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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



December 1, 1920 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR ITALY 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER 

 Four Months Ended April 



1919 



1920 



I Quintals* Lir<r 



Un MAN U FACT t-'RFD-- 



Crude rubber and gutia r^rcha — 

 raw and reclaimed; 



From Great Britain 1 



India and Ceylon 17,856 



Straits Settlements 12,219 



French African Colonies 1.007 V 45,854.550 



Belgian Congo 94 f 



Brazil 11.580 



Other countries 915 J 



Quintals 



Lire 



146") 

 2.672 

 2,562 

 565 

 466 

 2.803 

 1.972 



•11,745.300 



Totals 43.671 45,854.550 



Rubber scrap 12 2.160 



Totals, unmanufactured.. 43,683 45,856.710 



11,186 11,745.300 

 111 19.980 



11.297 11.765,280 



Masufactvked — 

 India rubber and gulia percha — 



Threads 



Sheets, including hard rubber 



Tubes 



Belting _. . . . 



Rubber coated fabrics. .. ./»itfCM 



Boots and shoes fairs 



Elastic webbing 



Clothing and articles for travel. 

 Tires and tubes — 



From France 



Great Britain 



Other countries 



Other manufactures 



123 

 84 

 51 

 84 



117 



9.526 



88 



319,800 

 136.200 

 64,600 

 117.600 

 186.300 

 142,890 

 246,400 



98 



43 



41 



251 



181 



37,164 



104 



75 



254,800 

 67,900 

 77,800 

 351,400 

 279.900 

 557.460 

 291.200 

 240,000 



1,859 1 



259 



5,107,200 

 '7',i67 10.968,400 



1,1401 



1.841 y 9.571.200 



1.007 J 



4.971 7,831,800 



Totals, manufactured 17,239,390 



Total imports 63.146.100 



19,523,460 

 31,288,740 



EXPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER 

 Un M AN I'FAC TIRED 



India rubber and gutta percha— 

 raw and reclaimed; 



To Austria 



Spain 1,726 



United States 890 



Olher countries 



1,046,400 



300 



468 



1,339 



177 



913,600 



Totals . 

 Rubber scrap 



2,616 1,046,400 



2,284 

 2,884 



913.600 

 346.080 



Totals, unmanufactured. 



AtANtFACTlRED — 



India rubber and gutta percha — 



Threads 



Sheets, including hard rubber 



Tubes 



Belting 



Rubber coated !:ihrics. .. .pieces 



Boots and shoes pairs 



Other footwear 



Elastic webbing 



Clothing and articles for travel 



Tires and tubes: 



To Austria 



Belgium 



Czechoslovakia ... 



France 



r.reat Hritain 



Spain 



Switzerland 



India and Cfylon. . 

 Dutch Kn^t Indies. 

 Straits Settlements 



Australia 



Argentina 



Brazil 



Other countriec . . . 

 Other rubber goods 



2,616 1,046,400 



5,168 1,259.680 



126 

 52 



249 

 94 

 42 



272 



340,200 

 112,800 

 305.100 

 150,400 

 50,400 



816,000 

 4.800 



147 

 110 

 556 



501 

 655 I 



83 

 1,493 I 

 2 ' 

 4 

 100 



130 



7,087,000 



274 



303 I 



636 J 



575 867,800 



89 



445 



1 



478 



156 



377 

 277 

 428 

 643 



3,622 

 134 

 138 



1,945 

 791 

 716 

 231 



1,222 

 954 



2,288 



3,569 



396,900 

 174,600 

 633,700 



iiolooo 



6.675 



3,500 



1.434,000 



748,800 



Totals, manufactured. 



9,734,500 



Total exports 10,730,900 



>ODe quintal equals 220.46 pounds. 

 ^One lira equals $0,193 (normal). 



