September 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



943 



RECLAIMED RUBBER 



Conditions in the market for reclainud rubber remain essen- 

 tially the same as last month. The tendency to improvement in 

 demand increases with the approach of normal output in automo- 

 bile tire and other rubber manufacturing lines. Reclaimers, how- 

 ever, continue to operate their plants at about 25 per cent of 

 capacity. 



The immense over-stock of crude rubber at record low prices 

 has etTectually blocked demand for reclaimed except along certain 

 lines where it offers special technical advantages. 



Quotations remain nominal and unchanged from last month. 



NEW YOEK aUOTATIONS 



August 25. 1'>-'1 



Prices subject to change wiihuut notice. 



.sT.K.NI>.\Ul) UKCLAIMS 



Floating $0.14 



I'VicI ion 14 



Mechanical 09 



Shoe ll'A 



Tires, auto ■.. .ll^i 



truck 09 



White 14 



@$0.16 

 @ .16 



11 



.12K 

 .13!4 

 .11 

 .15 



COMPARATIVE LOW AND HIGH NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES 



Augiist 



1921" 

 PLANTATIONS 



First latex crece. . .$0.14!4 @;0.1 7 

 Smoked sheet ribbed .13yi@ .15 



FAEAS 



1920 



1919 



$0.29*4(31 $0.33!^ $0.41.>4@$0.4554 

 .29!^@ .33H .39ii'a A^Yi 



•Figured to August 25. 1921. 



ANTWERP RUBBER MARKET 



OSTF.RUiETII & CO., Antwerp, report under dale of -August 6, 1921. 

 Our market seems to have recovered from the state of pessimism prevail- 

 ing at the time of our last report, and although the activity still leaves much 

 to be desired there is a steadier undertone and a bit of inquiry, too, on 

 the part of consumers who generally consider the actual level of prices in- 

 teresting and seem to be in possession of some more orders for manufac- 

 tured goods. We close the week as follows: 



Crepes, Sheets, 



Francs Francs 

 per Kilo per Kilo 



August, 1921 4.25 4.00 



September 4.50 4.00 



October 4.65 4.15 



November 4.75 4.25 



December 4.80 4.25 



January, 1922 5.0O 4.35 



February . . . ; 5.00 4,35 



March 5.00 4.45 



April 5.00 4.45 



May 5.00 4.45 



June 5.00 4.45 



July 



In Congo rubber there has not been much business passing, although there 

 are buyers in the market, whose idea of prices, however, is rather out of 

 the question. We quote today: 



Francs 

 per Kilo 



Prime Red Kasai 3.40 



Kasai lK>anda II 1,60/2.50 



Red thimbles 0.75 



Usual -\ntwerp terms. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET 



JOOSTEN & J-A.NSSICN, -Amsterdam, report, under date of -Vugust 5, 

 1921: There was a good denvind this week, though little otTering, and 

 prices going up gradually. In the beginning October-December crepe was 

 quoted at 47-48 cents; l.ilcr on this position has been sold at 53-54, August- 

 September and January-March were going up as well. The market closed 

 this afternoon on th§ following prices: 



Hevea cri'pe, Fl, 50 Sheets, Fl, .48 spot. 



Hevea crepe, Fl. .54 Sheets, Fl. .51 October — Dcceniber. 



Ilcvea crepe, Fl. .57 Sheets, Fl. .54 January — March. 



There 'vas almcst no business in spot; while the future market had a good 

 turnover. 



HAMBURG RUBBER M.»-RKET 



EffektivRohgummimakler-Verein, Hamburg, report.s, under date of July 

 23, 1921: 



While the market was very firm and business was brisk up to the 

 middle of the week, a certain weakening in standard qualities was notice- 

 able toward the end of the week. The demand for medium qu.llities like 

 brown crepe and inferior smoked sheets, as well as Para grades, particu- 

 larly caucho ball, remained active with higher prices. 



During the week selling was active in all grades and large quantities of 

 medium qualities were sohl, 



Marks 



First latex crepe 24 @ 25 



Ribbed smoked sheets 22 & 23 



Ribbed smoked sheets, lower grade 18.50@ 20,50 



Ilrown crepe, clean 17 @> 19 



Brown crepe, somewhat barky 15.50@ 17 



Dark crepe 15 @. 16 



Hard fine Para 27.50@ 28,56 



Caucho hall 17 (aj 18 



Panama and Colombia black balata .55@ ,75. 



No, 1 balata sheet 100 @1I0 



Jelutong 10 @ 12 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET ""^*^,; « 



GUTHRIE & CO,, Limited, Singapore, report under date of July 7, 

 1921: 



The firmer tendency evidenced in the local rubber market a week ago 

 matured to an active market, due chiefly to dealers covering, and a general 

 rise in values of 2'/2 cents resulted. The weekly auctions held yesterday 

 opened quietly, but improved later on, additional buyers coming in. At the 

 aiternoon session competition was keen and the sale closed strongly at best. 

