January 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The Rubber Tariffs of Foreign Countries. 



As sluiwn by tlie article iiiimediatcly preceding, entitled rates imposed by the above-named 18 countries merit primary 



"A Glance at Export Statistics of Rubber Goods," the consideration. These countries are of a fairly representative 



total United States exports of rubber goods in 1909 character, inasmuch as they form part of each of the grand divi- 



amounted in value to about 6'j million dollars. This amount sions of the world. Thus European conditions are represented 



had risen by 1912 to about 11 million dollars. by France, Germany, Belgium and Italy; South .-Xmerican by Ar- 



It is a remarkable fact that while this volume of trade was dis- gentina, Brazil and Chile, and so on for the other grand divisions, 



tributed among 82 nations, nine-tenths of the amount was con- This uniformity is, however, only of a general character, for the 



TABLE A— SHOWING PRINCIPAL AMERICAN EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED RUBBER GOODS, CLASSIFIED, FOR THE FISCAL 



vk.\k 1911-12, and the countries to which they were e xported. 

 Analysis of Articles — Fiscal Year 1912. 



Belting, Packing Boots and Shoes. Auto Tires. Other Tires. Other Goods. Total. 



Exported to and Hose. Value. Value. Value. Value. Value. Value. 



United Kingdom $210,547 $348,863 $1,177,746 $134,153 $1,340,853 $3,212,162 



Canada 441,222 30,752 696,433 21,371 981,250 2,171,028 



Mexico 378,391 4,939 148,480 37,367 133,513 702,690 



France 27.448 38,779 316.629 13,947 159,408 556,211 



Germany 40,233 102,220 1.160 800 397,256 541,669 



Australia and Tasmania 127.706 223,394 24.081 2,574 124,945 502,700 



Philippines 93,545 6.734 73,763 103,488 125,782 403,312 



Cuba 156,819 7,322 21.714 80.586 129.762 396,203 



British South Africa 201.229 19,905 7,049 5,773 29,163 263.119 



Japan 74,721 31,350 13,.S31 9,703 80,426 209,731 



Belgium 7Jii 57,016 51.620 5,468 78,576 200,413 



Brazil 40,777 41,036 24,952 11,273 81,201 199,239 



Panama 103,209 11.227 4,073 7,137 28,104 153,750 



Turkey in Europe 146,602 .... .... 18 146,620 



Argentina 38,751 16.346 10,196 5,935 73,586 144,814 



New Zealand 31.464 39.143 11.847 9,921 45,355 137,730 



Chile 57.315 7.056 354 23,682 25,833 114,240 



Italy 2,237 50,325 2,387 13,425 43,917 112,291 



$2,033,347 $1,183,009 $2,586,015 $486,603 $3,878,948 $10,167,922 



centrated among the 18 nations shown in table A, which between operation of each nation's fiscal regulations is of a special nature, 



tliem took more than 10 million dollars' worth of goods. Great It is not merely the application of certain duties at certain rates. 



Britain leads in the value of purchases, taking about one-third of Commercial agreements have in various cases essentially modified 



the total, or, in conjunction with Canada, more than half of the tlie tariff provisions. Many paragraphs have been practically 



entire sum. Mexico follows with about 7 per cent, of the whole, modified by various decisions and the doctrine of precedent is 



while the 550,000 dollar mark is keenly contested by France and becoming more and more the unwritten law of the foreign custom 



Germany. The other items in the table show the amounts taken houses. In this connection, the rules for the deduction of tare 



by other countries exceeding $100,000 for the fiscal year 1912. and for the levying of duty on gross weight require careful 



Table B shows another dissection of the list, but by goods in- study. The introduction of the dual system of tariffs, calls for 



stead of countries. In making this division, the five principal close investigation of its effects. Any American manufacturer 



classes of manufactures have been taken into account : belting, who contemplates operating extensively in foreign markets 



hose and packing; boots and shoes; tires for automobiles; all should be in a position to verify the calculation of the landed 



other tires; and other goods. In the subsequent discussion of and delivered cost of his goods at any given point. This does 



the principal tariffs of the world, a like plan has been observed. not imply that he will have to sell at a foreign price, but he 



A dissection of the total purchases by the 18 countries shows should know what he has to compete with in order to meet the 



the following result : situation with success. 



Table B.— Classification of Principal Exports Into Groups of The succeeding extracts from the tariffs of most of the 18 



Articles. largest customers of the United States are intended to show the 

 Belting, hose and packing $2,033,347 nature of the competition to which .American makers are sub- 

 Boots and siloes 1.183.009 jected under existing tarifT conditions. The equivalents of the 



Tires for automobiles 2.586.015 foreign deneniinations are shown in American currency and 



.•MI other tires 486.603 measurements. In transacting any initial business at foreign 



Other goods 3,878,948 prices it is, however, advisable to make a small trial shipment, in 



order to give the matter a test and to make sure the anticipated 



'^°'^' $10,167,922 j,m|pj. ^yj„ ,,g applied ^„ the bulk of the merchandise. 



Tires represent a total of 30 per cent., and mechanical rubber The tariffs of the various countries on rubber goods are as a 



goods 20 per cent.: these two staples forming together one-half rule scattered tlirough the various sections, but have been as far 



of the total. as possible .grouped into the broad divisions of goods as shown 



In any consideration of the rubber tariffs of the world, the in the tables. 



