January i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



119 



EXPORTS OF AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS, FISCAL 

 YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1907. 



Belting. Boots and Shoes. Other Total 



EXPORTED TO— Packing, Goods 



and Hose. Pairs. Value. Value. Value. 

 Europe: 



Austria-Hungary $ 1,975 45.057 $ ^3,499 $ '3.093 $ 38.5<>7 



Azores, Madeira Islands. .... 446 604 412 i.oiO 



Belgium 7,170 164,861 72,388 49.796 129,354 



Denmark 6,igi 29,820 14,143 9.394 29,728 



France 18,968 116,057 53,676 40.093 112.737 



Germany 39.601 262,661 123.468 312,409 475,478 



Gibraltar 288 393 393 



Italy 598 100,930 49.203 95.930 145.731 



Netherlands 4,062 806 419 96.715 101,196 



Norway 1,116 29,682 13,960 2,166 17,242 



Portugal .... 294 220 554 774 



Roumania .... 1,329 926 .... 926 



Russia in Europe 618 1,554 782 10.855 12.255 



Spain 961 6,984 3.689 1.643 6,293 



Sweden 1.677 134.917 69,057 19.905 90,639 



Switzerland 1,894 55.204 25,382 7. 754 35.030 



Turkey in Europe 2,500 227.568 111,632 177 114,309 



United Kingdom 107,731 627,888 320,295 1,216,490 1,644,516 



Total. Europe $195,0621,807,346 $883,736 $1,87,7,386 $2,956,184 



North Americ,\: 



Bermuda $ 327 273 $ "30 $ 1.956 $ 2,413 



British Honduras 829 4 14 101 944 



Canada 152,816 79,276 75.279 818,564 1,046,659 



Newfoundland, Labrador 7,274 26,616 18,610 2,762 28,646 



Costa Rica 9,633 151 74 3.822 13.529 



Guatemala 4.737 216 129 1,099 5.965 



Honduras 2,999 86 147 222 3.368 



Nicaragua 4.74S 48 106 1,551 6,405 



Panama 67,172 1,330 1,037 16,760 84,969 



Salvador 3,745 4 29 2,530 6,304 



Mexico 292,784 5,028 3.809 260,208 556,801 



Miquelon, Langley... .... 362 566 20 586 



West Indies — British.. 5,97s 426 254 11.074 17.303 



Cuba 84,694 7,862 7,321 191,909 283,924 



Danish .... 616 88 69 375 1,060 



Dutch .... 274 66 33 599 906 



Haiti 1,251 228 196 807 2,254 



Santo Dom. 4,599 366 264 3.356 8,219 



Total, North America $644,473 122,430 $108,067 $l,3i7i7'5 $2,070,255 

 South America: 



Argentina $ 39.423 26,723 $ 14,632 $ 17,387 $ 71.442 



Bolivia 167 .... .... 100 267 



Brazil 15.221 22.966 12,983 27,808 56,012 



Chile 17,809 6,852 7,319 25.064 50,192 



Colombia 5.007 715 424 8,385 13,816 



Ecuador 5. 172 1.858 800 2,015 7,987 



Guiana — Dutch 1,322 2,101 1,029 2,391 4,742 



French 29 46 23 607 659 



Peru 10,573 1,986 2,648 7,688 20,909 



Uruguay 183 10,960 6,611 8.822 15,616 



Venezuela 3.469 24 12 6,709 10,190 



Total, South America. $98,375 74,231 $46,481 $106,976 $251,832 

 Asia: 



Chinese Empire $ 14.297 3.859 $ 4,414 $ 18,051 $ 36,762 



East Indies — British... 10,798 1,281 613 10,866 22,277 



Straits S... 1,602 220 112 692 2,406 



Dutch 431 .... .... 845 1,276 



Hongkong 2,700 18,507 7.562 3.665 13.927 



Japan 29,736 72,445 44,266 194,514 268,516 



Korea _ 2,514 166 302 466 3,282 



Russia, Asiatic .... 3 15 1.319 1.334 



Siam 410 .... .... 27 437 



Turkey in Asia 28 16,431 8,746 314 9,088 



Total, Asia $62,516 112,912 $66,030 $230,872 $359,418 



Oceania; 

 Australia and Tas- 

 mania $113,922 140.053 $75,714 $105,673 $295,309 



New Zealand 11,665 31.276 23,281 35.5S1 70,507 



French Oceania 691 881 695 213 1.599 



German Oceania .... .... .... 64 64 



Philippine Islands 16,177 12,746 18,913 32,889 67.979 



Total, Oceania $142,455 184,956 $118,603 $174,420 $435,478 



Africa: 