 No standard quality sheet and crepe was sold. Good F. A. Q. sheet was in 

 slrone demand up to 22^ cents (I lot sold for 2i cents) and off quality 

 hits fetched relatively, good prices. Olf quality crepe sold up to 26 cents 

 (26J^ cents was paid for one lot), an advance of 2J^ cents on the week. 

 F'ine browns were in short supply and advanced ly^ cents. Cood brown 

 aiul dark crepes remained steadv. A small quantity of bark cr^pe sold from 

 5 to 8'j cents. Of 681 tons catalogd, 469 tons were offered and 390 tons 

 sold. Tile following is the course of values : 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore per pound in 



per pound Lcndon 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 15 @ 23 — / 6'/^ (S. — / 8J4 



Crepe, good pale 16 @ 26^ — / 7 @ — /lO 



Crepe, fine brown 13 @ IB'/, — / (,'A (d' — / 7ii 



Crepe, good brown Syj & 12H — / 4Ji @ — / 6 



Crepe, dark 8 ^i U —/ ^H ^ —/ SU 



Crepe, bark 5 (» S'A — / 3% @ — / 4H 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM MALAYA 



(These figures include the production of the Federated Malay States, but 

 not of Ceylon) 

 January 1 to 

 May 31, 1921 



To 



United 

 dom 



Singapore 

 K i n g - 

 ..pounds 25,947,473 



The Continent 4,724,272 



Japan 17,487,668 



Ceylon 44,627 



United States and 



Canaila 42,110,628 



Australia 509,294 



Other countries... 



Malacca Penang 



January 1 to 

 July 7, 1921 



Port 

 Swettenham Totals 



2,299,953 

 1,739,485 



9,482,699 

 101,600 



15,640 

 806 



113,999 

 930,733 



9,984,792 



59,132 



37,575 



243,884 



796,533 



47,714,917 



6,624,489 



17.525,243 



402,510 



43,057,001 

 510,100 

 796,533 



Totals, ,/>0Mn<f J 90,823,962 4,055.884 11,425,564 10,325,383 116,630.793 

 Compiled by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



AUGUST, 1921 



10 11 



NEW YORK AVERAGE SPOT RUBBER PRICES 



Prices in Cents Per Pound 



JULY, 1921 

 A , 



18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 Z 

 Plantations 

 Sheet 



Ribbed, smoked MVt iS'A 15 UVi 14/. 14!^ 14-H U'A U'A 13.54 13M 13}4 \3H 14 14M 14)4 14fi 1454 1454 1454 1454 14J< 1354 H 



First latex 16'A \7'A 16)« 16'A 16'A 16',4 15^i 15^4 155^ 1454 14-54 1454 15'-4 15^ 15M 



Off latex 14 167< 1414 UH 1454 1454 MM 13^ 14 1354 13-4 MVi 1354 1.'54 1354 



No. 1 blanket 13)4 13H 13H 1354 13'^ 13!4 1351 13H U'A 1254 1254 1254 I2;4 12-54 1254 



No- 2 blanket 1214 12'^ 12/, 1254 12>/i 12/, 12-5^ 12^ I2|4 12!^ 1154 )15.i 11-14 '1-VJ I1-t4 



No. 3 blanket 1154 12H 11/ 1154 1154 HM 1154 11/ 1154 U'A 101^ 105<t lOM IO14 10)4 10-H 1 



Thin, clean, brown 13 13/ 12/ 1254 1254 1254 12)4 1254 12/ 1154 HM 11*4 1 1 '/i 11/ 11/ 



Siwckv brown 11/ 12 11/ 1 1 -H 115^ IIW 11/ 11/ 11 1054 10-54 1054 10/ 10-V4 lO-M 



Rolled brown 11 11'4 11/ 11/ 11/ 11/ 10)4 H;? 10/ 1054 1054 1054 10)4 10-54 1054 



15/ 15/ 



1354 1354 



1254 1254 



'154 1154 

 1014 



11/ 11/ 



10-/ 1054 



'.n,)4 1054 



15/ 



1354 

 1254 

 1154 

 1054 

 11/ 

 1014 

 1054 



15/ 

 14/ 

 13 



15/ 15/ 

 14/ 14/ 



13/ 13/ 

 12/ 12/ 12/ 

 1154 11/ 11/ 

 1154 12/ 12 

 1054 11/ 11 

 11 11 11 



14,',^ 1454 14/ 



14 14/ 14/ 



1254 1254 12J4 



1154 1154 1154 



1054 1054 1054 



11/ 11/ 11/ 



11 10-}4 1054 



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