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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



May 1, 1921 



GERHAM EXPORTS AND IMPORTS 



KcciMit iitticial statislics show that German imports of soft 

 rubber goods amounted to 14,965 quintals in 1919 and to 17,200 

 quintals (quintal equals 220.46 pounds), during the first eight 

 months of 1920; imports of hard rubber and manufactures of 

 hard rubber during 1919 were 142 centals and for the first seven 

 months of 1920, 100 quintals. 



Exports of soft rubber goods were 3,068 quintals during 1919 

 and 16.200 quintals for the first eight months of 1920. As for 

 hard rubber and manufactures thereof, the amounts were 222 

 quintals in 1919 and 692 during the first seven months of 1920. 

 Against these figures, the total e.xports of soft rubber goods dur- 

 ing the first eight months of 1913 were 126,200 quintals and im- 

 ports 30.300 quintals. 



It is interesting to note the gradual increase of imports and 

 exports of soft rubber goods after the war. In January, 1919, 

 the imports were but 2 quintals and up to June the total was but 

 99 quintals, the amount for the last half of 1919 having been 

 14.866 quintals. Exports started with 3 quintals in January, 

 1919 and increased gradually month by month until they jumped 

 from 391 quintals in November, 1919 to 1,692 quintals the follow- 

 ing month. 



NEW FIRMS 



Richard Cars, Gahlenberg, near Stuttgart, wholesale dealers in 

 rubber goods, manufacture of wringing machines, Gummiwaren- 

 fabrik Hagufa, G. m. b. H., Harburg a. E., manufacture and 

 sale of rubber goods. 



Gummi Handelsgesellschaft "Liga" Putzo & Co., Munich, 

 sale of rubber goods. 



"Treiigolnick" Deutsche Import and Export Gesellschaft m. b. 

 H.. Berlin. Headquarters of this firm have been moved from 

 Hamburg to Berlin. The concern will buy and sell the products 

 of the Russian-American India Rubber Co. 



"Treiigolnick," Petrograd. It is capitalized at 500,000 marks. 

 The management is in the hands of Franz Albert Robert Zernic- 

 kow, Berlin; John Friederich Jordan, Hamburg; Georg Stumpf, 

 Berlin-W'ilmersdorf. 



Gummiwerke Stoeckicht G. m. b. H., Sterbfritz (Bez. Kassel), 

 manufacture of rubber goods, trade in crude rubber, semi-manu- 

 factured and manufactured goods. 



Presser & Compagnie. Berlin-Tempelhof, manufacture and sale 

 of metal and rubber goods. 



Gummi- und Tumschu-Verkaufs, G. m. b. H., Breslau, trade 

 in rubber shoes, shoes for gymnastics, tennis, beach ; rubber soles 

 and heels and similar articles. 



Firma Gummi-Aufbereitungs-Gesellschaft m. b. H., Frankfort- 

 on-the-Main, separating and milling of soft and hard rubber; 

 preparation of rivets, protectors, treads, and general preparation 

 of rubber and semi-manufactures. 



Firma Vulcasta, G. m. b. H., Berlin, exploitation of the inven- 

 tions of Gustav Schafer concerning vulcanization methods in re- 

 pairing of tires and tubes. 



Gummiwarenfabrik Imperator Jander & Lemcke, Berlin-Tem- 

 pelhof ; manufacture of rubber goods 



NEWS NOTES 



The Saarbriicker Asbest- und Gunimi-Industric Noll & Rcsch, 

 Saarbriicken. has been dissolved. 



The annual report of the Xorddcutsche Kabchvcrkc, Aktien- 

 gesellschaft, Neukoln, shows that this company had net profits of 

 1,422,088.63 marks during the past 1)usiness year. A dividend 

 of 16 per cent was declared on the old issues of shares and 

 10 per cent on the new issues. 



The Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie, 

 Hanover, has opened a warehouse for the sale of raincoats at 

 76 Kaiser Wilholmstrasse, Hamburg. 



The Xorddcutschc Gummi- und Guttaperoha-wareiifabrik, for- 

 merly Fonrobcrt & Reimann, Berlin, reports that it will be un- 



able to pay a dividend for the past business year. Adverse rates 

 of exchange, higher wages and an increase in the cost of coals, 

 are the reasons. The year before it was able to declare a divi- 

 dend of 8 per cent. 



The Phil. Renin, Gummiwarenfabrik, A.-G., Leipzig-Plagwitz, 

 will raise its capital by 1,200,000 marks. 



AUSTRIA 



Statistics published by the Austrian Government for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1920, show that the foreign commerce of 

 .Austria for this period amounted in weight of commodities to 

 5,479,230 metric tons. Of this total, imports amounted to 4.502,- 

 170 metric tons, and exports to 977.060 metric tons. About 40 

 per cent, or over 4.500,000 metric tons came from Germany, while 

 20 per cent of the exports, or 190.320 metric tons were sent to 

 Germany. 



Austria imported a total of 590 metric tons of rubber goods of 

 which 60 metric tons, value 45,000,000 Austrian crowns (average 

 price for American dollar during November, 1920, was 317 

 crowns) came from Germany. E.xports of rubber goods to all 

 countries amounted to 730 tons, of which (50 tons, value 50,000,000 

 Austrian crowns went to Germany. 



A preliminary report for the calendar year 1919 covering the 

 boot and shoe industry in 161 Canadian plants has been prepared 

 by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. There were 183,193 dozen 

 pairs of rubber heels and 103,0.52 dozen pairs of rubber and com- 

 position soles produced, the cost values of w-hich, delivered at 

 the factory, were respectively, $235,276 and $395,625. 



FOREIGN TARIFFS 

 PERU 

 On March 16, 1921, the payment of the Peruvian export 

 duty on rubber gum was suspended in the Department of 

 Madre de Dios until June 30, 1921. The export duty on 

 rubber is levied at the rate of 8 per cent ad valorem, with 

 the exception of that from Putamayo, where it is only one- 

 half of that amount. 



FRENCH AFRICA 



A decree of January 12, 1921, fixes the export duties on 

 rubber at 10 per cent ad valorem, 



BRITISH INDIA 



The revised tariff valuations for import duties for 1921 as 

 covered by Notification No. 8973 issued by the Department 

 of Commerce of the Government of India includes the fol- 

 lowing: Rubber tires for motors and motorcycles, and rub- 

 ber tubes for tires, and other manufactures of rubber, not 

 otherwise specified, are dutiable at lYz per cent ad valorem. 



AUSTRIA 



.\n Austrian decree dated December 28, 1920, makes im- 

 portant changes in import and export permits. Import 

 license is required for wares of india rubber of all kinds, not 

 including waste, paste, pieces of used ware, threads and sheets. 

 Export license is required for india rubber waste, old used 

 pieces of india rubber w-arcs. 



VENEZUELA 



On b'ebruary 10, 1921, the Venezuelan Ministry of Finance 

 passed three resolutions amending the tariff law wliich went into 

 effect April 1. 



The first resolution abolishes the tariff item, evidently to 

 eliminate duplication : No. 901. Wire, insulated or not. for elec- 

 trical installations (see Tariff No. 825), duty— 5.00 bolivars per 

 kilo. 



The second resolution makes the following changes in classi- 

 fication : No. 268. Tubes or conduits, of rubber, not otherwise 

 specified. (Formerly: Tubes or conduits, of rubber, more than 

 15 millimeters in diameter, 0.7S-bolivar per kilo.) No. 269. Tubes 

 or conduits, of rubber, less than 15 millimeters in exterior 

 diameter. (Formerly: Tubes or conduits, of rubt)er. less than IS 



