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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1913. 



TABLE SHOWING COMPARATIVE TARIFF ON 



CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED 



RUBBER AND ASBESTOS. 



Tariff 1909. Proposed Tariff. 

 Para- Para- 

 graph Rate graph Rate 

 Asbestos — 



Crude 507 free 415 free 



Manufactured ..462 40% 378 20% 

 462 25% 378 10% 



Rubber- 

 Crude 591 free 518 free 



Balata do do 



Guayule do do 



Gutta Jelutong. . . do do 



Gutta Percha... do do 



Scrap do do 



TABLE SHOWING VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR 1912 OF CRUDE AND 

 MANUFACTURED RUBBER AND ASBESTOS. 



Cables 135 S2% 116 20% 



Cotton and Rub- 

 ber Belting. . . .330 307o 267 15% 

 Waterproof Cot- 

 ton Cloth 347 50^7o 259 25% 



Tire-fabric 330 45% 267 25% 



Machinery 199 45% 169 25% 



Chemicals Special List. 



Cotton Ducks According to Quality. 



Imports, 1912. 



Amounts. Total. 

 Asbestos — 



Crude $1,378,821 $1,378,821 



Manufactured .... 96,488 



241,064 $337,552 

 Rubber— 



Crude 92,956,013 



Balata 986,124 



Guayule 6,538.723 



Gutta Jelutong. . . . 2,252,444 



Gutta Percha 210,314 



Scrap 2,090,938 



Total unmanufactured 

 imports $105,034,556 



Manufactured .... 722,381 



Elasticon 87,399 



Hard Rubber 141,247 



Rubber Sponges... 11,668 

 Gutta Percha manu- 

 factured 36,027 



Total manufactured imports. . .$998,722 



^Cables 580 



Cotton and Rubber 



Belting 173.185 



Waterproof Cloth. 43,965 



Tire Fabrics not specified. 



Exports, 1912. 

 Amounts. 



Total. 



Crude $16,891 $16,891 



Manufactured 520,894 $520,8^ 



Crude 4.890,905 



Balata 38,423 



Guayule 98,517 



Gutta Jelutong 6,079 



Gutta Percha 945 



Scrap 736,580 



Reclaimed 875,501 



Total unmanufactured 

 exports $6,646,950 



Belting-Hose, etc.. ..2,315,484 



Boston Shoes 1,502,890 



Tires 3,204,642 



.All other manufac- 

 tures 4,144,273 



Total manufactured exports. $11, 167,289' 



DUTIES ON MATERIALS USED IN RUBBER MANUFACTURE. gnt juncture. By using the two tables the incidence of duty on 



In July, 1911 (page 380), the India Rubber World published any article of importance can be traced over 16 years, 



a table showing the duties on the principal rubber chemicals The ad valorem equivalents under the Payne tariff are those 



under the Dingley and Payne tariffs. Following up this table recorded in the official statistics, while those under the proposed 



the subjoined comparison of the Payne duties with those pro- new rates are estimates, based on the assumption that present 



posed under the new tariff, will be found of interest at the pres- prices will be maintained. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DUTIES ON CHEMICALS USED IN RUBBER MANUFACTURE UNDER THE PRESENT TARIFF 



AND THE NEW PROPOSED TARIFF. 



Estimated 



Acids — Rates ad valorem 



Tariff 1909. Equal to. Proposed. equivalent. 



Carbolic free free free free 



Hydrochloric or Muriatic free free free free 



Sulphuric pound ^c. 8.63% free free 



Ammonia — 



Carbonate pound lj4c. 27.73% %c. 13.86% 



Antimony — 



Ore, Crude Sulphide of (antimony contents) pound Ic. 28.90% 10% 10% 



Oxide of Antimony pound lj4c.and2S% 57.38% 25% 25% 



Asphaltum or Bitumen — 



Crude ton $1.50 35.28% 50c. 11.76% 



Dried or Advanced ton 3.00 29.63% 50c. 4.94% 



Burgundy Pitch free free free free 



Chalk- 

 Unmanufactured free free free free 



Ground, Bolted, etc pound Ic. 39.37% 1/lOc. lb 4% 



