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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



February 1. 1921 



cloMii down tluir plants completely or arc opcralinK tlii.ni <>ii a 

 basis of ten per cent of capacity. Here and there a manufacturer 

 of rubber goods is requisitioning .some reclaimed rubber made 

 and held on contract, l)ut nothing is doing in the way of new 

 orders. In fact, there is no rubber scrap inarket and reclaiincrs 

 cannot today determine production cost for that reason. 



In spite of the general stagnation in the trade reclaimers, as 

 well as other rubber manufacturers, arc confidently hoping for 

 the dawn presently of a day of activity and prosperity. 



NEW YORK aUOTATlONS 

 U\i .\KV -M. ]')2\ 

 Prices suliiect to chniiRC Htthniit notice 

 ST.V.ND.VKD ItECL.MMS: 



Floatine **0'5 (S'SO.IS 



Friction * 15 @ .18 



Mechanical * •<» @ H 



Shoe : * •12^(a' 13/. 



Tires, amo * 12 •* '3/' 



truck * 09 01 .11 



White * 15 «) .18 



•Nominpl, 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES 



Jamiary 



I9Jr 1920 1919 

 PLANTATIONS: 



Kir<t latex crC-pe. .S0.21 Ji (<i S0.19 S0.55'/l @$0.53 $0.58 (©$0.52 



Smoked sheet ribbed. .20V4@ .18 .55 (fi .53 .56 @ .51 



PARAS: 



Uprivrr, fine i9'A(a .18 .50 <«• A9'/t .61 (« .58K' 



Upriver, coarse 17 (» 13 ,37 @ .iiVi 36 @ .34 



Islands, fine IS <9 .17 .48 St .46 .54 @ .49_ 



Islands, coarse 14 O .Il!4 .24 @ .22)/j .36 @ .22?4 



Camel.i 12 <S- .10'/- .24 @ .23'/ .25 @ .23 



"Fisiired to January 26. 1921. 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET 



(H'TllRIE & CO., I-IMITEU, Singar-orc, reiwrt (December 2, 19J01: 

 The weekly n^hlier auction held yesterday and today saw an improved 

 (lemancl at prices a shade lower than these paid last week. Standard ribbed 

 smoked sheet sold from 37 to 3K cents, a decline of 1 cent, while a smaP 

 tiiianlity of standard pale crtpe was sold at 39/39^3 ccrits. Sellers met the 

 market on otf-quality sheet for which there was a fair demand at prices 

 ransinp from 17 to 35 cents. OflF quality crepe was in good demand, 

 lirown crepes were not in demand and declined a further 2 cents. Dark 

 :ind barky crepes .idvanced 2 cents. The sale closed weak with crepe 39, 

 sheet 37 cents. Of 910 tons catalogued, 456 tons were sold. The following 

 '^ the course of vfllue<: 



Sterling Equiv.-dctit 

 In Singapore per pound in 



per pound' London 



Sheet, fine ribbed, smoked 37c @ 38c 1/ OV* @ 1/1 



.Sheet, good ribbed, smoked 17 C* 36J^ — / 7 M> 1/ OH 



Crepe, fine pale 39 @ 3954 i/W* @ l/ljj 



C'ripe, good pale 23 fo 38/2 — / 9'/i @ 1/ IM 



Crepe, f.ne brown 20yi &■ 25 —liVi ^ —/ 9}i 



Crepe, good brown 15 @ 20 — /7 (a — / 8M 



Crepe, dark 14 @ 18'A —/ 6Vi fa> — / 8 



Crepe, bark 10 @ 16'A — / 5^ «i — / 7H 



ANTWERP RUBBER MARKET 



(;RIS.\R & CO.. .Antwerp, report [December 31. 1920]: 



Throuehout the month little change was noted, the market continued 

 weak, with few transactions. .V, the end of the month the tone becamel 

 firm at the c!( se. There were no sellers. Sixt December, Os. lO'Ad.: 

 January-March. Os. IC-Mrf.. April-June, Os. llMiA; January-July, Os. Ud. 

 Fine T*ara. \s. Id. • ,^ , .rin 



Statistics for the week were as follows: .\rvivals, 1,8,12 tons; sales. 630 

 tons, stocks. 50.244 tons, against 22.283 Ions in 1919. No business wa^ 

 done locally, .•\rrivals, by the "Mayumbe," about 19,790 kilos. Stock on 

 hand this day, about 1,640 tons. ' 



Little interest was shown in the futures market, and prices droppedl 

 about 0.35 francs for the tirst six months. The tendency of the market 

 . continued quiet. On tli.- date of this report the futures m:irket was. 

 closed. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET 



JOOSTEN & TANSSKN, Amsterdam, report [December 31, 192111: 



The last week' of this year has n. t brought improvement on the rubber 



market. , , -, , 



Prices showed even a further downward temiency while the turnover 

 remained extremely small, this time, owing to resistance from buyers as 

 well as from sellers. 



