OcToIltK 



1911 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



The German Rubber Industry. 



AT the recent International Rubber Exposition, a series of 

 graphic tables were displayed at the stand of the "Gummi- 

 Zeitung." These included : 



I. Production of Crude Rubber throughout the World, 1890- 

 1910. 



II. Germany's Imports, Exports and Consumption of Crude 

 Rubber, 1890-1911. 



III. Details of Germany's Crude Rubber Trade. 



IV. Germany's Exports of Rubber Goods, 1890-1910. 



V. Details of Germany's Exports of Rubber Goods. 



VIII. Exports of Crude Rubber from German colonies. 



IX. Price Fluctuations of Crude Rubber. 



X. Development of Factories and Hands. 



For tlie benefit of those not visiting the exposition, the princi- 

 pal tables have been reproduced in pamphlet form, witli graphic 



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Germ.\xv'.s Rubber Imports axu Exports. ( T.Msi.ii Jl.) 



illustrations. Of these the most important are reproduced below 

 Table I shows from 1890 to 1910 the world's production of 



crude rubber, while table II shows in three divisions: (a) the 



portion which went to Germany, (b) the portion re-exported, 



and (e) the difference between (a) and (b), which represents 



the German consumption of crude rubber. 



It is thus seen that a large proportion of the increased German 



receipts of crude rubber has been absorbed by the augmented 



domestic requirements of that country. 



That Gernianv has gained ground as a distributing, as well as 



a consuming rubber market, is shown by a comparison of the 

 results for 1890 and 1910, as given in Table II. 



German Crude Rubber. German Crude Rubber. 

 Imports. Exports. 



1890 3,889 tons 858 tons 



1910 33,316 •• 10,136 "., 



Table IV shows tlie growth of the German export trade in 

 rubber manufactures during the twenty-year period. This last 

 table, illustrating the German exports of rubber manufactures, 

 is in many respects the most interesting; as showing a 

 gradual increase from $6,155,250 in 1890 to $16,713,500 in 1910. 

 Figures quoted indicate more than a five-fold increase in the 



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Germ.\xv's Expcp.ts of Rubber Goods. (Table IV.) 



number of hands, as compared with 1882, the total having risen 

 from 7,323 to 40,000. 



With reference to Table VIII., the descriptive pamphlet states 

 that experts from the German colonies fell off in 1908 owing to 

 the character of the harvesting exhausting the trees. This plan 

 has now been abandoned, in favor of a system for conserving the 

 trees and planting new ones. Although the new plantations are 

 not yet very productive, an increase of nearly 30 per cent, as com- 

 pared with previous year was shown for 1909. 



World's Production of Crude Rubber. (T.\ble I.) 



T.^BLE I. — World's Crude 

 Rubber Production. 



Tons. 



1890 29,330 



1891 31,588 



1892 30,552 



1893 32,867 



1894 32,938 



1895 34,827 



1896 38,330 



1897 40,530 



1898-9 52,192 



1899-1900 53,348 



. 1900-01 52,864 



1901-02 53,887 



1902-03 55,603 



1903-04 61,759 



1904-05 68,879 



1905-06 67,999 



1906-07 74,023 



1907-08 66,379 



1908-09 70,587 



1909-10 76,553 



