 

 379,309 

 .309,247 

 297.9.53 

 294,228 

 315,902 

 309 308 

 338,435 



INDIA-RUBBER. 



III.— Imports of Crude India-Rubber, by 

 Customs Districts. 



IV. — Imports of Manufactures of India 

 Rubber, by Customs Districts. 



BiUlniore 



Boston 



Newport Vews 



New York 



Piilladplphia .., 



Porh) Kico , 



S in Francisco.. 



I'hicago 



Ciucinnatt 



St. Louis 



Other ports .. 



"Total. 



Value. 



$449,766 



V. — Exports" of Manufictures of India- 

 Rubber (and Gutta-Percha), by 

 Customs Districts, 



From- 



Baliiinure 



Biingor 



Boston and Charlestn 



Nfw York 



Passamaquodds 



Pliiladelpliia 



I'oitland and Faim'th 



(ia^ve^lon 



Key West 



Mob le 



NewOrleans 



Aiizona 



(lorpusChristi 



Paso del Norte 



SaUiiia 



Alaska 



Puget Sound, Wash. 



S.IU Dieso.Cal 



■ian Francisco, Cal. 



Buffalo Creek 



Cape Vincent 



Champlain 



Chicago 



Cuyahoga 



Detroit 



(rfnesee 



Huron. 



Meiuphremagog 



Mi.infii 



Montana and Idaho.. 



Niagara 



vorih andS. Dakota. . 



Oswegatchle 



Oswego 



Sandusky 



Superior 



Vermont. 



Total 



Belting, 

 Packing, 

 and Hose. 



« 43 



2-215 



12 428 



408,964 



1.061 



226 



129 



270 



16.035 



11, .529 



2f,.'«l 

 15.152 

 S457 

 15.659 

 800 

 82.111 



1,603 

 ' 334 



7,61 



327 



5,219 



135 



11 



5.497 

 1,299 



633 

 13.082 



$634,146 



Boots 



and 



Shoes. 



S 416 



3.474 



529,114 



4; 9,942 



1,060 



3,063 



24 



199 



308 



15 

 11,641 



23,263 



.6 



11,581 



11,896 



$1,046,315 



Other 

 Rubber 

 Goods, 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



-Imports of Crude Gutta-Percha, by 

 Countries. 



781,941 



NoE — About 6o per cent, in volume and flo percent, 

 in value of the Gutta-percha imported arrived at New 

 York, and the remainder principally at Boston, Of 

 the Pontianak 16.644.731 pounds arrived at New York, 

 112,289 at San Francisco, and y3,8oi pounds at Boston. 



II.— Imports of Manufactures of Gut'a- 

 Percha, by Countries, 



Austria-Hungary 



Belgium 



France 



Uermany 



Netherlands 



United Kingdom 



British Columbia.... 

 Cuba 



Total, 1901-02.... 



Total, 1900-01... 

 Total, 1899-01... 

 Total, 1998-99... 

 Total, 1897-(i8 .. 

 To'al. 1896-97... 



Value. 



$ :i8 



3.307 



9.24m 



10:,7I4 



4.686 



7.193 



366 



6 



$127,780 



163,337 

 264.332 

 115,f82 

 If 6.! 97 

 97,194 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



Exports of Reclaimed Rubber, by Conn- 

 tries, for Four Years. 



[Exports, 1896-97, $119,440; 1897-98, $257,639-] 



