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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Decembek 1, 1920 



ITEW YOBK QUOTATIONS 



Noviucia .'4, 192U 

 I'rivcs subject to chnnt;c uithout lu-tur 

 STANDAIIK ltl':i.'I.AIMS 



Fluatint! ' SO. -'J 



l-'rictioii * -JS 



klcchaiiical * .11 



SJioe • .UM 



Tirrs, aiiio * .14H 



truck • .I2yi 



White • .-'0 



'Xominal. 



y $0.24 

 to .30 



& 



.12 



.iS'A 



.15 



.U'A 



.21 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER 



In regard to tltc* financial situation. .Allicrt II. liters, broker in crude 

 rubber and cummcrci.'tl paper, No. 1 1-iIierty street. New York City, advises 

 as follows; 



"During November the demand fur paper has been light, about the same 

 as October, and almost entirely from out-tif-town banks, ruling rates being 

 SJj to 9 per cent for the usual run of rubber names, and some going as 

 higli as 9^S per cent." 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET 



I'.UTHRIE & CO., LI.MITEJJ, Singapore, report [October 14, IWiUJ : 



The weekly rubber auction held yesterday and today was marked by a 

 steady demand and an improvement in prices. The sale opened quietly at 

 crepe SS'/j, sheet 51 cents, but owing to keen competition for standard 

 grades, values improved later to crepe bU.''^, sheet 54 cents, an advance of 

 J cents on the week. OlT quality lots of crepe and sheet were in strung 

 demanil, and a large quantity ol this grade was sold at reasonably good 

 prices. Hrowns were scarce and steady round about last week's prices; 

 dark and barky crepes improved slightly. 



Ctf 997 tons catalogd, 545 toils were sold. 



The following is the course of values: 



Sterling E(|uivalent 

 In Singapore per pound in 



per Pound * London 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 5ic @ 54c i/ *H (" 1/ 5J4 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 38 (jo 50j^ 1/1 (^ 1/ 4V5 



Cripe, fine pale 58V5(<B 60 i/7'A & 1/ 7M 



Crepe, good pale 43 (g 58 1/ 2Ji 4? 1/ 7Ji 



Crepe, line brown }4'A & 42 1/ 0}i (g 1/ 2H 



Crepe, good brown 27 @ 34 — /lOM @ 1/ OM 



Cfepe, dark 22yi @ 30 — / 9% & — /11J4 



Crepe, bark 18 @ 27Ji — / 7% (SP — /10}4 



' Quoted in Straits Settlements, currency $1 = $0,567 United States 

 currency. 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES 



November 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST 



PLANTATIONS— 1920* 1919 1918 



First latex crepe. . .$0.21 J^ @$0.18J^ $0.54Vi@$0.53 $0,63 @$0.41 

 Smoked sheet ribbed .20 @ .17}4 .54 @ .52 .6l'A@ .46 



rAnA 3 



Upriver, fmc 23?4@ .203^ .52 @ .49 .68 @ .57^ 



L'privcr. coarse iS/a® .HJ-i .35 @ .3414 .40 @ .31 



Islands, fine 20 @ .IS"^ .48VS@ .48 ,59 @ .44 



Islands, coarse I4;^@ .14 .23^^@ .21J4 .27 @ .21^ 



Caracta 14Vi@ .13 .23 @ .23 .28 @ .21 



•Figured to November 26, 1920. 



ANTWERP RUBBER MARKET 



(IKISAR & CO., Antwerp, report [November 5. 1920]: 



The market tendency continues to be weak. After various fluctuations, 

 the market closed with prices slightly higher. Spot, November, Is. 2d. — ■ 

 Is Ad.: December. \s. 2d.; Januarv-Afarch, \s. 3d. — Is. Ad.; January-June, 

 \s. Ad.; Para, \s. Ad. — \s. Sd. 



Statistics for the week were as fullows: Arrivals, 2.611 tons; sales, 694 

 tons; stocks, 41,751 tons against 25.353 tons in 1919. Statistics for tlie 

 close of October: London— imports. 9,265 tons; sales, 3,028 tons; stocks, 

 41.748 tons against 24,978 tons in 1919. Arrivals, by the Albertinlle, 

 193,436 tons. Stock on hand this day: 1,478 tons. 



Interest in the futures market remains nil; the rate of exchange is lower 

 by 0.25 francs. Transactions amounted to 5,000 kilos. Closing quotations, 

 each month : November- May, 8.75; June-October. 8.75. Tendency, quiet. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET 



JOOSTEN & JANSSEN, Amsterdam, report [October 29, 1920]: 



The dull tendency on the rubber market continued without interruption. 

