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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1. 1920. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES. 



PLANTATIONS: 



M920. 1919. 1918. 



First latex crepe. . .$0.43J^@$0.38 $0.48 @$a.4S"/- $0.68V5@$0.63 

 .Smoked sheet ribbed .43'4@ .37 Ji .47 @ .44^ .68}4@ .62 



FAKAS 



... .41 (ffl .38f 



... .30 ^ .28'/ 



... .40>5@ .40 



... .21 <tl> 



... .23 @ .22 



Figured to May 25, 1920. 



Cameta 



.5654@ .56 .68 @ 



.34)4(31 .34 .42 @ .38 



.47J4@ .47 .59 @ .hi'A 



.21 J/. @ .28 (ffi .27 



.23 @ .215^ .28 (ffi 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER. 



In regard to the financi.il situation, 

 ubber and commercial paper, No. 1 Lit 

 s follows: 



"During May the demand for commercial paper has been rather limited, 

 nd entirely from out-of-town banks, rates on the best rubber names ruling 

 t lYz per cent, and those not so well known 7->:4 per 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED. Sing.-ipore. report [April 1, 1920]: 

 The usual weekly auctions which opened yesterday were marked by a 

 further decline in prices following advices of declines in the London and 

 New York markets. Fine pale crepe sold at up to 9l'A cents (one lot 

 realized 92 cents) or 454 cents lower than last week while ribbed smoked 

 sheet in selling at up to the same figure showed a decline of no less than 

 9 cents. Two lots sold at 92'/; cents, and two lots at 92 cents. The 

 lower grades showed reductions of from 3 54 to 11 cents. The quantity 

 catalogd was 1,235 tons, of which 767 tons were offered, but 387 tons only 

 were sold. 



The following is the course of values: 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore, per Pound in 



per Pound. ^ London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 8854c fS 91'/4c 2/ 3'^ @ 2/ 45^ 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 80 (3 88 2/ 0^ @ 2/ 354 



Crepe, fine pale 88 @ 91'/4 2/35^ @ 2/45^ 



Crepe, good pale 80 (2) 8754 2/ lH @ 2/354 



Crepe, fine brown 76;4 @ 82 2/ OH @ 2/ 1 Ji 



Crepe, good brown 70 @ 7654 l/10'/4 @ 2/ OH 



Crepe, dark 5754 (S 72 1/ 7 @ l/115i 



Crepe, bark 45 @ 57 1/3 54 @ 1/ 6J| 



"Quoted in Straits Settlements currency; $1 = $0,567 United States 



ANTWERP RUBBER MARKET. 



GRISAR & CO., Antwerp, report [.^pril 23-28, 1920]: 



The market continues depressed on account of the lack of United States 

 orders. Prices are nominal. About 35 tons of Sumatra plantation crepe 

 I and sheet were sold at 14-50 francs. The stock on hand today is about 

 674 tons. 



The future market opened quiet with falling prices. Today the tone 

 is firmer and prices quoted show a rise of from 0.05 to 0.25 francs on the 

 lowest prices of the week. Dealings amounted to 115,000 kilograms. The 

 price quoted today at closing was 14.10 francs. 



The sale of April 28 gave very satisfactory results. Out of 448 tons 

 offered (435 tons Congos and 13 tons Plantation) 390 tons were sold at 

 an average advance of about 0.50 francs for Congos and 0.74 francs for 

 plantation. There was competition fur the black sorts and up to 10 francs 

 was paid for 12 tons of black Kassai (t.axed 8.90 francs), which means 

 Prime red Congos were also in good demand 



The principal sales 

 upper C^ongo, ordinary red, 

 8.50 to 9.75 francs; Kassai 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET. 



