June i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^?VORLD 



281 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



COMPARED with last month, our quotations are lower, 

 the decline being most marked in Para sorts, but ex- 

 tending throughout the list (or which quotations are 



commonly given here, with the exception of Assam 

 and Borneo, for which no change is noted. At this time man- 

 ufacturers are not buying freely, however, although the 

 condition in all the branches of the industry is reported to 

 be one of activity. This is to be explained by the fact 

 that, within a few weeks past, many manufacturers have 

 bought heavily, in anticipation of higher prices, so that, as a 

 rule, they have in store more than enough for current needs. 

 The end of the Para crop season is now near at hand, with un- 

 usually small stocks in the primary markets, although the 

 world's visible supply compares favorably with recent years. 

 The heavy stocks of Africans reported for some time past at 

 Antwerp and Hamburg would seem to have diminished sensi- 

 bly, though it is not always an easy matter to determine the 

 actual extent of stocks of African sorts as a whole. During 

 the past month orders have been filled for considerable Paia 

 for shipment from New York to Europe, indicating that wants 

 on the other side could not always be filled promptly in the 

 primary markets. 



May 30 having been a holiday, the New York quotations 

 given below are those obtained on May 29: 



PARA. AFRICAN. 



Islands, fine, new 83 @S4 Tongues 46 ©47 



Islands, fine, old 85 @86 Sierra Leone 62 C<*63 



Upriver, fine, new 88 ©89 Benguella 54 ©55 



Upriver, fine, old 90 @9I Cameroon ball 47 ©48 



Islands, coarse, new... 50 @5I Flake and lumps 35 ©36 



Islands, coarse, old... @ Accra flake 17 @i8 



Upriver, coarse, new.. 62 f»63 Accra buttons 50 ©51 



Upriver, coarse, old. ..63 ©64 Accra strips @ 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet47 ©48 Lagos buttons 50 @5i 



Caucho(Peruvian)strip Lagos strips @ 



none imported now. Liberian flake @ 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 55 ©56 Madagascar, pinky.. . . @ 



CENTRALS. Madagascar, black @ 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .54 (§55 



Guayaquil, strip 52 ©53 GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .53 ©54 Fine grade 175 



Mangabeira, sheet 41 ©42 Medium 145 



EAST INDIAN. Hard white 1120 



Assam 75 ©76 Lower sorts 65 



Borneo 36 ©46 Balata 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$6oo Upriver, fine 6^300 



Islands, coarse 2$700 Upriver, coarse 3igoo 



Exchange I2%</. 

 It should be mentioned that during the month there has been 

 an unusual variation between prices quoted by different houses 

 in New York. In addition to the figures given above, the fol- 

 lowing quotations were obtained on the same day in New York . 



One Source. Another Source 



Islands, fine, new 87, spot. 85, to arrive. 



Upriver, fine, new 90@9i, spot. 88@89 



Upriver, fine, old .... 90@g5 



according to quality. 



Islands, coarse, new 53, spot. 5 1 



Upriver, coarse, new 63, spot. 63, to arrive. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR APRIL (NEW RUBBER.) 

 1901. 1900. 1899. 



Upriver, fine 85 ©94 98 @i.o2 I.oo@l.o3 



Upriver, coarse 59 ©68 73 © 76 85 © 88 



Islands, fine 84 ©93 96^© gg i.oo@l.03 



Islands, coarse 52 @6o 57i'2@ ('° (") @ 73 



Cameta, coarse 54 ©63 63 ©65 72 © 74 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers, (broker 

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street, New York) advises us 

 as follows : 



" There has been little change in the money market as re- 

 gards rates for paper during May, from the conditions prevail- 

 ing in April, though there has not been much demand from 

 city banks, but a fair inquiry from out of town. Rates have 

 ruled at 4>2@5 per cent, for the best rubber names, and 5^@6 

 per cent, for those not so well known." 

 Stocks of Para Rubber {Metric Tons). 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse, iqoi. 



.Stocks, March 31 818 in = 929 



Arrivals, April 1670 471 = 2141 



Total 



igoo, 

 640 

 861 



Total 

 1899. 



492 

 762 



Aggregating 2488 



Deliveries, April 1582 



582 = 3070 

 494 = 2076 



1501 

 651 



1254 

 718 



Stocks, April 30 906 



88 = 994 



850 



536 



Stocks, March 31 485 



Arrivals, April 1980 



PARA. 



1903. 

 1030 

 1600 



ENGLAND. 



1899- 1901. 1900. 1899 



1230 1346 1355 900 



1520 904 1140 685 



Aggreg.-tting 2465 



Deliveries, April 2295 



2630 

 1840 



2750 

 2180 



2250 

 825 



24g5 

 625 



1585 



700 



Stocks. April 30. . 170 790 570 



1425 1870 885 



1901. 1900. iSgg. 



World's supply, April 30 (excluding Caucho).. 3885 4392 3106 



Para receipts, July i to April 30 21,746 23,450 22,885 



Afloat from Para to United States, April 30.. 861 333 106 



Afloat from Para to Europe, April 30 435 549 1009 



Untied States Imports. 



The official statement of quantities and values of imports of 

 India-rubber during the first ten months of the fiscal year 

 beginning July i is shown below, together with the average 

 value per pound as computed from the official figures: 



i8qS-q9. 1S99-1900. 1900-01. 



Total imports. ... . .pounds 41,776,791 3g,445,723 3g, 373, 157 



Total value $25,g58,i69 $25,6o2,o8g $19,938,717 



Average value per pound. .. . 62.1 cents. 64.4 cents. 50.6 cents. 

 Imports from Brazil, pounds. 22,683,497 22,075,064 25,487,400 



Total value of same $13,909,159 $14,554,962 $11,782,153 



Average value per pound. .. . 61.3 cents. 65.9 cents. 46.2 cents. 



It may surprise some people to see that the average value of 

 Brazilian rubber is stated at less than the average value of the 

 whole imports, including Africans, Assam, and Centrals. But 

 so the figures run, for two out of the three years, and the figures 

 are given for what they may be worth. 

 Gutta-percha. 



Exi'ORT.s from Singapore for 1900 were smaller than for the 

 previous year, as shown by the following figures compiled from 

 the records of the Singapore Exchange. The records are kept 

 in piculs, which have been converted into pounds for the pres- 

 ent comparison : 



\'RARS. Great firitaiu. Other Europe. United States. Total. 



1900 10,572, q33n 2,856.533! 254,666| 13,684,133?, 



1899 10,149,8665 5,586,800 441,4661 16,178,133! 



■SgS 6,680,666= 3,069.4665 4.352.533J I4,l02,666| 



1897 3,967,8665 2,307,o66| 162,800 6,437,733! 



1896 3,376.000 2,379,333! 194,666; 5,950.000 



As mentioned in this place hitherto, the figures for 1898 are 

 evidently in error— probably by 4,000,000 pounds — with regard 

 to exports for the United States, probably through the inclu- 

 sion of Gutta-jelatong (Pontianak). 