At the close, a small improvement was perceptible: sfp that this year still 

 closes with a compar.atively good tendency, but r.ither at the Irnwesl prices. 

 namely: 



Ilevea crepe F. — .56. Sheets F — S3 en the spot. 



Hevea crepe F. — .57, Sheets F. — .54 January-.March. 



Ilevea crepe F. — .63. Sheets F. -.59 .Vi'riMune. 



HAMBURG RUBBER MARKET 



KFFEKTIV-ROIinCMMI-MAKl-FK A'EKKIX. Hamburg, report [Decem- 

 ber 17. 19201: 



The market tendency was again somewhat weak and sellers wtre more 

 ready. -As expected, the December conditions in I-onrlon exercised strong 

 pressure. The supply business moved within narrow limits for spot, while 

 there was lively dem.-ind for delivery. Reports from the East were con- 

 flicting; while some markets were weaker like the European markets, 

 owners remained firm on others. .\rriv,'ils were middling. The prices 

 were as follows : 



Marks 



No. 1 first latex crepe 28 (» 31 



Ribbed smoked sheets, standard 27 @ 29 



Smoked sheets, low er grade 25 0' 27 



Brown crepe, clean , 23 @ 26 



Brown creyje, barky 20 @ 23 



Dark crepe 18 @ 21 



llard fine I'ara 32 &• 35 



Caucho ball 24 @ 26 



Black Congo 21 @ 27 



South Cameroon 18 I® 22 



No. 1, flake 16 S" 22 



No. 1, Surinam balala sheet 107 ® 125 



Telntong 15 (» 19 



'Quoted in Slr:ii|s Settlements currency, $1 

 ■nrrencv 



S0.567 United St,ates 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA* 



October 



Ten Mouths 

 Ended October 31 



To Netherlands kilos 



Great Britain 



Germany 



France 



Belgium .- 



Other European destina- 



nations 



L'nited States of America 2.223,000 



Singapore 520,000 



Japan 2,000 



.\ustralia 



Other countries 10,000 



1919 1920 1919 1920 



461,000 655.000 2,025.000 4,107,000 



466,000 1,045,000 6,153,000 7,343,000 



19,000 89.000 



12,000 215,000 23,000 



61,000 117,000 



25,000 25.000 



625,000 15,633,000 10,786,000 



275,000 4,594,000 3,469,000 



183,000 184,000 



245. OCO 190,000 



169,000 



Totals kilos 3,682,000 2,717,000 29,217,000 26.333,000 



Ports of origin: 

 Tandjong Friok, 



Samarang 



Soerabaya .... 



1,693.000 1.149,000 14.908,000 12.126,000 



29,000 85.000 460.000 431,000 



1.S74.000 1. 469.000 12,746,000 13.001.000 



•September figures 1910 and 1920 revised. 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS 



.Vu otlicial cablegram from Sin8a[>ore states that the exports of rubber 

 from Straits Settlements ports in the month of November amounted to 

 7.509 tons, as compared with 9.882 tons in October and 13,426 tons in 

 the corresponding month last year. The total export of the current year 

 to the end of November was 118,111 tons as against 131.716 tons in 19IS^ 

 :ind 57.537 tons in 1918. Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1918 1919 1920 



Unuarv foii.t 4,302 14.404 13,125 



I'ebruaVv 2.334 15,661 17,379 



.March .' 8,858 20,908 5,931 



.\pril 6.584 10.848 9,768 



Mav 13.587 15.845 15.617 



[uiie 6,515 5,059 11.663 



hilv 1,978 7,818 10,773 



August 1,249 8.933 6,673 



September 6.209 10,476 9.791 



flctober 3.260 8,338 9,882 



\,.vemlier 2.661 13,426 7.509 



l.itals foii.t 57,537 131.716 118,111 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS 



.\ii (ifruial ealiKgiaiii from Kuala l,um|iiiv stales tliai the exports of 

 rubber from llie l-'ederated Malay Slates in the month of November 

 amounted to 6,650 tons as compared with 8.323 tons in October and 9.848 

 tons in the corresponding month last year. The total export of the current 

 year to the end of November was 84,692 tons as against 98,053 tons last 

 vear .and 71.140 tons in 1918. -Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1918 1919 1920 



|:inuarv tons 7,588 7,163 11.119 



Vc.hniaVv 6.820 10.809 9,7.si 



March .' 7.709 10.679 9.524 



\„ril 7.428 7.664 8.375 



Mav 5.851 7,308 7,627 



Inn'e '. 5,161 7,094 9,049 



•i„iv 5,706 8,6-10 3,085* 



•\.,;,,ist ' 5.291 10,626 3,554* 



■<.ptembe'i-" .' - : 6,588 9.841 7,605 



il-tober 5,901 8.381 8.323 



\,",v,n!ber '. 7,097 9.848 6,650 



fotals 



.(oii.t 71,140 



98,053 



84.692 



•The figures given above for July and August in the present year differ 

 from those previously issued, and are in accordance with statistics since 

 eommuuicaleil bv mail from Kuala Lumpur. 



