Mav 1. 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



619 



Review of the Crude Rubber ^Market 



NEW YORK 



IN THE New York m.\rket there has been some activity due to 

 purchases mostly by small western manufacturers and some 

 trading among dealers for various future positions in all grades. 

 Prices responded with an upward tendency on the news of elimi- 

 nation of the threat of a general strike in England and favorable 

 domestic rail decision. Settlement of the refinancing of the Good- 

 year company, and news that this company is on a production 

 basis of 18,000 tires per day had a marked inllucnce to lirm rub- 

 ber prices. 



Prompt and May-Jime shipments were offered at 17;.<> cents on 

 ribs while first latex crepe still remains at a premium of 1^ to 2 

 cents on all positions. Paras have aLso firmed up about Yz cent 

 on the general better feeling. .Ambers, browns and roll are 

 offered in fair quantities, spot rolled brown advancing from 10^4 

 to 11^4-12 cents. Firmer prices may be expected with increased 

 factory demand. 



It is reported from a Dutch source that in the Netherlands 

 East Indies there are almost no estates still able to produce witli 

 a profit at present prices. An improvement in the rubber price 

 is not to be anticipated as the estimated world's stock of 300,000 

 tons at the end of February, 1921, being the world's output of 

 about one year, will counteract the effect of restricted output in a 

 marked degree. 



Imports during March were 14,416 tons of all grades, compared 

 with 31,650 tons last year. Plantation arrivals for March were 

 12,241 tons, compared with 28,533 tons a year ago. Total imports 

 for the first three months of 1921 were 37,234 tons, compared 

 with 85,995 tons for the same period in 1920. 



Spot and future quotations on standard plantation and Bra- 

 zilian grades were as follows: 



Pl.\ntations. April 2. Spot first latex crepe 18>2 cents; 

 .\pril-June, 18K' cents; July-September, 21 cents; July-December, 

 22 cents. 



April 25. Spot first latex crepe, 19}/^ cents ; May-June, 19^ to 

 20 cents ; July-September, 20y2 to 21 cents ; July-December, 22 to 

 221^ cents. 



.\pril 2. Spot ribbed smoked sheets, 16}4 to 16^ cents ; April- 

 June, 17 cents'; July-September, 18J4 cents; July-December, 20 to 

 20j^ cents. 



April 25. Spot ribbed smoked sheets, 17 to 175^ cents, May- 

 June, 17^ to 18 cents; July-September, ISJ^ to 19i/^ cents; 

 July-December, 20 to 20^ cents. 



April 2. No. 1 amber crepe, 15'/ cents. 



April 25. No. 1 amber crepe, 15^ to 16 cents. 



April 2. No. 1 rolled brown crepe, 11 cents. 



April 25. No. 1 rolled brown crepe, 12 to YlYz cents. 



South American Paras and Caucho. April 2. Upriver fine, 



17 cents; islands fine, 17 cents; upriver coarse, 10 cents; islands 

 coarse, 12 cents; Cameta, 10 cents; caucho ball, IS'/a cents. 



April 25. Upriver fine, 17^ to 18 cents; islands fine 17j4 to 



18 cents ; upriver coarse, 9 to 95<2 cents ; islands coarse, 12 to 12^/2 

 cents; Cameta, 12 to 12j/^ cents; caucho liall, 11 to YIY cents. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS 



Following are the New York spot quotations, for one year ago, 

 one month ago, and April 25, the current date : 



