January i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER W^ORLD 



105 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS OF AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS. 



THE values of exports from the United States of goofis 

 classed as " manufactures of India-rubber " during the 

 first ten months of 1901, compared with former years, 

 are stated officially as follows : 



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



[E,xports to Hawaii and Porto Rico not included.] 



Exports of rubber footwear, in pairs, have been : 



Months' 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June. . . 



July 



August 



September 



October 



Total, 10 months. 



November 



December 



Total, 12 months. 



36,669 

 19,160 

 17,111 

 14,711 

 31,744 

 61,012 

 49.216 

 100,497 



65,073 

 65,630 



460,823 

 8i,20g 

 79.037 



621,069 



1900. 



46,869 



42,540 



42,881 



24,662 



76.347 



93.143 



100,307 



221,021 



137,844 



229,196 



1,014,810 

 118,663 

 265,812 



1,399,285 



129,454 



56,288 

 47,795 

 32,683 



47.534 

 72,503 

 248,082 

 260,707 

 471.276 

 432,687 



1,799,009 



Exports of reclaimed rubber, from January i to October 31 : 



i89<). 



Value $381,176 



1900. 

 $448,698 



1901. 

 $302,695 



CANADIAN IMPORTS OF RUBBER MANUFACTURES. 

 The value of imports of manufactures of India-rubber and 

 Gutta-percha into Canada during the fiscal year ended June 30 

 1901, as officially stated, shows an increase both in the imports 

 from the United States and in the total : 



Great Other Total Duties 



Britain. Countries. Value. Collected 



$ 519 S 106 $ 70,966 $ 17.583.75 



165 .... 37.415 g,352.68 



United 

 States. 



Imports. 

 Boots and shoes. $ 70,341 



Belting 37,250 



Clothing and water- 

 proof cloth 52,2ig 



Hose 53.7g2 



Packing and mats. 40,481 



Sheeting 264 



All other 180,243 



117.754 



1,038 



938 



156 



34,374 



27 

 224 

 204 



21,177 



170,000 



55.054 



41,623 



420 



235,794 



46,289 77 

 18,953.81 

 14,156.93 

 92.00 

 56,583 50 



Total $434,590 $154,944 $21,738 $611,272 $163,012.44 



Total, I goo $401,867 $118,111 $ig, 083 $539,061 $149,006.80 



Total, 1899 35g.037 tig. 523 15.130 463,690 134,717.69 



Total, 1898 255,525 (a) 147,706 403,231 112,688.41 



Total, 1897 2og,776 (a) 110,127 313.903 .... 



Total, 1896 217,536 (o) 139,745 -357.281 



(a) Included in " Other Countries." 



There may also be noted the imports of the following arti- 

 cles, not classified by the Canadian customs as " rubber goods," 

 but having a relation to the industry : 



Ignited Great Other 



Imports, Slates. Britain. Countries. 



Webbing, elastic and 



. non elastic $82,773 $53,309 



Stockinettes, for rubber 



footwear 39,820 10,442 



Duck, for rubber belting 



and hose 102,279 37 



Rubber thread, elastic. 2, log .... 



Total 

 Value. 



Duties 

 Collected. 



$2, 618 $138,700 $24,529.07 

 50,262 7,15490 



102,316 

 2,109 



free, 

 free. 



The exports of Canadian rubber manufactures were some- 

 what smaller than in the preceding year. The distribution was 

 as follows : 



To — Value. 



Australasia $56,938 



Great Britain 15,690 



Newfoundland 15,560 



Other British possessions. 1,788 



St, Pierre 410 



Germany 2,015 



Other Europe 1,167 



China 100 



To- Value. 



Chile 216 



United States 57,772 



Total $151,656 



Total, igoo 170,488 



Total, 1899 133.332 



Total, 1898 77.685 



Total, 1897 26,121 



Such exports to Australasia increased by $29,373 and to the 

 United States decreased by $51,039. 



The figures relating to imports of crude India-rubber pub- 

 lished in The India Rubber World of October i, 1901 

 [page 7] complete the statistics relating to rubber and rubber 

 goods in the published official returns for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30. 1901. 



NEW AUSTRALIAN TARIFF. 



The new tariff schedule of the Commonwealth of Australia 

 which went into effect provisionally on October 12 — being 

 subject to modifications by the federal parliament — embraces 

 the following ail valorem duties on India-rubber goods : 



Rubber boots and shoes 25 per cent. 



Cloths made waterproof with rubber 20 per cent. 



Rubber and other hose, and manufactures not elsewhere 

 included, in which rubber forms a part, including cycle 

 and vehicle tires 15 per cent. 



Imports exempt are Crude rubber, Rubber waste. Hard rub- 

 ber in sheets. Rubber thread, and Elastics for boots and ap- 

 parel. 



The former tariff on tires was 10 per cent. Bicycling World 

 (New York) prints a Melbourne letter stating that upon the an- 

 nouncement of the new rates, Dunlop tires went up $1 a pair, 

 but within three weeks were reduced by half a dollar, the com- 

 pany " sharing the increase with the agents." " The Dunlop 

 concern, however, has not the monopoly that the parent house 

 has acquired in the United Kingdom, and, although the goods 

 are generally accepted as being the best, about a dozen smaller 

 makers do a fairly prosperous trade." 



RUBBER SHOE TRADE IN GERMANY. 



The German imperial statistical office gives the following 



details relative to the import and export of rubber boots and 



shoes for the first nine months of two years past — weights being 



given in kilograms and values in marks: 



J901. To— 1900. 1901. 



20,800 Belgium 10,400 8.900 



19,500 France 15,800 7,400 



425,300 Great Britain. 116,200 95. 200 

 50,800 

 17,800 



From— 1900. 



Great Britain . . . 26,300 

 Austria- Hungary 30,800 



Russia 391,200 



United States. . . 35,400 

 Other lands 12,200 



Great Britain. 116,200 



Holland 10.400 



Switzerland... 6,400 



Denmark 



Other lands. .. 53,gco 



2,700 

 35.500 



Total 495, goo 534,200 Total 213,100 I4g,700 



Value.. i1/2, 851,000^1/3, 072, 000 Value. .jI/i, 172,000 iT/823,000 



