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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1904. 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA. 



For the United States Fiscal Year Ended June 30, IQ03. 



INDIA-RUBBER. 



-Imports of Crude India-Rubber, by 

 Countries. 



From- 



Europe : 



Belgium 



Frauce 



Germany 



Netherlands 



Portugal 



Uuiteil Kingdom . 



Total 



North America : 

 British Norlh America 



Central America.. 



Mexico 



Other North America. . . 



Pounds. 



Total 



South America : 



Brazil 



Colombia 



Ecuador . 



Peru 



Other South America. 



Total 



Asia and Oceanica: 

 East Indies— British . 

 Ail other 



Total 



Gb \NI> TOTAL 



Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 



1901-03 . 

 1900-01 . 



l-:>: . 



1898-99 . 

 1891 



1896-97 . 

 1891-96 . 

 1894-95 . 

 1893-94 . 

 1892-93 . 

 1891-92 



5,328,674 

 379,635 



2.916,814 

 360,865 



2.009.4^5 

 9,714,59; 



20,710.040 



11,421 



1,083,351 



251,776 



15,009 



1,362,157 



31,119.486 



455,969 



681,136 



210,899 



15.828 



31,483,318 



454,594 

 462 



455,056 

 55,010,571 



50,413,481 



55.275,529 

 49,377.138 

 61,063,066 

 46,055,497 

 35,574,449 

 36,774,460 

 39.741,607 

 33.757,783 

 41,547,680 

 39,976,205 



Value. 



$3,337,766 



239,064 



1.445,698 



162,383 



1,053,900 



5,616.827 



$11,855,638 



$ 5.464 

 542.984 



97,512 

 6,247 



$652,237 



517,218,519 



176,568 



296,031 



105.622 



7,437 



$17,804,077 



£124,575 

 183 



$124,758 



$30,436,710 



24,899,230 

 28.155,383 

 31,376,867 

 31,707,620 

 25,386 010 

 17,457,976 

 16,603,020 

 18,353,121 

 15,077,933 

 17,809.239 

 19,718,216 



II.— Imports of Crude India-Rubber, by 

 Customs Districts. 



Boston 



New York ... 

 Philadelphia 

 New Orleans 

 San Francisco 

 Other ports .. 



Total.... 



Pounds. 



1,674,1911 



62,770,004 



510 



433,088 



61,782 



70.991 



Value. 



$ 853,325 



29,284,547 



128 



255.466 



20,743 



22,501 



55,010,571 $30,436,710 



III. — Imports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber, by Countries. 

 [4- Indicates increase; —indicates decrease.] 



From- 



Anstria-lluugary 



Belgium. 



France 



Germany 



lulv 



Netherlands 



Russia 



United Kingdom 



Oilier Europe 



British Xorth America. 

 Other countries 



Total, I! 



Total, 

 Total, 



Total, 



Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 



1901 02. 



1900 01 



1 8911-97 



1893-94. 

 1892-93 



Value. 



I 6 



55 

 129, 



1 



2N 

 182 



2 

 $685 



,695-4- 

 ,532+ 

 ,631+ 

 ,551+ 

 554+ 

 ,236- 

 ,381+ 

 768+ 



972 + 



449,766 

 478,663 

 564,083 

 379,309 



297,963 



294,228 

 315,902 

 309,808 



INDIA-RUBBER. 



IV. — Imports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber, by Customs Districts. 



Boston and Charleston u 



New York 



Philadelphia 



Other Atlantic ports ... 



New Orleans 



Other Gulf ports 



San Francisco 



Other Pacific ports 



Northern and lake ports 

 All other ports 



Total 



Value. 



$ 78, 



517 



11, 



15 



1. 



10. 



1 

 25 



2 



652 

 ,774 

 036 

 806 

 824 

 508 

 B39 

 ,204 

 793 

 736 



$665,972 



V. — Exports of Manufactures of India- 

 Rubber (and Gutta-Percha), by 

 Customs Districts, 



From — 



Belting, 

 Packing, 

 and Hose. 



Baltimore 



Boston and Charlestn 



New York 



Philadelphia 



Allother Atlantic... 



Arizona 



Corpus Chrlsti 



Paso del Norte 



Salurla 



Alaska 



Puget Sound 



San Diego 



San Francisco 



Buffalo Creek.. .... 



Champlaiu, . . 



Detroit 



Memphremagog, Vt. . 



Niagara 



Vermont, Vt 



Other N. border, etc , 

 ports 



Total 



8 1,368 



16,888 



4K:(,164 



2,705 



4,422 



13,908 



23,537 

 20,594 

 18.553 

 1 4,855 

 788 

 123,781 



1,879 

 19,056 

 13,894 



25,983 



19,443 



$819,986 



Boots 



and 



Shoes. 



Other 

 Rubber 

 Goods. 



5 2,074 



538,254 



413,826 



897 



1,419 



1,018 



4 



19,472 



17,309 



304 



44,339 



74 

 2,028 



5,191 



$1,056,491 



$ 1,089 



324,358 



1,269.313 



103 



760 



12,780 



30,007 



57,723 



14,088 



7,137 



14,921 



228 



110,458 



80,066 



90.210 



33,393 



13,700 



127,894 



68,488 



42,644 



$2,999,875 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



I. — Imports of Crude Gutta-Percha, by 

 Countries. 



