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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



November 1, 1920 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER 



situatitin. All>irl U. Hucrs. broker in crude 

 No. 1 Libcriy .sirtct, Xcw York City, ailvists 



In regard to the tinanciul 

 rubber and commercial pajHrr, 

 as follows: 



"During October the demand (t r commercial paper has improved some- 

 what over September, though still almost entirely from oiit-ot-town banks 

 rates ruling at 8^1. per cent to Sti per cvtiX for the best rubber names, and 

 9 prr cent for thctsc nut so "ill known." 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES 



1920' 



1919 



1918 



PLANTATIONS— 



First latex crepe. . .$0. 

 Smoked sheet ribbed 



PARAS— 



Upriver. fine . 

 V'priver, coarse 

 Islands, fine .. . 

 Islands, coarse 

 Cameta 



•Figured to October 27. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET 



JpOSTEN & JAXSSKN. Amsterdam, report [October 2. 1920]: 



The rubber market tliis week was very excited. Originally prices increased 

 rapidly, but suddenly there came a reacticn and prices collapsed, esiiecially 

 i»n the terminal market. 



There was a rather good turnover of spot crepe and sheets, and also on 

 the terminal market rather big lots w^ere disposed of. The highest price 

 paid for standard crepe, on the spot, was f.l.OS, and crepe on the terminal 

 market brought f.l.ns ft r November and f.l.It for January. 



Finally Pecember erepe was sold at f.O.05. April nt f.l.Ol. Huyers were 

 scarce. 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET 



r.rTIlKJE \' CO., LIMITED, Snigapore, report LScpteinbei- 9. ]9J()); 



The weekly rubber auction opened yesterday to a weak market and lower 

 prices. Fine pale crepe sold up to 64 cents (64^2 cents was paid for three 

 Ills), and ribbed smoked sheet touched 63^4 cents paid for two lots only, 

 showing declines of 4JS and 6'4 cents on the week. Off quality lots of 

 crepe and sheet were in some demand at 4 cents down. Lower grades were 

 a poor market at 6/8 cents below last week's prices. The sale closed at 

 best, prices being steady at crepe 64,'/4 cents, sheet 63^2 cents. 



Of 991 tons cataloged, 525 tons were sold. 



The following is the course of values: 



In Singapore 



per Pound ^ 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 61J^c@ 63c 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 48^ @ 60 



Crepe, fine pale 63 ^< @ 64 



Crepe, good pale 50 (qi 61 



Crepe, fine brown 45 @ 49 J4 



Crepe, good brown 35 @ 43 V^ 



Crepe, dark J-2 @ 38 



Crepe, bark JO @ 34->4 



'Quoted in Straits Settlement.-, currency $1 =: 

 currency. 



;S6' United States 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS 



An official report from Singapore states that the e.\port of rubher from 

 Straits Settlements ports in the month of August amounted to 6,673 tons 

 ftranshipments, 1,622 tons) as compared with 1(1.773 tons in July and 

 8,933 tons in the corresponding month la.st year. The total exports for 

 eight months of the current year amount to 90,929 tons against 99,476 

 tons in 1919 and 45,407 tons in 1918. Appended are the comparative 

 statistics: 



1918 1919 1920 



January tons 4,302 14,404 13,125 



February 2,334 15,661 17,379 



March 8,858 20,908 5,931 



April 6,584 10,848 9,768 



May 13,587 15.845 15,617 



.Tune 6,515 5,059 11.663 



July 1,978 7,818 10,773 



.\ug\ist 1, 2.!') .S,933 6,673 



Totals 45,407 99.476 90,929 



Correction — The figures given in previous n(]tifications for the month of 

 April, 1920, namely, 15,720 tons, were incorrect. The correct figures should 

 be 9,768 tons, as in accompanying comparative statement. 



