JuLV 1. 1920] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET. 



GUTHRIE & CO., Ll.MITED. Singapoi 

 Influenced by advices of a fall in value: 

 ubber market showed a pronounced weak 



day and to-day. Buy 

 of the lots offered elicited anv compel 

 to 86 cents (one lot realized 86J-2 cent 

 < >nly a very few lots were dispo.sed of 

 sheet being about 85 cents. Fine p; 

 I three lots sold at 85, 85 >4 and 86 

 uii the week of 6yi cents. 



Lower grades of crepes shared in tl 

 make considerable concessions to mee 

 only 366 tons were sold. 



The following is the course of vali 



In; 

 pel 



.Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 83c 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 72 



Crepe, fine pale 82 



Crepe, good pale 74"/^ 



Crepe, fine brown 70 



Crepe, good pale 54 



Crepe, dark 50 



Crepe, bark 40 



'Quoted in Straits Settlements cur 



■c. report [May 6, 1920]: 



; in London and New York, the 



limited scale, and only the best 

 1. Ribbed smoked sheet sold up 



this figure, the average 

 crepe sold at up to : 

 its, respectively), showi 



rket. Of 699 



ek's best. 



ling t:.quiv 

 er Pound i 

 London. 



82/^ 

 84/. 

 80;/2 



2/ IH 

 1/10^ 

 2/ m 

 1/im 

 1/10/2 

 1/ 6 

 1/ 4Ji 



2/ 2'A 



2/ 1/2 



2/ 2^ 



2/ 1/. 



2/ O'A 

 1/10 



1/ 7'A 



1/ 4% 



$0,567 United States 



ANTWERP RUBBER MARKET. 



GRISAR & CO.. Antwerp, report (May 28, 1920]: 



The low prices reached by rubber seem to have attracted the attention 

 of buyers and we note a better den, and. -After having touched the price 

 of Ij. lOMof., the closing prices were: Latex crepe, spot. 2s.; Para fine, 

 2s. \'Ad. 



At the last moment great firmness with good tendency is noted. 



Stati.stics for the week were as follows: Arrivals. 566 tons; sales, 1,170 

 tons; stock. 20,819 tons, aeainst 21,799 in 1919. 



Small quantities of African rubber were sold; 1,430 kilos of red Congo 

 Wamba and 100 kilos of read Congo Kasai. Stock on hand: about 445 tons. 



Owing to the violent fluctuations in exchange the futures market was 

 very active, and transactions amounting to 440,000 kilos were made. 

 Closing quotations, each month: Mav-November, 11.70 francs; December, 

 11.60 francs; Januarv-April, 11.50. Tendency steady. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET. 



JOOSTEN & JANSSEN, Amsterdam, report LUmc 4. 

 The rubber market has again been very quii t dnrii 

 me spot business has been going on. but on the trriniii; 



iirkct the tur 

 rd crepe, sp 

 market f. 1.: 



been small. Prices 

 Amsterdam, rose from f. 1.20 to f. 1.27. On the 



«as bid for June crepe, while June sheets were offered at f. 1.29; for 

 landard sheets. August delivery, f. 1.29 has been paid. Toward the close 

 tlie market was somewhat easier, as buyers withdrew their orders. 



June 15 will comprise about 546,000 kilos., 



month of April, as compared with 9,524 tons in the previous month and 

 7.664 tons in the corresponding month last year. 



The total exports for the first four months of the present year amount 

 to 38,799 tons as against 36,315 tons for the correspon " ' ' ' 



1918. 



January toits 7.588 



February 6,820 



March 7.709 



April 7,428 



Totals 29,545 



iparative statistics: 



1919. 1920. 



7,163 11.119 



10,889 9.781 

 10.679 9.524 



7.664 8.375 



36,315 38,799 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official report from Singapore states that there were 15,720 tons of 

 Libber (of which 1,264 tons were transhipments) exported fromt the ports 

 f the Straits Settlements in the month of April. This compares with 5.931 

 3ns in March and 10,848 tons in the corresponding month of last year, 

 'he total exports of rubber for the first four months of the present year 

 52,155 tons, compared with 61,821 tons for the similar period 



rid 22,078 tons 



1918. 



Appended 



the 



1918. 



January tons 4,302 



February 2,334 



March 8,858 



April 6,584 



Totals 22,078 



comparatr 



1920. 

 13,125 

 17,379 

 5.931 

 15.720 



CEYLON RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



(Compilrd by the Ceylon Chamber of Commer 



liich 



:ibfmt 47O,nn0 



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



kilos 1,622 



lUm'ge ct Cie. (Comptoir Colonial Belgika.) 7,320 



Bunpe et Cie. (Compagnie du Congo i?elge.) 10,595 



nunce et Cie. (Compagnie N'Keme-N'Kemi.) 5,620 



Credit Colonial & Commercial (Anc. L. & W. van .Ic Vehle). (Cie. 



tlu Kasai.) 145,850 



Societe Colonialc Anversoise (S.A.B.) ■ 3,792 



