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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Feuruary 1, 1911. 



VOLUME OF THE GUAYULE TRADE. 



\Y/1IILE no exact figures are available as to the exact amount 

 "^ of guayule rubber produced or sold, a fair idea can be 

 gained from the statistics of Mexican crude rubber generally. 

 Before the appearance of guayule in commercial quantities, the 

 exports of rubber from Mexico averaged less than 400,000 pounds 

 annually, and it is probable that they do not now exceed 1,000,000 

 pounds. It may be assumed, therefore, that the figures given 

 below, in excess of 600,000 pounds yearly, relate to guayule : 



United States Imports of Mexican Rubber. 



Pounds. \'alue. Average. 



Year ended June 30, 1904 3bb.\(n $148,921 40.7 cents. 



Year ended June 30, 1905 352.690 185,951 52.7 cents. 



Year ended June 30, 1906 1.705,915 866,283 50.6 cents. 



Year ended June 30, 1907 7,175,097 2,877,022 40.1 cents. 



Y'ear ended June 30, 1908 9,269,443 3,888,684 41.9 cents. 



Y'ear ended June 30, 1909 15,460,365 5,466.904 35.3 cents. 



Y'ear ended June 30, 1910 23,486.384 10,918,104 46.4 cents. 



The United States customs authorities are now reporting total 

 monthly imports of "gauyule gum," without respect of origin — 

 though it all comes from Mexico — and, under another heading, 

 the arrivals from Mexico other than guayule. The result, thus 

 far reported, has been as follows, the third column giving the 

 apparent total imports from Mexico : 



Rubber. Guayule. Total. 



Julv, 1910 yoHHd.f 102,923 2,254,194 2.357,117 



August 62,483 1,885,612 1,948,095 



September 28.567 788.931 817,498 



October 76.351 2,004.634 2,080,985 



November 22.666 1,965,141 1,987,807 



Total, 5 months 292,990 8,898,512 



Mexican Exports of Crude Rubber. 



[Official Returns for 



To— 1906-07. 



Germanv ...pounds 2,016,230 



Belgium' 33.211 



Spain 35,389 



United States 8,128.380 



France 



Great Britain 



Canada 



British Honduras. 



Panama 



Italy 



Cuba 



105.787 



1.855 



"ii4 



Years ending 



1907-08. 



2,067,872 



196,084 



46,266 



9,788,962 



39,827 



230,351 



783 



961 



535 



June 30.] 



1908-09 

 172.905 

 736,435 



12,167,767 



109,756 



45,874 



9,192,502 



1909-10. 

 266.141 

 856.715 

 2,693 

 16,308,453 

 168,832 

 147,217 



220 



130 



282 



425 



Total 10,321,248 12,372,241 13,233,382 17,750,181 



Guayule Shrub. 

 The exportation of the guayule shrub, to be worked into rub- 

 ber elsewhere, is increasing at a rapid rate, in spite of the export 

 duty imposed. The figures given for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1910, are as follows, with comparative figures for three 

 preceding years : 



To United States pound.': 9,379,605 



To Germany 1,182,137 



To France 899,089 



To Belgium 96,928 



To Spain 8,430 



To Great Britain 7,124 



Total 11,573,313 



Total, 1908-09 6,649,416 



Total, 1907-08 2,844,325 



Total, 1906-07 1,471,226 



These figures are surprisingly large in the estimation of 

 leaders in the trade in the United States to whose attention they 

 have been called, while the official return of export values of 

 guayule shrub are so large as to call for official explanation 

 before they can be presented in these pages. A comparison of 

 the Mexican official statement of exports of guayule, compared 

 with the United States statement of imports, suggests that the 

 Mexican customs service may have included under "guayule 

 shrub" a good deal of guayule rubber. 



FOREIGN TRADE OF CANADA. 



/~\FFICI.\L (.unrcviscd; returns from the department of trade 

 ^^ and commerce of Canada for the six months ended Septem- 

 ])er 30— the first half of the fiscal year — for three years past con- 

 tain the following details regarding the imports and exports of 

 manufactures of india-rubber and gutta-percha; also, the imports 

 of raw rubber and gutta: 



I.Mi'ORTs OF Manufactures. 



1908. 1909. 



From United States $336,670 $486,301 



From Great Britain 9\,792 159,109 



From Germany 9,121 18,576 



From Other countries 



5.892 



7,485 



1910. 



$799,977 



355,285 



22.322 



11,719 



Total 



5433,475 $671,471 



Extorts of Manufactures. 



1908. 



To United States ?5,120 



To Great Britain 14.257 



To Australia 19.017 



To Other countries 55,088 



1909. 



$44,615 



18,783 



9,321 



64,164 



Total $93,482 $136,883 



Imports of Raw Material. 



1908. 



United States $925,446 



Great Britain 9,271 



Other countries 1,800 



1909. 

 $1,521,739 

 252,172 

 5,531 



$1,189,303 



1910. 

 $22,204 

 28.875 

 15,795 

 37,930 



$104,804 



1910. 

 $1,981,902 

 75,055 

 20,816 



Total $936,517 $1,779,442 $2,077,773 



THE SEA ISLAND COTTON SITUATION. 



JOHN MALLOCH & CO. (Savannah, Georgia) in their last 

 circular for 1910 reported regarding the market for Sea Island 

 cotton for the period immediately preceding : "Sales consisted 

 mostly of a poor style of Fancy at 30 cents. There is decidedly more 

 disposition to sell, but factors have refused bids of a cent under 

 quotations for a fair quantity of cotton. Receipts consist almost 

 entirely of low grades, and the staple of this class of cotton is 

 poorer than we have seen since the crop of 1907-08. The run- 

 ning stock shown by the Cotton Exchange is 20,837 bales, but 

 we do not believe the offering stock of all grades amounts to 

 4,000 bales. The offerings of Fancy cotton are comparatively 

 nothing, and we fear there is going to be a great scarcity of 

 this grade." 



Under date of January 6 the same firm reported : "The market 

 ruled quiet during the week, but with a fairly large unexecuted 

 order in the market for Extra Choice at 28 cents, it looks as if 

 factors would have to come to this price, and business may result 

 in the next few days. Fancy cotton continues exceedingly 

 scarce, and business in this quality can only be done in retail 

 quantity except at much higher prices, which would have to be 

 paid to induce holders to sell. In view of the small demand 

 we are surprised to see how few distress lots are being offered, 

 and it looks to us now as if the market was about bottom." 



Statistics for Four Seasons (Bales). 



1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Stocks, September 1 709 3,223 2,340 1.S97 



Receipts 46,526 68,832 73,624 54,844 



Total 47,235 



Less Exports 33,303 



72.055 

 52.991 



75,964 

 56,873 



1908. 



1909. 



Stocks, Dec. 31 13,932 19,064 19,091 



December 31 Quotations for Georgias. 

 1907. 



Medium 



Medium fine .... 15 



Fine 16 



Extra fine 17'4 



Choice 20 



Extra choice 22^/^-24 



Fancv 28 -29 



56,741 

 28,221 



28.520 



1910. 



