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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1912. 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



New York. 



Fine and Total Total Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1911. 1910. 1909. 



Stocks, November 30... tons 305 53= 358 156 218 



Arrivals, December 1,310 431= 1,741 1,533 2,675 



Aggregating 1,615 484 = 2,099 1,689 2,893 



Deliveries, December 1,325 442= 1,767 1,478 2,686 



Stocks, December 31 290 42= 332 211 207 



Para. England. 



1911. 1910. 1909. 191 1. 1910. 1909. 



Stocks, November 30 /on,r 3.050 1,190 1,385 935 1,335 500 



Arrivals, December .... 3,455 2,315 3,140 884 1,248 960 



Aggregating 6,505 3,505 4,525 1,819 2,583 1,460 



Deliveries, December .... 3.830 2,830 4,375 994 1,093 1,075 



Stocks, December 31.. 2,675 675 150 825 1,490 385 



1911. 

 World's visible supply, December 3\..tons 5,852 



Para receipts, July 1 to December 31 14,635 



Para receipts of caucho, same dates 1.760 



Afloat from Para to United States, Dec. 31 \.3Q0 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, Dec. 31 ... . 720 



Rubber Stock at Para 



A furtlier reduction has brought down the stock to just one- 

 half of the highest point reached in 1911, of 5,350 tons on May 31. 



1911. Tons. 



January 31 2,085 



February 28 3,787 



March 31 4,214 



April 30 5,104 



May 31 5,350 



June 30 4,545 



1911. Tons. 



July 31 3,884 



August 31 3,450 



September 30 3,102 



October 31 3,320 



November 30 3,050 



December 31 2,675 



WEEKLY MOVEMENT OF LONDON PRICES. 



[In Shillings and 

 1911. 



July 7 4/254 



July 14 4/5^ 



July 21 4/7 



July 28 4/8 



August 4 4/754 



August 11 4/754 



August 18 4/754 



August 25 4/105^ 



September 1 4/854 



September 8 4/9 



September 15 5/ 



September 22 4/1054 



September 29 4/8 



October 6 4/7 



October 13 4/5 



Pence Per Pound.] 



October 20 4/654 



October 27 4/4 



November 3 4/3 



November 10 4/454 



November 17 4/3 



November 24 4/354 



December 1 4/454 



December 8 4/554 



December 15 4/454 



December 22 4/4 



December 29 4/354 



January 5 4/454 



January 12 4/554 



January 19 4/5^4 



British Crude Rubber Imports. 



Official statistics for calendar years, stated in pounds ; 



Year. Imports. E.xports. Net Imports. 



1898 54,833,072 33,023,536 21,809,536 



1899 50,360,912 34.284,320 16,076,592 



1900 57,593,312 32,8(>4.832 24,728,480 



1901 52,245,088 32,9(M,7(M 19,340,384 



1902 46,970,000 32,676,1 12 14,293,888 



1903 54,443,760 37,658,768 16.784,992 



1904 55,555,584 33,415,536 22,140.048 



1905 66,464,944 37.464,1 12 29.000,832 



1906 67,992,624 36,988,336 31 ,004,288 



1907 74,736,928 39,090,912 35,646,016 



1908 64,407,392 40,153,792 24,253,600 



1909 78.406,944 44.567,488 33.839,456 



1910 98,220,528 52,401,661 45,818,864 



1911 101,480,424 63,804,384 37,676,240 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Year. Imports. Exports. Net Imports. 



1898 7,082,656 1.151,136 5,931,520 



1899 9,239,664 840,224 8,399,440 



1900 14,118,608 1,709,792 12,408,816 



1901 9,905,056 1 ,224,832 8,680,224 



1902 9,395,568 1,190,784 8,204,784 



1903 5,198,032 741,664 4,456,368 



1904 3,056,256 890,624 2,165,632 



1905 5,088,608 1,020,880 4.067,728 



1906 5,966,352 973,952 4,992,400 



1907 6,516,048 1,268,624 5,247,424 



1908 3,575,936 521.920 3,054,016 



1909 5,064.864 680,736 4,384.128 



1910 10,870,048 762,608 10,107,440 



1911 7,380,800 1.074.976 6.305,824 



Para. 



R. O. Aiilers & Co^ report [January 12:] 



Market has been steady and without any change. The lots arriving 

 liere from Upriver have been bought and sold without much discussion. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York Quotations. — Prices paid by consumers for 

 carload lots, per pound — are unchanged : 



February 1, 1912. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 954@ 9j^ 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 9%@ 9'A 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 454@ 4J<} 



Automobile tires 854® 854 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 9%@ 9^ 



White trimmed rubber 11 @1154 



Hieavy black rubber 4J^@ 5 



Air brake hose 454@ 4?^ 



Garden hose l/4@ 1?^ 



Fire and large hose 2 @ 254 



Matting %@ 1 



COMPARATIVE RUBBER STATISTICS. 



Comparative 



Liverpool. 



J. d. s. d. 



1894 2 9 to 3 1 



1895 3 0!4 to 3 4!4 



1896 3 OK to 3 iVi 



1897 3 5 to 3 9 



1898 3 7J^ to 4 5 



1899 3 10 to 4 T/i 



1900 3 8!^ to 4 9 



1901 3 4 to 3 11}'^ 



1902 2 10 to 3 9!4 



1903 3 6!4 to 4 8 



1904 3 10^ to 5 6 



1905 4 \0'A to 5 iVi 



1906 4 W'/i to 5 Syi 



1907 2 1154 to 5 3 



1908 2 9!4 to 5 5 



1909 4 10 to 9 2 



1910 4 10 to 12 AVi 



1911 3 10 to 7 1 



Rates of Fine Para. 



Total Imports into the United States. 



New York. 



$0.64 J^ 



.70 



.71 



.79)^ 



.82 



.91 



.83 



.76 



.66 



.78 



.89 

 1.13 

 1.16 



.69 



.65 

 1.13 

 1.16 



.90 



to $0.73 

 to .iV/, 

 .85 

 .89 

 1.06 

 1.10 

 l.UJ^ 

 .95 

 .92 

 1.13 

 1.32 

 1.35 

 1.28 

 1.24 

 1.30 

 2.15 

 2.90 

 1.67 



to 



