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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1911. 



Crude Rubber Imported Into Japan in 1910. 



Report by Japanese Custom-house Office of the Department of Finance. July 23, 1911. 



THIS year's crude rubber imported into Japan has amounted 

 to 1,590,891 pounds in quantity and $1,476,892 in value, 

 showing an increase of 259,066 pounds and $765,584 com- 

 pared with 1909. The details of the above are as follows : 



-1910. 



-1909.- 



From Pounds. 



British India 54,505 



Federated Malay States.. 898,543 



Dutch India 120,333 



PhiUppincs 



Great Britain 313,517 



Germany 13,972 



United States of America 86,013 

 All Other Countries 104,008 



Value. 

 $44,241 

 605,091 

 68,959 



465,555 



20,223 



119,445 



153,378 



Pounds. 



46,448 



493,536 



303,849 



20,476 



268,553 



4,905 



172,805 



21,253 



Value. 



$34,360 



207,409 



154,512 



9,510 



206,937 



3,336 



74,857 



20,387 



Total 1,590,891 $1,476,892 1,331,825 $711,308 



The increase of crude rubber imported in 1910 was the result 

 a greatly increased demand be- 



rubber and gutta-percha. From Great Britain, Germany and 

 the United States of America, all being market places, all kmds 

 of crude rubber were imported. Balata was imported principally 

 from Great Britain. Para rubber was imported for the reason 

 that excepting large rubber mills, many manufacturing companies 

 were short of stock and used Para with other descriptions. 



As to the price, the highest was Para rubber from South 

 America, the next plantation Para, the third India rubber and the 

 fourth Borneo rubber. Some of the crude rubber from Africa 

 was high-priced and some of it cheap. 



Speaking about the market price of these rubbers, the rubber 

 which was recognized as the standard of value was fine Para 

 rubber from South America, which is said to be the best kind 

 of crude rubber in the world and to set a standard price for all 

 other crude rubbers. The price of fine Para rubber rose from 

 the middle of February, 1910, finally reaching $3 in the London 

 market in April of that vear. Afterward the price of fine Para 

 rubber dropped down to 4 yen, 30-40 sen ($2.09-14). In August 



of 



cause of the development of rub- 

 ber manufacturing. For example, 

 the Dunlop Rubber Company, 

 which was established at Kobe in 

 1908, and had principally manu- 

 factured tires for bicycles had 

 gradually by the end of 1909 in- 

 creased the variety of its rubber 

 manufactures to meet the greatly in- 

 creased demand. Their crude rubber 

 was all imported from Singapore. 

 The crude rubber imported from 

 Singapore was divided into two 

 kinds ; one imported through Singa- 

 pore from elsewhere, and the other 

 produced in Singapore ; and this 

 year's increases were in the former 

 grade. The crude rubber imported 

 from Java and the Philippines to 

 Japan was mostly wild rubber, but in 

 the future we will see both wild and 

 plantation rubber imported here, 

 for there are many rubber planta- 

 tions in Java and Philippines. 

 "the crude rubber from North 

 America was divided into two 

 kinds, both imported through North 

 America from Brazil. Thus the 

 greater part of the crude rubber 

 imported into Japan comes gen- 

 erally under six classifications — 

 India Rubber, Borneo rubber, plan- 

 tation Para rubber, gutta-percha, 

 balata and jelutong — of these six 

 kinds jelutong is in some small de- 

 mand for mixing with other 

 materials. The quantity of this 

 kind imported in 1910 amounted to 

 about 6,667 pounds, being imported 

 from Singapore. From British 

 India some India rubber and planta- 

 tion Para rubber was imported ; 

 from Singapore some India rubber, 

 plantation Para rubber, Borneo 





CH.Mrr SHOWING PRICE FLUCTUATIONS OF PARA RUBBER IMPORTED INTO JAPAN IN 1909. 