 Nevertheless, a good business was done here in spot parcels of various 

 qualities. 



Hevea standard crepe brought f. .88^:3; sheets, f. .82. On the terminal 

 market the turnover was very small, and prices remained unchanged and 

 nominal. 



The final prices were about f. .86 for Hevea standard crepe and f. .80 for 

 spot sheets, crOpe January-March f. .92, April-June, f. .98 rather sellers, with 

 buyers at about 2 cents lower. 



CEYLON RUBBER IMPORTS 



IMPORTS. 



AND EXPORTS 



January 1 to October 18 



Crude rubber: 



l'"rom Straits Settlements pounds 



India 



liurma and other countries 



Totals pounds 



EXPORTS 

 Crude rubber: 



To United Kingdom pounds 22 



Kelgium 



France 



(?crmany 



Netherlands 



Italy 



Spain 



.Australia 



Victoria 



United States 47 



New South Wales 



Canada and Newfoundland 



India 



Straits Settlements 



Japan 



TntaU pounds 



Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. 



From January 1, 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA 



1920 to dates named, exilniiiiig all lureigu transshipment*; 



Kepurtcd by Barlow 



A: Co., 

 From 



__* 



6ingal»ore. 



To— 1920 



United Kingdora./bj. 36.884,082 



The Continent . . . 5,920,606 



Japan 8,043.804 



Ceylon 10,299 



U. S. A. and Canada 186.719.529 



Australia 438,294 



Other countries... 123,200 



I'ort 

 Singapore, Malaca, Penanp, .Swettenham, 

 August 31, .August 31, August 31, .\ugust 31, 



1920 192U 



2,142,507 20,609,467 1/ 



398,400 



2,277 



328,134 I 



42,214 16,353,857 



1 921) 

 .769,218 

 150,1)07 



.198,245 



400 



Totals 



77,405,274 



6,469,013 



8,046,081 



1.536,678 



203,115,600 



438,294 



1 23,600 



Foi 



Totals 238,139,814 2,184,721 37,692.535 19,117,470 297,134,540 



the year 1919. 352,338,000 17,849,500 25,7/9,500 30,805.166 426,772,166 



For the year 1918. 



For the year 1917. 



F'or the year 1916. 



F'or the year 1915. 



For the year 1914. 



225,100,000 837,600 12,479,200 



177,901,200 15.113.200 23,402.01)0 



135,535,954 7,167,346 30,643,565 



86,067,657 7,898,984 28,580,663 



43,534,177 5,218,379 21,912,567 



138.416,800 



216.416,400 



3.660,840 177,007,705 



821,445 123,368,749 



2,052,620 72,717,743 



STRAITS SETTLE^MENTS RUBBER EXPORTS 



An official report from Singapore states that tlie exports of rubber from 

 Straits Settlements ports in the month of Sepember amounted to 9,791 

 tuns (transhipments. 1,416 tons) as compared with 6,673 tt^s in August and 

 10,476 tons iti the corresponding month last year. The total export to the 

 end of September was 100,720 tons, as against 109,952 tons last year, and 

 51,616 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 " 



June 6,515 5,059 11,663 



July 1,978 7,818 10,773 



August 1,249 8,933 6,673 



September 6,209 10,476 9,791 



Totals <c«j 51,616 109,952 100,720 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS 



An official report from Kuala I.uiupur gives the exports of rubber from 

 the Federated Malay .States during the month of September as 7,604 tons 

 compared with 9,140 tons in August, and 9.841 tons in the corresponding 

 month last year. The total exports for nine months of the current year 

 amount to 80,262 tons against 79,824 tons in 1919 and 58,142 tons in 1918. 

 Appended are the comparative statistics: 



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 



Aoril 7,428 7,664 8,375 



May 5,851 7,308 7,627 



June 5,161 7,094 9,049 



July 5,706 8,640 8,043 



August 5,291 10,626 9,140 



September . 6,588 9,841 7,604 



Total (OHi 58,142 79,824 80,262 



RUBBER EXPORTS FROM PENANG 



January 1 to 

 September 21 



^919 1920 



To fireat Biilaiii /'■Vi</j> 192.703 182,703 



Europe 3,574 3,578 



Inited Slates 132.262 132,262 



T^tal? pi'-u'i 328,539 318.543 



'One picul equals 133;'^ pounds. 