JOOSTEN & JANSSEN. Amsterdam, 



r April 30, 1920]: 



During the present week business 1 

 of the strike, only just finished, is 

 already in port were sold at the begii 

 delivered; as to the parcels not yet s 



in the inscriptions which will be taken up again at an early 

 sudden rise in the London market had little influence, the onlv 



in been slow, as the influence 

 ' be felt. Many of the lots 

 f the strike and must now be 

 mers wish to dispose of same 

 rly date. The 

 onsequence 



being a strengthening of the owners' attitude to ask prices far _ 

 market. The firmer reports from the foreign markets lead to 

 turn-over on our terminal market, at slowly rising prices. 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



Two Months 

 February. Ended February. 



1919. 1920. 1919. 1920. 



To Netherlands kilos 279.000 598,000 



Great Britain 200,000 862,000 846,000 I.OIO.OOO 



United States 1,748,000 2,233,000 3,171,000 3,277,000 



Singapore 393,000 349,000 931,000 740,000 



.lapan 40.000 29,000 67,000 29,000 



Other countries 180,000 217,000 



Totals 2,561.000 3,752,000 5,232.000 5,654,000 



Ports of origin: 



Tandjong Priok 1,620,000 2,054,000 2,952,000 2,583,000 



Samarang 58,000 22,000 132.000 



Soerabaya 819.000 1,621,000 2,030.000 2,692,000 



(Comfilnl hy Pivi'rion of Cpmrncrre and Indusln. Biiitcnzorg. Java.) 



EXPORTS OF CRUDE RUBBER FROM BELAWAN (DELI), SUMATRA. 



Two Months 

 February. Ended February. 



1919. 1920. 1919. 1920. 



To Netherlands kilos 203,375 452,285 



Great Britain 198.172 317,497 257,744 500,443 



Belgium 756,546 988,260 95 



United States 24,506 902,275 42,938 1,899,211 



Penang 1,179,397 25,304 3,017,399 109,221 



Singapore 980 313,737 980 694,873 



Totals 2,159.601 1,762,188 4,307,321 3,656,128 



UNITED STATES CRUDE RUBBER IMPORTS FOR 1920 (BY MONTHS). 



Mani<;oba 



and Totals, 



Planta- Afri- Gen- Guay Matto , > , 



1920. tions. Paras. cans. trals. ule. Grosso. 1920. 1919. 



January (oiij 17,799 2,620 821 111 21.351 7,235 



February ... 29,681 2,456 558 265 34 ... 32,994 17,456 



March 28,533 2,463 514 23 114 3 31,650 28.223 



April* 21,036 1,893 628 29 79 10 23,675 28,146 



Totals 97,049 9,432 2,521 428 227 13 109,670 81.050 



*.-\lso in .-Npril, balata 22 tons; miscellaneous gums 812 tons; waste 448 



(Compiled by The Rubber Association of America. Inc.) 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



.\n official report from Kuala Lumpur states that the export of plantation 

 rubber from the Federated Malay States in the month of March amounted 

 to 9,524 tons, as against 9,781 tons in February and 10,679 tons in the 

 corresponding month last year. The total export tor the first quarter of 

 the year is 30,424 tons, compared with 28,651 tons for the same period 

 last year, and 22,117 tons in 1918. Appended are the comparative statistics: 

 1918. 1919. 1920. 



January tons 7,588 7,163 11,119 



February 6,820 10.809 9,781 



March 7,709 10,679 9.524 



Totals 22,117 28,651 30,424 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official report from Singapore reports that 5,931 tons of rubber were 

 exported from Straits Settlements ports in the month of March, compared 

 with 17,379 tons in February and 20,908 tons in the corresponding month 

 last year. Transhipments for March amounted to 1.340 tons. For three 

 months of the present year the exports amounted to 36,435 tons against 

 50,973 tons last year and 15.494 tons in 1918. Appended are the compara- 

 tive statistics: 



1918. 1919. 1920. 



January tons 4,302 14,404 13,125 



February 2,334 15,661 17,379 



March 8.858 20.908 5,931 



Totals 15,494 50,973 36,435 



CEYLON RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



IMPORTS. 



(Compiled by the Ceylon Chamhe 



of Commerce.) 



