392 



THE INDIA RUBBER W^ORLD 



[September i, 1902. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1902, compared with the three fiscal years preceding 

 — not including exports to Hawaii and Porto Rico : 



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



The number of pairs of rubber footwear exported during the 

 past twelve fiscal years has increased as follows : 



189091 ...175,627 189495 — 383.723 189899 486.586 



1891-92. .. .231,105 1895-96. .. .350,713 i8gg-oo. ... 762,016 



1892 93. .. .410,950 1896-97 306.026 1900 01 ...1,469.100 



1893-94. .. .261,657 1897-98. .. .391,832 1901 02. .. .2,594,688 



The average invoice value of rubber footwear exported dur- 

 ing the last five fiscal years has been : 



1897-9S. lS()S-09. 1899-1900. 1900-01. 1901-02. 



57.3 cents. 53.6 cents. 5525 cents. 49.3 cents. 40.3 cents. 



RUBIIER GOODS EXPORTED TO THE ISLANDS. 



igco-ol. 



To Cuba $87,427 



" Porto Rico 10,263 



" Philippines 17.369 



Total $115,059 



No returns are awattable of exports to Hawaii. 



IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



1899-1900, 



India-rubber goods $564,088 



Gutta-percha goods 254,332 



Total $318,420 



Reexports 12,874 



1900-01. 



$478,663 



163.337 



$642,000 

 16,888 



1901-02. 



$134,846 

 19,606 

 58,606 



$213,058 



1901-02. 



$449,756 



127,780 



$577,536 

 13,173 



Net Imports $805,546 $625,112 $564,363 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



Official statement of values of rubber goods imported and 

 exported for the first six months of two years : 



1901. 



Imports $692,390 



Exports 765,789 



Some of the important classifications were : 



IMPORTS. 



1902. I9OI. 



$30,044. Hose $21,599 



21,680. .Belting 5.164 



29,029. .Footwear 203.162 



12,383. . Shoe elastics . 76,166 



77,879. .Other elastics 56,610 



7, 247.. Toys 27.040 



68,350 .Hard rubber goods ... 206,410 



RUBBER FOOTWEAR E.\PORTS — JANUARY-JUNE, 



1901. 



$31,059 



22,168 



39.453 

 4,263 



74.247 



6,252 



74,948 



1902. 



$643,287 



796,676 



EXPORTS. 



iqo2. 



I 32.561 



136.822 

 59,824 



114,129 

 40,844 



176,529 



To — Kilograms. 



Germany 70,600 



Hamburg 7,000 



Great Britain 17,600 



France 19,700 



Switzerland 3,300 



Italy 6, 300 



Spain 500 



Belgium 5, goo 



Greece 600 



Turkey 3,300 



1902. 

 To — Kilograms. 



Roumania 3.000 



Bulgaria 400 



Russia 100 



Egypt 1,200 



China 500 



British Indies 27,900 



Other lands 600 



Total 168,500 



Six mos. igoi 250,200 



GERMAN RUBBER GOODS 

 Official statement of values (in 



months of three years: 



1900. 



Threads and sheets 1,445,000 



Coarse rubber goods 10,698,000 



Fine rubber goods 824.000 



Boots and shoes 798,000 



Hard rubber 220,000 



Hard rubber goods 4,053,000 



Rubber coated fabrics 2,474,000 



Elastic fabrics and hosiery 128,000 



Hemp and rubber hose 750 ,000 



Rubber clothing 706,000 



Unclassified 71.000 



Total 22,167.000 16,502,000 18,218,000 



This list does not embrace rubber toys, which are classified 

 under the general heading of toys, or bicycle tires, which are 

 included in " bicycles and parts." There are also to be added 

 insulated wire to the value of 2,873,000 marks in the first half 

 of 1901 and 2,097,000 marks for the same period in 1902. 



GERMAN TRADE IN RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES. 



Weights in kilograms — first six months of 1902 : 



Imports. Exports. 

 Great Britain. .. . 12,400 145,400 



United States. 

 Other lands, . . 



Imports. Exports. 



. 70,8co 



. 3,000 ,39,800 



Total 363,800199,000 



Six mos. 1901. 444,600 130,100 

 Six mos. igoo. 432,600 145,100 



France... 3.700 



Belgium 7,100 



Denmark 3.000 



Sweden 12,200 .... 



Russia 261,700 .... 



Aus.-Hungary . . 3,700 .... 



FRANCE. 

 Value of imports and exports of manufactures of India- 

 rubber for the first six months of three years — francs converted 

 at 19,3 cents: 



Imports $1,368,370 



Exports ^. .. 1,057,833 



$1,358,527 $1,363,352 

 846,884 929,102 



The official returns show an increase in imports of belting, 

 hose, and the like ; a decrease in unvulcanized sheets and vul- 

 canized threads, and in footwear; and stationary figures relat- 

 ing to tissues and clothing. In exports an increase has oc- 

 curred in belting and hose, a slight increase in clothing, and a 

 decrease in other classes. 



RUBBER BOOT AND SHOE TRADE. 

 Values (expressed in United States money) of imports and 

 exports of various countries — first six months of 1902; 



Imports. Exports. 



United States None. $200,267 



Great Britain Not stated. 338,913 



Germany $519,554 260,610 



France . 63,883 82,990 



Austria-Hungary 29,029 136,822 



American exports in this branch are larger in the last half of 

 the year. Such exports amounted in value, in the twelve 

 months ending June 30, 1902, to $1,046,315. 



RUBBER GOODS EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK. 



Values for four weeks ended July 29, i 

 534 Cuba 



Argentina. . .$ 



Australia 



Aus. -Hung'y 



Azores 



Belgium 



Brazil 



British Africa 

 Brit. E. Ind. 

 Brit. Guiana 

 Brit. W. Ind. 

 Central Amer. 



Chile 



China 



Colombia 



7.017 



150 



25 



217 



2,063 



3.834 



1,000 



14 

 566 

 1,386 

 loi 

 463 

 556 



Dan. W. Ind. 

 Denmark . . . 

 Dutch E.Ind. 



Ecuador 



France 



Great Britain. 

 Germany. . . . 



Haiti 



Holland 



Italy 



Japan 



Mexico 



Netherlands . 



4.537 



43 



2,257 



25 



77 



3.635 



39,248 



11,632 



36 



III 



1,060 



13.204 



3.814 

 100 



902 : 

 New Zealand. 

 Nova Scotia.. 



Peru.. 



Philippines . . 



Russia 



San Domingo. 



Spain 



Sweden 



Switzerland. . 



Turkey 



Venezuela, . . 



6,024 



68 



241 



2.747 



80 



23 



952 



121 



5.520 



3.953 



144 



Total... $117, 578 