British Africa — West. . $ 3,697 36 $ 40 $ 104 $ 3,841 



South 50,921 8,509 8,941 11,454 80,316 



Canary Islands .... .... .... 125 125 



Liberia .... .... .... 30 30 



Portuguese Africa .... 45,161 .... .... 9,263 54,424 



Turkey in Africa — 



Egypt 1,709 1,163 2,872 



Total, Africa $110,488 8,545 $ 8,981 $ 22,274 $14'. 743 



Grand Total $1,253,369 2,310,420 $1,231,898 $3,729,643 $6,214,910 



Grand Total. 1905-06. $1,221, 159 2,693,690 $1,505,082 $2,966,144 $5,692,385 



Grand Total, 1904-05. 994.100 2,390,539 1,214,342 2,572,375 4.780,817 



Grand Total, 1903-04. 880,010 2,310,808 1,086,364 2,469,750 4,436,124 



Grand Total, 1902-03. 819,985 2,307.401 1,056.491 2,299,875 4,176,351 



Grand Total, igoi-02. 634,146 2,594.708 1.046,315 1,781,941 3,462,402 



G'rand Total, igoo-oi. 565,726 1,459,100 724,015 1,727,527 3,017.268 



Grand Total, 1899-00. 541,830 767,104 420,746 1,405,212 2,367,788 



RUBBER TRADE IN CANADA. 



/'~'AX.-\DIAN imports of india-rubber manufactures for the 

 ^^ fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, are officially stated to have 

 been in value as follows: 



United Great Other 



States. Britain. Countries 



Boots and shoes .... $63,702 $82 



Belting 25,035 3,465 



Clothing and water- 

 proof cloth 11,201 18,072 



Hose 28,570 3,840 



Packing and mats.. 59,867 833 



All other 262,564 60,707 



$125 



81 



178 



30,689 



Total Duties 

 Value. Collected. 



$63,909 $22,403 

 28,500 7,218 



29.273 



32,491 



66,878 



353,960 



8,298 

 10,771 

 21,142 

 88,413 



Total $450,939 



Total, 1905-06 680,014 



Total, 1904-05 634,422 



Total, 1903-04 617,471 



Total, 1902-03 573,421 



$86,999 $31,073 $569,011 $158,245 

 99,695 32,034 811,743 100,879 

 164,996 26,071 825,390 213,607 

 334,646 26,098 978,215 256,210 

 446,811 25,579 1,045,811 253,873 

 The only country showing a gain in the above trade is Ger- 

 many, whose share advanced from $21,716 to $22,646. 



There may also be noted the following imports, not classified 

 by the customs as "rubber goods," but having a relation to the 

 industry : 



United Great Other Total Duties 

 States. Britain, Countries. Value. Collected. 

 Webbing, elastic 



$118,547 $55,249 $5,476 $179,272 



2,625 



4,090 



54,276 



899 



OF Canadian Rubber 



To 



and non elastic. 

 Stockinettes for 



rubber footwear 49,357 

 Duck for rubber 

 belting and hose 

 Rubber thread.... 

 Exports 

 To — Value. 



Great Britain $29,525 



Australia 34,558 



Newfoundland 13,787 



New Zealand 48,210 



Other British 998 



Europe 1,752 



South America 240 



Imports of Raw Materials. 

 Pounds. 



Gutta-percha 11 



India-rubber 2,002,075 



•Rubber recovered ; rubber substitute ; 



hard rubber in sheets 2,551,476 



Rubber powdered and rubber waste. . . 917,555 



51,982 



58,366 



899 

 Goods. 



$32,185 



7,666 



free 

 free 



\'^alue. 



China $1,308 



Japan 58 



United States I7,59i 



Total $148,027 



Total, 1906 266,504 



Total, 1905 170,359 



Value. 



$17 

 1,898,633 



460,767 

 86,955 



Total, 1906-07 5,471,117 $2,446,372 



Total, 1905-06 5,961,041 2,755,350 



Total, 1904-05 5,474.91 1 2,723,273 



KTTBBER IN THE AUSTRALIAN TAHITF. 



The new tarilT introduced by the federal treasurer of the com- 

 monwealth of Australia on August 8, 1907, going into efifect on 

 that date, is yet to be considered by the commonwealth parlia- 

 ment, and may undergo some changes, though probably none of 

 importance. The details in the tariff schedule relating to manu- 

 factures of india-rubber are compiled below. The first column 

 gives the old rate of duty; the second column the new rate for 

 general imports ; and the third column the preferential, lower, 

 rate on British made goods — all the duties being ad valorem. 



Old New, British. 



rate. General. Special. 



Rubber boots and shoes 25% 



Rubber sand shoes 20% 



Wading boots free 



Rubber hose 15% 



Invalid beds free 



Other rubber goods 15% 



Rubber syringes and like goods free 



Thread and hard rubber sheets free 



Reclaimed rubber 15% 



Printers' blankets 15% 



The main object of the new tariflf appears not so much to give 

 preference to British goods as to protect local industries. It is 

 true that a preference is given to the mother country, but at the 

 same time there has been a general increase of duties. 