■26,155,400 



5,208,400 

 34,871,975 

 36,131,655 



THE MARKET FOR RUBBER SCRAP 



NEW YORK 



THE rubber scrap business has been described as virtually 

 suspended. Reclaimed rubber plants when not shut down 

 completely are not averaging to produce over 10 per cent of their 

 normal capacity. Under these circumstances, reclaimers are 

 not interested to purchase scrap of any grade, even at present 



prices, which are so low that they scarcely permit the collec- 

 tors to continue operations. The following quotations are 

 nominal : 



QUOTATIONS FOR CARLOAD LOTS DELIVERED 



Prices subject to change without notice 



NOVE.UBER 24, 1920 

 BOOTS AND SHOES: 



Arctic tops ,(, •J0.075 @ 



Boots and shoes ;;, •.05J4@ .«5K 



Trimmed arctics ;;,. •.0SJ4@ .05K 



Untrimmed arctics ;fc. •.04'4@ .04X 



KABD RUBBER: 



Battery jars, black compound Ik '.oi @ QlJi 



No. 1, brisht fracture ;(,. •23 @ ,24 



INKER TUBES: 



^°- ' lb. '.iiyi@ .12 



Compounded ;j,. . Qg @ qj 



^^^ lb. rOS'A® .0* 



MECHANICALS: 



Black scrap, mixed. No. 1 jfr •.03^5 @ .04 



No. 2 ;j,. •.02'A@ .02H 



Car springs ,(,. •.03J4@ .04 



^"'s lb. '.03 @ .03J4 



Horse-shoe pads ;j,. • 03 @ o3!4 



Hose, air brake ;j,. •.03K@ .03X 



fire, cotton lined ;fc '.Ol^^© .Ol^ 



K^i'd" lb. '.01 M@ .OlM 



Insulated wire stripping, free from fiber lb. '.OiyiQ .04 



^'^"'"B lb. '.Ol^i® .01 J4 



Red packing /y •.05>i@ .06 



Red scrap. No. 1 ;{,. •09 (S .10 



No. 2... ;j,. •.06Ji@ .07ii 



White scrap. No. 2 lb. '.OS @ .09 



No. I It, '.lo @ .11 



TIRES: 



PNEUMATIC— 



Aulo peelings ;b. :03H@ .04^ 



^'<^y='e lb. •.02J4@ .03)4 



Standard white auto ;(,. '03 @ .03J^ 



Mixed auto /(, ♦.oij^® .02}i 



Stripped, unguaranteed lb, 'Ol @ 02J4 



White, G. & C, M. & W., and U. S lb. '.03^^® !o4 



SOLID— 



Carriage ,b, -,03 @ .0314 



Ifony lb. @ 



Truck ;;, •.02^® .02M 



•Nominal. 



THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS 



NEW YORK 



"T^HE unprecedented decline in the consumption of American 

 cotton and the accumulation of finished goods in the hands 

 of manufacturers is the fundamental reason for the present mar- 

 ket weakness. Middlings uplands spot cotton was quoted at 22.50 

 cents on November 1, and with minor fluctuations steadily de- 

 clined, when, on November 24 this grade of cotton was quoted 

 at 17.30 cents. Considering the generally unsatisfactory condi- 

 tions surrounding this market it is unsafe to predict that the low 

 level for the present year has been reached. 



Arizona Pima Cotton is apparently not in urgent need of mar- 

 keting at present, owing possibly to the fact that some of the 

 large tire companies made contracts with farmers in the Salt River 

 Valley and are taking cotton against these contracts at 60 cents 

 and better. It is believed, however, that a firm ofTcr of 50 cents 

 would buy extra Pima. It is very probable that the crop will not 

 be as large as anticipated, and it will be surprising if the crop 

 reaches 75,000 bales, although the weather has been ideal and a 

 good top crop will, of course, increase the yield. 



Egyptian Cotton appears to have declined more than other 

 staples, and good grade uppers can be bought today for 25 and 

 27 cents, although this growth has stiffened in value since last 

 week. Sakel cotton, however, continues to decline and prices 



