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THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



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INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COiMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values for the calendar year 1902, 

 compared with four years preceding, not including ex- 

 ports to Hawaii and Porto Rico: 



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



Number of pairs of rubber boots and shoes exported : 



In 1897 412,627 In 1900 1,399,285 



In 1898 400,969 In 1901 2,408,776 



In 1899 621,069 In 1902 2.377,743 



Value of exports of reclaimed rubber : 



iSyS. iSgq. 1900. 19C1. igo^. 



$296,214 $431,136 $503,282 $355,682 $382,520 



RUBBER GOODS EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK. 



Values during four weeks ended January 27, 1903 ; 



Australia.... $12,034 Denmark.... $ 2,074 New Zealand $13,672 



Ecuador.... 2,140 



France 8,593 



Germany . .. 10.613 



Great Britain 51,334 



Haiti 10 



Italy 3,610 



Japan 3,538 



Mexico .... 2,531 



Norway . . . 1.572 



Newfoundld. 1,070 



Netherlands. 473 



Portugal. 



Peru 



Philippines.. 

 San Domingo 



Spain 



Sweden . . . 

 Switzerland.. 



131 

 52 



4,006 



145 

 137 



75 

 2S9 



Total . .$148,220 



IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



1900. 



India-rubber Goods $536,448 



Gutta-percha Goods 252,238 



Total $788,686 



Reexports 21,819 



Igol. 

 $462,703 

 121,485 



$581,188 

 14,288 



Igo2. 



$562,997 

 121,123 



$684,120 

 4.655 



Net Imports $766,867 $566, gco $b79 465 



GERMANY. 



The table at the foot of this page exhibits in detail the values 



in marks of imports and exports of India-rubber manufactures 

 for three years past, from official sources. 



RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES. 



1 MPORTS and exports (in kilograms) for three years : 



1900. 



From — 

 Russia.. . 

 U. Slates 



Sweden 12,900 



G. Britain 39,Soo 



Austria 93,000 



Not stated ... 4,000 



1901. 



450,100 532 700 

 38,100 55,Soo 

 51,000 

 28,200 

 28,600 

 10,800 



1902. 



527.300 



119,300 



44,700 



14.500 



9,100 



lS,8oo 



To- 

 G. Britain, .. 

 Roumania. . . 

 Switzerland.. 

 Not stated... 



Total , . . . 



1900. 

 151,000 

 300 



10,600 

 125.300 



287,200 



1901. 



147.500 



5,900 



9.900 



76,300 



1902. 



195,400 

 22,200 

 19,700 



108,300 



239,600 345,600 



Total 637,900 707,100 733,700 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 

 Official returns of values of rubber goods in commerce : 



1901. iy02. 



Imports $2,199,511 $2,275,715 



Exports 1,699,426 1,849,245 



Imports were smaller with respect to soft rubber goods, 

 which amounted to $587,685, largely from Germany; smaller 

 for rubber shoes, $288 047, mostly from Russia ; and larger for 

 rubber thread, $370,110, mainly from Great Britain. Exports 

 were larger in the items of hard rubber goods, $416,231 ; fine 

 soft rubber goods, $322,141 ; rubber shoes, $464 3S3 ; and elastic 

 webbing, §221,469. 



RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES. 

 l.MPORTS and exports (in kilograms), by countries, for 1902 : 



From— Kilos. From— 



Russia 174,400 France... 



Germany 13,900 Denmaik 



United States. 10,800 Canada . . 

 Great Britain.. 7,100 Servia. .. 

 Sweden 4.600 Norway.. 



To— Kilos. To— 



Germany. ...ii8,8lo 



France 93,000 



Roumania . . . 79,600 



Turkey b9,200 



Italy 62.000 



British India, . 40.600 



Bulgaria 3, 700 



Algiers 2,900 



Other lands. . . 3,300 



Total 571,900 



Total, 1901. .708,600 



Greece 23.100 



Great Britain . iggoo 



Belgium 18,200 



Switzerland... 16,800 



Holland 10,900 



Hamburg .... 9,900 



FRANCE — COMMERCE SPECIAL. 



Values of rubber gooJs imports and exports for three years : 



1900. It^ol. 1902. 



Imports. . francs '5,394.000 16,290,000 16,552,000 



Exports 10,381,000 8,3g8,ooo 9,826,000 



The movement for 1902, classified officially, was as follows ; 

 values being stated in francs : 



Unvulcanized sheets and vulcanized threads. 



Elastic tissues 



Overlaid tissues 



Card tissues 



Made up clothes 



Shoes 2,673,000 



Belting, hose, tires, etc 6,324,000 



Imports. 

 5,699,000 

 893,000 



68,000 

 382,000 

 513.000 



Exports, 



2,864,000 



94,000 



5,000 



907,000 



941,000 



5,015,000 



Total 16,552,000 9,826,000 



U.S. gold. $ 3,194,536 $1,896,418 



a, c Included in exports of Bicycle Parts, all sorts [which 

 amounted in value in 1902 to 11,037,000 marks ; value 

 of rubber parts not staled,] 



Included in exports of Toys, all sorts [which amounted 

 in value in 1Q02 to 55447,000 marks; value of rubber 

 toys not slated.) 



New Use of Rubber Bal- 

 loons. — At the last meeting 

 of the international aeronautic 

 commission, Herr Assmann 

 delivered a lecture on the uses 

 of rubber balloons, such as are 

 now known as the toy bal- 

 loons, for the purpose of reg- 

 istering the temperatures in 

 the highest air planes. Within 

 the near future Herr Assmann 

 will cause one of those bal- 

 loons, fitted with a registering 

 apparatus, to ascend. -Gummi- 

 Zeiiun^. 



