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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, 1908. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE TTNITED STATES. 



/^FFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufacturers 

 ^^ of india-rubber and gutta-percha for January, 1908, and 

 for the first seven months of five fiscal years, beginning July i, 

 from the treasury department at Washington : 



Belting. Boots All 



Months. Packing, and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



January, 1908 $105,717 $85,877 $280,944 $472,538 



July-December 739,094 1,166,276 1,928,994 3,834,364 



Total $844,811 $1,252,153 $2,209,938 $4,306,902 



Total, 1906-07 691,286 858,714 2,040,592 3,590,592 



Total, 1905-06 738,000 1,238,837 1,626,020 3,602,857 



Total, 1904-05 530.538 971,261 1,338,168 2,839,967 



Total, 1903-04 530.805 828.645 1.401,255 2,760,705 



SHIPMENTS TO NON CONTIGUOUS TERRITORIES. 



Belting, Boots All 



Destination. Packing, and Other Totals. 

 and Hose Shoes. Rubber. 

 Alaska: 



1903 $32,351 $88,331 $17,248 $137,930 



1904 44,363 130,552 19,337 194.252 



1905 74,846 168.063 29,431 272,340 



1906 88,746 187,781 32,471 308,998 



1907 101,485 192,275 33,377 327,137 



Hawaii: 



1903 $37,322 



1904 29,439 



1905 25,035 



1906 40,681 



1907 50,475 



Porto Rico: 



1903 $8,545 



1904 8.776 



1905 14.608 



1906 19,873 



1907 20,476 



Philippines: 



1903 $23,044 $2,576 



1904 31,563 7,684 



1905 18,981 4,971 



1906 34,758 7.921 



1907 27,196 18,169 



Totals: 



1903 $101,262 $99,104 $98,752 $299,118 



1904 114,231 150.541 113.049 377,821 



1905 ■133.470 180,440 136,810 450,720 



1906 184,058 210,392 155,220 549,670 



$7,386 $30,169 $74,877 



12,036 34,089 75,564 



6,624 ,46,395 78,054 



13.934 43,985 98,600 



11,656 69,256 131,387 



$811 $16,074 $25,430 



269 16,814 25,859 



782 27.5 16 42.900 



756 35,885 56,514 



321 37,868 58,665 



$35,261 $60,881 



42,809 82,146 



33.474 57,426 



42,879 85,558 



50,836 96,201 



1907. 



199,63 



222,421 



191,337 



6i3,390 



RUBBER AND RUBBER GOODS IN JAPAN. 



The annual return of the foreign trade of the empire of Japan, 

 emanating from the department of finance, at Tokio, contains an 

 official statement of the quantities and values of imports of 

 crude caoutchouc and gutta-percha for three years, as follows : 



Kin. Pounds. Yen. U. S. Money. 



Jn '904 363,941 [487,522] 548,655 [$270,761.24] 



Jn 1905 547,377 [725,275] 845,950 [$417,476.33] 



In 1906 454,296 [601,942] 585,189 [$288,790.77] 



It is interesting to note the sources of the rubber imported. 

 The greater part has come from the Far East, though it by no 

 means follows that the rubber really originated there, any more 

 Ihan that the rubber credited to the United States was produced 

 in North America. But undoubtedly the tendency is to derive rub- 

 ber from the producing countries nearest to Japan, and ulti- 

 mately, no doubt, all the various grades needed will be available 

 not far from Singapore. The details of sources of rubber im- 

 ported during 1906 follow : 



Kin. Kin. 



British India 31,256 Mexico 1,230 



Straits Settlement? 260,588 Other countries 12,327 



Dutch East Indies 29,279 



Germany 4.509 Total, 1906 454,296 



Great Britain 73-983 Total, 1905 547,377 



United States 41,124 Total, 1904 ■563.941 



The statistics of the imports of manufactures of rubber are not 

 very comprehensive. The following items, however, may be of 

 general interest, the figures indicating values in the yen, which 

 is slightly less than 50 cents gold : 



BELTING and HOSE FOR MACHINERY. 



1904. 



Great Britain yen 104,133 



Germany 59,814 



United States 34,442 



Other countries 28 



1905. 1906. 



228.341 207,009 



79,305 129,458 



30,663 62,323 



1,704 2,351 



Total 198,417 340.013 401,141 



In U. S. Currency $97,9x8 $107,796.42 $197,963,08 



PACKING FOR STEAM ENGINES. 

 1904. 



Great Britain yen 170.915 



Germany 74.715 



United States 25.949 



Austria-Hungary 1,596 



Italy 8.998 



Belgivim 548 



Other countries 868 



1905. 1906. 



183.142 262,172 



73,091 66,720 



23,005 30,694 



6,252 11,301 



13,206 12.921 



4,489 



1,448 4.666 



Total 283,589 300,144 392.963 



In U. S. Currency $139,951. 17 $148,121.06 $193,927.24 



SUBMARINE CABLES. 

 1904. 



Great Britain yen 995,987 



Germany 30,624 



France 10,350 



United States 



Other countries 



Total 1,036,961 



In U. S. Currency, $511,740.25 



Exports of Japanese manufacturers of india-rubber are not in- 

 cluded in this compilation, and doubtless the volume of such 

 trade is very small. There are, however, a number of entries of 

 "foreign produce" exported under the heading "Caoutchouc," 

 notably 2,177 yen to China, 5,085 yen to Corea, 280 yen to Russia, 

 83 yen to the Philippines, 2,181 yen to Great Britain, 2,071 yen to 

 Germany, and 1,808 yen to the United States. It is quite possi- 

 ble that the last three items relate to goods returned to the coun- 

 tries of manufacture. 



NEW TARIFF FOR NEW ZEALAND. 



■ I "HE New Zealand tariff act of 1907 discriminates in favor of 

 •^ British products in the case of a number of articles of im- 

 port. Thus all kinds of rubber footwear are dutiable at 33}^ 

 per cent, ad valorem, in the general tariff, and at 22j,^ per cent, 

 if imported from Great Britain. Rubber belting and fire hose 

 are dutiable at 10 per cent, and admitted free if of British 

 manufacture. Other rubber hose is dutiable at 20 per cent., and 

 free if made in any British possession. Most rubber goods, how- 

 ever, are not subject to any duty. Articles specifically mentioned 

 as free are dental rubber, waterproof material in the piece, boot 

 elastics, rubber heels, rubber cement, all rubber tires and tire 

 parts, packings, and rubber gloves. 



The manufacture of fountain and stylographic pens in the 

 United States is treated in Bulletin No. 85 of the indus- 

 trial census of 1905. The number of establishments making 

 them was 33, with a combined capital stated at $1,097,825. The 

 number of fountain pens manufactured during the census year 

 1905 is reported at 29,975 gross [=4,316,400], compared with 

 8028 gross [=1,156,032] for the year covered by the census of 

 1900. The value of fountain pen products for the two years was 

 $1,898,163 and $902,734 respectively. Since the principal bulk of 

 a fountain pen consists of hard rubber, it will be seen that this 

 industry is of considerable importance as an outlet for the rub- 

 ber factory products. 