From- 



France 



Germany 



Netherlands 



United Kingdom 



Central America 



Other North America. 

 East Indies— British . . . 

 Other lands 



Total, 1902-03. 



Total. 1901-02 

 Total, 1900-01. 

 Total, 1899-00 

 Total, 1898-99. 

 Total, 1897-98. 



GUTTA-JULETONG (PONTIANAK). 



United Kingdom 



Kast Indies— British 



Total, 1902-03. 



Total. 

 Total, 



1901-02 

 1900-01 . 



Pounds. 



3,322 



161,910 



380 



115,180 



478 



1.472 



25,274 



1,309 



316,290 



525.767 

 280,560 

 427.678 

 618,939 

 636,477 



53,9(19 

 18,930 908 



13,984,817 



16,850,821 



9,371,087 



Value. 



$ 3,387 



87,204 



825 



90,804 



273 



530 



35.408 



1,112 



$222,400 



252,329 

 130,957 

 178,616 

 167,677 

 169,381 



$ 2.897 

 342.534 



$345,431 



501,418 

 248,838 



Note.— About 84 percent, in volumeand 95 percent. 

 in value of the Gutta-percha imported arrived at New 

 Y irk, ;tnd the remainder principally at Boston. Of the 

 Pontianak, 13,895,554 pounds arrived at New York and 

 89,173 pounds at San Francisco. 



imports of Crude Gutta-percha for earlier years are 

 not given, for the reason that the customs returns then 

 included under this head Batata, Pontianak, etc. 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



II. — Imports of Manufactures of Gutta- 

 Percha, by Countries. 



From — 



Belgium 



Denmark 



France 



Germany 



Sweden, Norway. 

 United Kingdom 

 Other countries. ., 



Total, 1902-03., 



Total, 1901-02.. 

 Total, 1900-01. 

 Total, 1899-01. 

 Total, 1998-99. 

 Total, 1897-98 

 To'al. 1896 97. 



Value. 



$ 10,176 



23 



6.604 



83,286 



287 



124,813 



9 



$225,198 



127,780 

 163,337 

 254.332 

 115,682 

 156,997 

 97,194 



Note. — Of the above imports, $117,764 worth was 

 entered at Pacific ports. 



RUBBER SCRAP. 



Quantity and Value of Imports, by 

 Countries. 



From- 



Belgium 



France 



Germany 



Netherlands 



Kussla-Baltlc 



—Black Sea 



Sweden, Norway 



Turkey in Europe 



United Kingdom 



British North America. 



Central America 



Mexico 



Other North America. . . 



Pounds. 



338.912 

 531,032 



8,290,9'j0 



1,860 



7,219,680 



3,235,217 



585,022 



316,606 



1,851,168 



2,216,891 



165 



16,414 



65.507 



Value. 



20.364 



38,223 



617,483 



283 



438,842 



181,484 



35,917 



19.331 



123.109 



137,183 



27 



479 



3,412 



Total, 1902-03. 



Total, 1901-02 

 Total, 1900-01. 

 Total, 1899-00. 

 Total, 1898-99. 



24,659,;94 $1,516,137 



22,894,900 $1,437,960 



15,235,236 988.316 



19,093,547 1,249,231 



10,513 604 462,014 



Note. — For information regarding imports under 

 this heading, readers are referred to the article on 

 " The World's Trade in Waste Rubber,*' in The India 

 Rubber World, March r, 1903 (page 196), giving de- 

 tails back 10 1893, together with an analysis of the real 

 sources of the material imported. 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



Exports of Reclaimed Rubber, by Coun- 

 tries, for Four Years. 



To— 



Austria-Hungary. 



Belgium 



France 



Germany 



Italy 



Netherlands 



Dermark 



Russia 



Spain 



Sweden-Norway. 



Great Britain 



Canada 



Mexico 



Japan 



Australia 



Other lands 



Value, 

 1899-00, 



$8,496 

 1,207 

 2,276 

 56,263 

 16.119 

 2,923 



2^033 



' 6.149 



125.902 



259,416 



9,226 



2,214 



Value, 

 1900-01 



703 

 13,220 

 48,419 

 17,601 

 2,734 



'575 



i(U03 



295,409 

 200,422 



1,1172 

 2,830 



"'442 



Value, 

 1901-C2. 



1 60 



1,250 



38,310 



20,191 



12 291 



6,550 



i 1 809 



' 5,552 

 18,318 

 820,844 

 143,276 

 42 

 176 



'"46 



Value, 

 1902-03. 



481 

 1.084 

 13,932 

 19,428 

 11,284 

 9,019 



418 



1.774 



215,904 



129,216 



1,368 



85 

 566 



Total $492,284 $642,093^569.698 $404,586 



[Exports, 1896-97, $119,440; 1897-98, $257,639; 1S98-99, 

 $376,962.] 