Hay 1.. April 1 April 25 



PLANTATION HEVEA 1920 ■ ' f 1921 1921 



First latex cre|>c $0.42J^@.45 " ' $0.18^ ffl).19 $0.19 IftMYi 



Off latex crepe : @ .117 (a. 18 .18 (8 V&'A 



Amber crepe No. 1 44 @.4S .1'SJ^@.16 .ISM® 



Amber crepe No. 2 43 @ .14M@.15 l4"/5@ 



Amber crepe No. 3 42 @ .13^5®. 14 .I3V^@ 



PLANTATION HEVEA May 1 



1920 



.\niber crepe No. 4 $0.41 @ 



Brown crepe, thick and thin .42 @ 



Brown crepe, specky 39 @ 



Brown crepe, rolled 34 @ 



.Smoked sheet, ribbed 42J4@.43 



Smoked sheet, plain 40 @ 



Unsmoked sheet @ 



Colombo scrap No. 1 35 @ 



C.lnmbo scrap No. 2 42 @ 



EAST INDIAN 



.'\ssain crepe @ 



Assam onions @ 



Penang block scrap @ 



rONTIANAK 



Hanjermassin 13 @ 



Palembang @ 



Pressed block 25 @ 



S:irr,u:ik @ 



SOUTH AMERICAN 

 PARAS 



L^privcr. fine 42 @ 



Upriver, medium 39 @ 



Upriver, coarse 31 @ 



t'l'river, weak, fine 36 @ 



Isl.oids, tine ' AV/i® 



Islaniis, medium *.38 @ 



Islands, coarse 22 @ 



Cameta 22 @ 



Acre Bolivian, fine 42^A(a) 



Madeira, fine 44 @ 



Teruvian, fine 40 @ 



Tapajos, fine 40 @ 



CADCHO 



tipper caucho ball 32J^@ 



Lower caucho ball 29 @ 



MANICOBAS 



Ceara negro heads *.33 @ 



Ceara scrap •.30 @ 



Manii;oba,30% guarantee *.30 @.33 



Maniiabeira thin sheet. . .31 @ 



CENTRALS 



Corinto scrap 29 @.30 



Central scrajj @ 



Central scrap and strip 27 @.28 



Central wet sheet 19 @ 



Esmeralda sausage 29 @.30 



Guayule. 20% guarantee.. .28 @ 



Guayule, washed and dried .38 @ 



AFRICANS 



Benguela, extra No. 1, 28% .25 @ 



Benguela, No. 2, 32J^%... .21 @ 



Conakry niggers 34 @ 



Congo prime, black upper. .37 @ 



Congo, prime, red upper. . .33 @ 



Kassai, black @ 



red 35 @ 



Massai sheets and strings. . .34 @ 



Niger flake, prime 18 @ 



Rio Nunez ball 36 @ 



Rio Nunez sheets, strings. . ,34 @ 



GUTTA PERCHA 



Gutta Siak 30 



Red Macassar 2.70 



BALATA 



Block, Ciudad, Bolivar... .67 



Colombia 53 



Panama 48 



Surinam sheet 84 



amber 86 



Aprfl 1 

 1921 

 $0.12^4@.13 

 .13>i@.14 

 .11 @.12 

 .12 @ 

 .16}4@ 

 .15 @.16 

 .15 @ 

 .11 @ 

 .09 @ 



April 25 

 1921 

 $0.12!/j@ 

 .1554® 



.i3yi@ 



.12 @.12}4 

 .17 @.17H 

 .IS"^® 

 .1SM@ 



*.26 



.26 @ 



.14 @ 



Plantations — 

 Sheet: 



Ribbed Smoked 16 

 Crepe : 

 First latex. . 18'^ 



Off latex 15% 



No. 1 blanket 14?^ 

 No. 2 blanket UM 

 No. 3 blanket 12^ 

 Thin clean 



brown 13 J^ 



Specky brown 11J4 

 Rolled brown 11!4 



12 13 14 IS 



16 



16'A \6'A 16'A l&'A 16Ji 16H \6'A i6'/2 16% 17 17}4 



1R!.< I8« \&yi 18>« 19,'A ISM 18H 18!^ 19 19'4 19'4 

 \6<A 15)4 \6'A 16 16 \6'A 16 16 16J4 16% 17}^ 



.1-: 





\Wa 14)4 14)i W/2 14)4 1''^ J^M '•*¥ I'')4 14K 15 

 13)4 13)4 '^M 13^ "^ 13% 13)4 13)4 l^n ^^% 14 

 12)4 12^ 12)4 12'A 12)4 12Ji 12)4 12)4 12)4 12?^ 13 



14 13'A Ul/i UH 13H 1-*H i'i'A 14% i* 14)4 14!4 

 12 11"^ 10 lOJi 11^4 11^4 12 12 11^412541114 



11/. 10)4 10)4 10)4 iO)i u'A \07A 10)4 11 nn H/S 



•Nominal. 



