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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1904. 



ing sold as many as 12.000 dozen in a single six months, and at 

 present each month shows an increase. The business in the 

 last six months of 1903 was 50 per cent, larger than for the last 

 six months of 1902. Rubber sponges are being made in the 

 United States, and sold, but Mr. Smith does not consider them 

 equal to the imported article. There is a single item of official 

 statistics bearing upon this subject, by the way. The United 

 States consulate at St. Petersburg reports the following values 

 of exports of rubber sponges to the United States : 



Quarter ended Mareh 31, 1903 $15,181.41 



Quarter ended June 30, 1903 19,403.53 



Total, six months $34,584.94 



A FEW MORE DETAILS. 



The United States official report of the values of goods ex- 

 ported from various foreign ports to thiscountry during the fiscal 

 year 1902 03 is by no means complete, as regards any one class 

 of goods, owing to the want of uniformity in classification, but 

 the following details, compiled from it, may be of iterest : 



Rubber Goods. — London (including clothing), $262,885 ; Hamburg, 

 $134,002; Hanover, $45,246 ; Leipzig, $10,614. 



Toys and Dolls. — Brussels, $50,850 ; Budapest, $4736. 



Rubber Tires. — Genoa, $2770. 



Elastic Webs. — Leicester, $130, 102 ; Manchester, $40,119 ; Notting- 

 ham, $2647 : St. Etienne (ribbons), $133. 



Rubber Syringes, — Milan, $117. 



Waterproof Garments and Cloth. — Manchester, $8232; Rotterdam, 

 $639 . 



India- Rubber Sheets and Ponchos. — Manchester, $3442. 



Oilcloth and Waterproof Cloth. — Liverpool, $224,117. 



Vulcanite and Celluloid Goods. — Edinburgh, $2526. 



Rubber Sponges.— St. Petersburg, $34,585. 



RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



GERMAN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



THE details in the accompanying table in relation to the 

 German foreign trade in India-rubber goods has been 

 compiled from a recent publication of the imperial statistical 

 office. The figures given comprise the values (in German 

 marks) for the past three calendar years. It should be noted 

 that the figures given for 1901 and 1902 differ from those given 

 for the same years in earlier publications from the same office, 

 and reproduced last year in The India Rubber World. 

 There is not space here for an analysis of the differences, which 

 doubtless are due to some modification having been adopted in 

 the classification of goods. 



RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES. 



German imports and exports (in kilograms) for three years : 



From — 1901. 



Russia.. 532.700 



U. States 55.8oo 



Austria 28,620 



G. Britain ... 2S 200 



Sweden ...... 51,000 



Not stated 12,800 



1902. 1903. 



517 300 463,400 



119,300 91.200 



9.100 55.500 



14,500 29.700 



44,700 28,400 



8,800 9,700 



To — 1901. 



G. Britain 147,500 



Austria 6,000 



Turkey 2,100 



Switzerland... 9,900 



Rouraania.... 5900 



1902. 1903. 



195,400 203 900 



7,900 43,000 



12,600 40.300 



19.700 25,600 



22,200 14,300 



Total 707,100 733,700 682,900 



GREAT BRITAIN 



Not stated.... 68,200 87.S00 80,700 



Total 239,600 345,600 407,800 



AND IRELAND. 



Official statement of values of exports of manufactures of 



Caoutchouc, for three calendar years: 



1901. 1902. 1903. 



Boots and shoes £ 176,387 £ '7i.°74 £ 224,439 



All other 1,086,028 1,042,884 1,204,984 



Total value £1, 262, 415 £1,214,558 ^1,429,423 



Value of "Apparel and Slops," waterproofed by any process: In 



1902, £202,244 ; in 1903 : £282,444. 

 Exports of rubber footwear amounted to 138,084 dozen pairs in 1901 ; 



144,014 dozen pairs in 1902 ; and 197,838 pairs in 1903. 



No statement of imports of such goods is available as yet for 



I9°3- 



FRANCE — COMMERCE SPECIAL. 



Values of rubber goods imports and exports for three years : 



1901. 1902. 1903. 



Imports francs 16,290,000 i6,552,oco 18,881,000 



Exports 8,898,000 9,826,000 10,907,000 



The movement for 1903, classified officially, was as follows : 

 values being stated in francs : 



Unvulcanized sheets and vulcanized threads 



Elastic tissues 



Overlaid tissues 



Card tissues 



Made up clothes 465,000 



Shoes 3,406,000 



Belting, hose, tires, etc 7,730,000 



Imports. 

 5,980.000 

 861,000 

 IOI.OOO 

 338,000 



Exports. 



2,471,000 



185,000 



3,000 



466,000 



652,000 



7,130,000 



10,907,000 

 $2,105,051 



Total 18,881,000 



U. S. gold $3,604,033 



The increase in imports was shared by all the classes listed, 

 but the largest increase was in footwear. There was a decline 

 in exports in several classes, but an increase of 2,115000 francs 

 in " Belting, hose, tires, etc," due probably to the growing trade 

 in tires. 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



Official returns of values of rubber goods in commerce, 



converting the crown at 20.3 American cents : 



1902. 1903. 



Imports $2,262,902 $2,801,339 



Exports 1,875,033 2,294,687 



The increase was general, in the lines both of imports and 

 exports. More rubber footwear was imported and more ex- 

 ported. Exports of hard rubber 

 goods increased from $416,231 

 to ^564,340. 



RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES. 



Weights of imports and ex- 

 ports for two years past : 



From — 1902. 1903. 



Russia .... kilos 174,400 169,800 

 United States.. 10,800 29,600 

 Great Britain. . 7,100 27,700 



Germany 13,900 21,100 



France 400 1,600 



All other 11,700 6,600 



Included in exports of Bicycles and Parts [which 

 amounted in value in 1903 to 18.715,000 marks; value 

 of 1 ubber parts not staled .] 



6 Included in exports of Toys, all sorts [which amounted 

 in value in 1903 to 56,840,000 marks; value of rubber 

 toys not stated.] 



Total 218,300 



To— 1902. 



France. . ..kilos 93,000 



Turkey 69,200 



Roumania 79,600 



Germany 11S.800 



British India. . 40,600 

 Other lands... 170,700 



256,400 

 1903- 



116,300 



113,600 

 97,700 

 95.70O 

 90,000 



151,900 



Total 571,900 645,200 



