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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1920. 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW NEW YORK SPOT RUBBER PRICES. 



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1920.* 1919. 1918. 



PLAMTATIONS— 



First latex crepe. . .$0.36 (!?$0..'!2 $0.42!^(5.$0.39^ $0.63 @$0.63 



Smoked sheet ribbed .}S'/i@ .iV/i .41K-@ .i&'A .62 © .62 



PARaS— , 



Upriver, fine 36}4(<i> .34fi .5S;<i@ .55 .68 <a .68 



Uprivcr, coarse 32 ai' .24 .33 (a .32 .40 @ .40 



Lslands, fine 37 «'. .33 AJVi^ ATA .59 @ .59 



Islands, coarse 31 m .21 .2l'A(ii> .21<A .27 (ffl .27 



Cameta 20K'@ .15 .21'A@ .21'A .28 @ .28 



•Figured to July 27. 



SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET. 



r.rTHRIE & CO., LIMITED. Singapore, report [Tune 10, 1920]: 



Following advices of declining values in London and New York, tlie 

 rubber auction opened ycsterdav to a considerably weaker market and prices 

 of .nil grades show a substantial drop from last week. The highest paid for 

 fine pale crepe was 76'. cents (twt> special parcels sold at 77 cents), a 

 decline of 5'A/6 cents, while ribbed smoked sheet fetched up to 77 

 cents (paid for a few lots only), being 4!/^/S cents down. Off quality 

 sheet and crepe was difficult of sale and sellers had to make consider- 

 able sacrifices on these grades to meet the market. Brown and dark crepes 

 were 6/8 cents down. 



Demand was fairly gord at the lower levels, but prices tended to sag 

 during the course of the sale and the market closed distinctly weak with 

 the prospect of a further declii'e. 



Of 771 tons cataloged, 456 tons were sold. 



The following is the c.-urse of values: 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore per Pound in 



per Pound. ^ London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 76c @ 77c 1/11?4 @ 2/ 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 63 (ffi 75 1/8 @ 1/ll'A 



Crepe, fine pale 76 @ 76'/ 2/ 0;<i @ 2/ 0« 



Crepe, good pile 65 @ 75V< 1/9'/^ @ 2/ 0'4 



Crepe, fine brown 58 @ 66 1/7^^ @ 1/ 9K 



Crepe, good brown 4S'A & 57 1/4'/^ @ 1/6^ 



Crepe, dark A\'A (!>> 54 1/ 2'/ @ 1/6 



Crepe, bark 40 @ 4S'A 1/2 @ 1/3^ 



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

 currency. 



AMSTERDAM RUBBER MARKET. 



TOOSTr-.>f & JANSSEN, .■\msterdam, report [July 9, 1920]: 

 During the last week the market was firm, although interest was chiefly 

 concentrated in First Qualities Hevea. whilst the lower grades found 

 few or no buyers. Prices paid for Standard Qualities consequently im- 

 proved from f. 1.16 to f. 1.30. 



On the Terminal Market a large turn-over took place; July delivery 

 improved from f. 1.14'/; tr, f. 1.20, December from f. 1.24 — f. 1.26, March 

 from f. 1.27"/S to f. l.32</i. The market closed easier, particularly for 

 the further positii.ns: July f. 1.20. October f. 1.22, December f. 1.25, March 

 f. 1.29. 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official report frcm Knala Lumpur states that the exports of 

 plantation rubber from the Federated Malay States for the month of 

 May amounted to 7,627 tons, compared with 8,375 tons in April and 

 7.308 tons in the corresponding month last year. The total exports for 

 five months in the current year were 46,426 tons, against 43,623 tons 

 for the corresponding period last year and 35,396 tons in 1918. Appended 



are the comparative statistics: 



1918. 1919. 1920. 



January (m..t 7,588 7,163 11,119 



February 6,820 10,809 9,781 



March 7,709 10,679 9,524 



April 7,428 7,664 8,375 



May 5,851 7,308 7,627 



Totals 35,396 43,623 46,426 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official report from Singapore states that the exports of plantation 

 rubber from Straits Settlements ports in the month of May amounted to 

 15,617 tons (of which 2,788 tons were transshipments), against 15,720 

 Inns in Anril and 15,845 tons in the corresponding month last year. The total 

 shipments' for the five months of the present year amount to 67,772 tons, 

 compared with 77,666 tons last year and 35,665 tons in 1918. Appended 

 are the comparative statistics: 



1918. 1919. 1920. 



January Ions 4,302 14,404 13,125 



February 2,334 15,661 17,379 



March 8,858 20,908 5,931 



April 6,584 10,848 15,720 



May 13,587 15,845 15,617 



Totals 35,665 77,666 67,772 



RUBBER EXPORTS FROM PENANG. 



1919. 

 To Great Britain pimls^ 93,377 



unit^ States';;!!;;''.'.".'.'.'.'.!;:;!;:!!!!!!;!;;;:: ■56;4i3 



Totals 143,790 



'One picul equals 133!4 pounds. 



91,577 



187,716 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



Four Months 

 .\pril. Ended April 30. 



CEYLON RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



IMPOHTS. 



January 1 to May 31. 



Crude rubber : 

 To L^nited Kingdo 

 Belgium 



Netherlands 

 Italy 



I'nited States 



New South Wales 



Canada and Newfoundland. 



Straits Settlements 

 Japan 



v/r» Chamber of Co 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ATLANTIC 

 PACIFIC PORTS AS STATED BY SHIPS' 

 MANIFESTS. 



PARAS AND CAUCHO AT NEW YORK. 



June 28. By the S. S. Cregory, from 



Thornett S: Fehr, Inc 



Neuss, Hesslein & Co 



Poel & Kelly 8,663 . 



II. A. Astlett & Co 33,000 . 



15.092 

 15.582 

 155,671 

 231,600 



June 28. By the S. S. Gregi^. 

 Meyer & Brown, Inc 



fro 



June 28. By the S. S. Gregory, from Manaos. 



Meyer & Brown. Inc 33.600 



June 30. By the S. S. West Calcta, from Montevideo. 



56,000 89.600 



Various 



June 30. By the S. S. Frankmcrc. 



Thornett & Fehr, Inc 



Wm. Schall & Co 30,571 



Poel & Kellv 



H. A. Astlett & Co 



July 7. By the S. S. Michael, from Manaos. 



Pell & Dumont, Inc 



H. A. Astlett & Co 132.700 



Meyer & Bn 

 July 13. 



^, Inc 22.400 



the S. S. Rembrandt, from Ric 



Wm. Schall & Co.. 



Poel & Kelly 



H A. Astlett 