RUBBER EXPORTS FROM PENANG 



January 1 to 



August 25 



'~1919 1920 



To Great Britain Mails' 136,246 1 59,976 



Europe 2,988 



I'nited States 75,225 120,054 



•I'oi;ils I'Uuls 211.471 283,018 



' One picul equals 1331-^ pounds. 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA 

 "oin January 1, I'.'JU, to ilatcs named. c.\cluding all foreign trans>hipincnls. 



& Co., Singapore. 

 I- rom 



Reported by Mario 



To- 



Mng;ii...rt 



hilv 31, 



1 >)J0 



I'enang. 



Inly 31, 

 1920 



United Kingdom. /6.i. 31.072,306 



The Continent ... 3,947,215 



Japan 7,'.>70.744 



levlon 10,229 



r. S. A. and Canada 175,174,820 



.\ustralia 240,901 



I'hina (Hong Kong) ,, 



Other countries ... 



.Malacca 



Julv 31 

 1920 



1,688,907 17,983,467 



398,400 



2,277 



... 302,534 



42,214 15,149.600 



Port 



Swcttenhani, 



Julv 31, 



1920 



16,626,998 



150,007 



1,159,993 



400 



Totals 



67,371,678 



4,495,622 



7,973.021 



1,472,756 



190,366,634 



240,901 



400 



Total.- 



I'or the year 1919. 

 I'.>r the vear 1918. 

 Tor the year 1917. 

 For the vear 1916. 

 I'or the year 1915. 

 l'"or the year 1914. 



218,416.215 1.731.121 33,836,678 17,936,998 271,921,012 



352.338.000 17.849,500 25,779.500 30.805,166 426,772,166 



225,100.000 837,600 12.479.200 238,416,800 



177.901,200 15.113,200 23,402,000 216,416,400 



135.535,954 7.167,346 30.643,565 3,660,840 177,007,705 



86.067,657 7,898,984 28,580,663 821,445 123,368,749 



43,534,177 5.218.379 21,912,567 2,052,620 72,717,743 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS 



.\n official report from Kuala Lumpur states that the exports of planta- 

 tion rubber in the month if .'\ugust amounted to 9,140 tons, as compared 

 with 8.043 tons in July and 10.626 tons in the corresponding month of last 

 year. The total exports for eight months of the current year amount to 

 72.058 Irms compared with 69,08.? tons in 1919 and 51,554 tons in 1918. 

 .\ppended are the coinp.irativc figures: 



1918 1919 1920 



January Ions 7,588 7,163 11,119 



February 6,820 10,809 9,781 



March 7,709 10,679 9,524 



.\pril 7,428 7,664 8,375 



May 5,851 7.308 7,627 



Tune 5,161 7,094 9.049 



■julv 5,706 8,640 8,043 



August 5,291 10,626 9,140 



Totals /oM.t 51,554 69.983 72,658 



CEYLON RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 



IMPORTS 



January 1, to Sei>temlier 13 



Crude rubber: 



From Straits Settlements /rounds 



India ■. _ 



lUuina and other countries 



Totals 



EXPORTS 

 Crude rubber: 



To United Kingdom poitttds 



Belgium 



France 



Germany 



Netherlands 



Italy 



.Australia 



Victoria 



United States 41 



New South Wales 



Canada and Newfoundland 



India 



Straits Settlements . . .' ' 



Japan 



Totals pounds 



{Compiled by the Ceylon Cl'aniher of Comnieree.) 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA 



To Netherlands hilos 



Cireat Britain 



f'lermany 



l-'rance 



ilclgiuin 



t)ther European destina- 

 tions 



United States 



Singapore 



Japan 



.\ustralia 



Other countries 



Totals Icilos 



l*orts of origin : 



T.TudjonK Priuk 



Samarang ■ 



Soerabaya 



• Not mentioned in 1<J19. 

 •• Not specified in 1919. 



O|,g,00O 1,261,000 10,117,000 o, 198,000 



.';7 000 34,1100 318,000 280. OOO 



S8'000 1,397,000 8,069.000 9,465,000 



