January '1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



299 



NEW YOBE QUOTATIONS 

 December 27, 1920 

 T'rices subject to change without notice 

 STANDARD IlECIjilMS 



Floating '$0.22 



Friction • .25 



Mechanical * .11 



Shoe * .14K 



Tires, auto * .Uyi 



truck * .12^5 



White * .20 



@$0.24 



@ .30 



@ .12 



@ .15}^ 



@ .15 



@ .U'A 



@ .21 



•Nominal. 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER 



In regard to the market for crude rubber paper, Albert B. Beers. 1 

 Liberty street. New York City, advises as follows: 



"During December demard for paper has been light, and almost entirely 

 from out-of-town banks, which have been practically looking only fcr bar- 

 gains, so that the best rubber names have ruled at about 9 per cent, and 

 those not so well known 9J^ per cent." 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES 



December 



1920* 1919 1918 

 PLANTATIONS 



First latex crepe. . .$0.20 @$0.16J4 $0.55 @$0.51 $0.58 @$0.S4 



Smoked sheet ribbed .19 @ .16 .55 @ .51 .56 @ .52 

 FASAS 



Uf,river, fine 2I5^@ ,18 .49 @ .47 .66 @ .62 



Upriver, coarse 15 @ .1354 .36^@ .35 J9'A@ -ib'/i 



Islands, fine 19 @ .18 .48'4@ -46^ .57 @ .53 



Islands, coarse 145^ @ .IVA .22 @ .21 .24 @ .24J4 



Canieta 14 @ .IIJ^J .23V5@ .23 .26 @ .25 



* Figured to December 26, 1920. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET 



TOOSTEN & JANSSEN, Amsterdam, report [December 3, 1920]: 



In the period under review one can speak at last of an actual rise, 

 which, however, was not lasting. By good demand and riither big turn- 

 over, especially^ on all kinds of terminal deliveries, prices increased from 

 3 to 5 cents. Sheets enjoyed much attention at about 5 cents below crepe. 



In spot rubber hardly any business could be done owing to prices being 

 too high. Holders did not make use of the temporary increase and prices 

 fell back again, about 2 to 3 cents. 



At the close, the market was steady and prices for crepe and sheets are 

 about 76 cents and 71 cents on the spot, 76 and 71 January — March, 

 82 and 76 April— June. 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET 



GUTHRIE & CO.. LIMITED, Singapore, report [November 4, 1920]: 



The local rubber market declined rapidly over the week-end in sympathy 

 with the depression in other markets where there has been an absence 

 of trade deraand_ and forced liquidation of heavy stocks by dealers. At 

 the weekly auctions held yesterday the chief buyers were conspicuous 

 by their absence, and something approaching a collapse in prices occurred. 

 Demand was confined to a few Chinese buying to cover, and the bulk of 

 the rubber offered had to be withdrawn. Standard ribbed smoked sheet 

 sold up to 41 ^^ cents per pound, a decline of 9 cents. Standard crepe is 

 not quoted, but four lots sold from 42 to 44 cents. Off quality crepe and 

 sheet was unsalable. Lower grades were freely sold, but at a considerable 

 sacrifice in prices, tbe average decline being 7 to 10 cents. 



Of 848 tons catalogd, only 186 tons were sold, the lowest sale on record. 



The following is the course of values; 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore per pound in 



per pound^ London 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 38>^c@ AVM 1/ \% @ 1/ 2 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 25 @ 38 — / 9% @ 1/ 1 



Crepe, good pale 28 @ 34 — /lO^ @ 1/ OH 



Crepe, fine brown 26!^ @ iO'A — /1054 @ — /IIH 



Crepe, good brown 20 @ 26 — / iH @ — /lOVa 



Crepe, dark 17 @ 23 —/ TA @ —/ 9'A 



Crepe, bark 15 @ 21!^ — / 7 @ — / 8Ji 



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

 currency. 



RUBBER EXPORTS FROM PENANG 



January 1 to 

 November 2 



1919 



To Great Britain /nVii/.t' 186.406 



Europe 



United States 110,637 



Totals piciih 297,043 



363.931 



CEYLON RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 



IMPORTS 



January 1 to November 8 



Crude rubber: 



From Straits Settlements pounds 



India 



Burma and other countries 



Totals I'oiiiids 



EXPORTS 

 Crude rubber: 

 To United Kingdom founds 24 



Belgium 



France 



Germany 



Netherlands 



Italy 



Norway 



Spain 



Australia 



Victoria 



United States 52, 



New South Wales 



Canada and Newfoundland 



India 



Straits Settlements 



Japan 



Totals pounds 



Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA* 



To Netherlcnds kilos 



Great Britain 



Germany 



France 



Eelgitnn 



Other European destina- 

 tions 



United States 



Singapore 



Japan 



Australia 



Other countries 



Tctals 



.hifos 



Portr of orijrin: 

 Tandjcng Pnok 



Samarang 



Soerabaya 



.kih. 



'One picul equals 133'A poundi. 



*Augtist — figures 1919 and 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS 



An official report from Kuala Lumpur states that the exports of rubber 

 from the Federated Malay States in the month of October amounted to 

 8,323 tons as compared with 7,604 tons in September and 8,381 tons in 

 the corresponding month last year. The total export to the end of October 

 was 88,585 tons as against 88,205 tons last year and 64.043 tons in 1918. 



Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1918 1919 1920 



January tatis 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 



Mav 5,851 7,308 7,627 



Tune 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 



October 5.901 8,381 8.323 



Totals tOBj 64,043 88,205 88.585 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS 



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

 Straits Settlements ports in the month of October amounted to 9.882 tons, 

 compared with 9,791 tons in September (transhipments 1.061 toiisl and 

 8,338 tons in tbe corresponding month last year. The total export for ten 

 months amounts to 110,602 tons as against 118,290 tons last year and 

 54,876 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 



August 1,249 8,933 6,673 



September 6,209 10,476 9,791 



October 3,260 8,338 9,882 



Totals tens 54,876 118,290 110,602 ,' 



