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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1914. 



Report of the Crude Rubber Market. 



THE principal characteristic of the London market for 

 Upriver Fine Para has been the absence of market 

 fluctuations. On November 22 the price stood at 

 3s. 2d., about the average of the rate for the previous four 

 weeks. It has since remained in close proximity to this 

 figure; the lowest point touched being 3s. yid. on December 

 13, and the highest 3s. 2>ld. on December 4. On December 

 23 it closed at 3s. IJ^d. against 3s. 2d. on November 22. 



As compared with a fall during the month of J4d. per 

 pound on Fine Para, plantation rubber has lost l^d. per 

 pound, the closing days of November having witnessed a 

 reduction of Id., which was not regained during December. 

 The prices respectively stood: November 22, 2s. 4-54 d.; 

 December 23, 2s. 3J4d- The premium in favor of Fine Para 

 was thus 9]4<1. at the former date and lOd. at the later period. 



Statistics to November 30 show the total visible supply of 

 Brazilian rubber was 5,750 tons, against 5,920 October 31 and 

 5,320 on November 30, 1912. Stock of plantation rubber on 

 November 30, 1913, was 3,684 tons as compared with 2,512 

 tons on November 30, 1912. That the market can carry this 

 increased quantity is shown by the deliveries from January 1 

 to November '30 having been 28,400 tons in 1913 against 

 17,622 in 1912. 



For the London sales of November 18 about 1,000 tons 

 had been catalogued, but private transactions reduced the 

 quantity for public auction to 900 tons. Notwithstanding 

 the business which had been transacted privately since the 

 previous sale there was a satisfactory demand, which main- 

 tained prices during the first two days. A slight relapse took 

 place on the third day when a fall of Id. per pound was 

 recorded. 



The London auctions of December 2 included about 1,150 

 tons. A good demand was recorded, which kept prices fairly 

 steady, while American business was small. At the auctions of 

 December 16, 691 tons were offered, which met with .£!;ood de- 

 mand at a decline of about Hd. per pound. 



At Havre on November 28, 94 tons ( principally Congo) 

 were offered, a large proportion of which sold at satisfactory 

 prices; the plantation rubber being almost all taken with an 

 advance representing on the average 6 per cent. 



An inscription sale took place at Rotterdam on December 

 18, including 55 tons Congo, 26 tons Hevea and 11 tons Ficus. 

 On December 10 a sale was held at Amsterdam of 105 tons, in- 

 cluding 92 tons Hevea and 9 tons Ficus. Practically the whole 

 quantity was taken at satisfactory rates, Hevea in some cases 

 showing an advance of 2 per cent. 



At Antwerp on December 16 were offered 17 tons. Congo 

 and various descriptions, with 61 tons plantation. Demand 

 is understood to have been good. 



New York Quotations. 

 Following are the quotations at New York one year ago, one 

 month ago, and December 26 — the current date : 



P.\RA. Jan. 1, '13. Dec. 1, '13. 



Island, fine, new 102@103 66 @ 67 



Islands, fine, old 



Upriver, fine, new 111@112 76 (a 77 



Upriver, fine, old 118@119 



Islands, coarse, new 56@ 57 29^4® 30 



Islands, coarse, old 



Upriver, coarse, new 82@ 83 48 @ 49 



Upriver, coarse, old 



Dec. 31, '13. 

 60 @ 61 



73 (g 74 

 76 @79 

 28 @ 29 



Cameta S7@ 58 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball.. 84@ 85 

 Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 



Plantation Ceylons. 



Fine smoked sheet 112@113 



Fine pale crepe 110@111 



Fine sheets and biscuits. . 109@110 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 81@ 82 



Guayaquil, strip 



Nicaragua, scrap 80@ 81 



Panama 



Mexican plantation, sheet 



Mexican, scrap 79@ 80 



Mexican, slab 



Mangabeira. sheet 



Guayule 60@. 61 



Balata, sheet 



Balata, block 



African. 



Lopori, ball, prime 



Lopori, strip, prime 



Aruwimi 98(a 99 



Upper Congo, ball red... 101@102 



Ikelemba 



Sierra Leone, 1st quality. 96@ 97 



Massai, red 99(3;100 



Soudan Niggers 



Cameroon, ball 



Benguela 74@ 75 



Madagascar, pinky 



Accra, flake 26@ 27 



East Indian. 



Assam 



Pontianak 6J^@ . . 



Borneo 



37^^@ 38 36 @ 37 



46 @ 47 44 (g 45 



37 @ 38 

 45 @ 46 



45 @ 46 



65 (g 66 60 @ 61 



58 @ 59 56 @ 57 



56 @ 57 56 @ 57 



40 @ 41 39 (o) 40 



37 @ 39 38 @ 39 



37 (S 38 35 @ 39 



35 @ .. 



63 @ 64 



44 @ 45 45 (Tv 50 



47 @ 48 44 @ 48 



33 @ 40 28 @ 31 



20 @ 22 



6 @ 6^ 



22 @ 23 



44^@ 45 



Ne'w York . 



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

 in crude rubber and commercial paper. No. 68 William street. 

 New York) advises as follows: "During December the demand 

 for commercial paper has continued light, as it has been for 

 the past two months, and rates have ruled very full, being about 

 5J4@6 per cent, for the best rubber names and 6^@6-}4 per cent. 

 for those not so well known. However, quite an improvement 

 in the situation is expected by the middle of January. 



New York Prices for November (New Rubber). 



1913. 1912. 1911. 



Upriver, fine $0.73®0.S0 $1.02W.1.0S $0.99@1.06 



Upriver, coarse 46® .49 .80(3! .84 .87® .91 



Islands, fine 66(3.70 .94(5:1.00 .93(5:1.00 



Islands, coarse 28(9.30 .53(g: .58 .57(^.60 



Cameta 36® .37 .55® .58 .60® .62 



