October 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



47 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Extorts of Cevlon Grown Rubber. 



(From January 1 to August 16, 1914 and 1915. CompilcJ by the 

 Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1914. 



Great Britain pounds 9,867,203 14 



United States 5,255,053 8 



Belgium 2,936,870 



Germany 1,037,415 



.Australia 339,603 



France 250,712 



Japan 215,100 



Russia 105,2J2 



Straits Settlements 42,535 



Italy 1,772 



1915. 



710,294 



567,536 



393,497 

 234,272 

 215,929 

 332,200 

 119,933 





1,050 



Total 20,052,525 24,914,801 



(Same period 1913, 13,754,468 pounds; same period 1912, 6,957,230.) 

 The export figures of rubber given in the above table for 1914 include 

 ^e imports re-exported. (These amount to 2.538,771 pounds.) To arrive 

 t the total quantity of Ceylon rubber exported for that period deduct these 

 nports from the total exports. The figures for 1915 are for Ceylon rubber 

 nly. 



ToT.\L Exports from M.klaya. 



hgures include the producti< 



States, 



Singapore. 



To— June 30. 



Great Britain. ./>0M«dj 16,880,281 



Continent 2,978,194 



Japan 896,841 



Ceylon 115,066 



United States 13,254,393 



Australia 242,326 



of Ceylo 



Port Swet- 



Malacca. Penang. tenham. 



July 31. June 30. August 1. Total. 



4,834,058 11,308,531 16,526,627 49,549,497 



638,799 20,160 3,637,153 



896,841 



266,533 925,695 1,307,294 



408,133 13,662,526 



242,326 



Total 34,367,101 



Same period, 1914. 18,511.130 



Same period, 1913. 11.421,866 



Same period, 1912. 5,911,343 



1,834,058 12,621,996 17,472,482 69,295,637 



!, 932,923 10,407,734 17,444,472 49,296,259 



6,988,266 15,202,528 33,612,660 



3,966,968 9,998,195 19,876,506 



SINGAPORE. 



Guthrie & Co., Ltd., report [August 11, 1915]: 



The record quantity of 296 tons catalogued for the auction held today 

 met with a fairly steady demand, about 160 tons changing hands. 



Fine pale crepe was again wanted, the top price of the sale viz.: $133, 

 being paid for one very fine lot. Fine ribbed smoked sheet sold up to $130, 

 a decline of $2. Plain smoked sheet was unchanged for the week, all parcels 

 offered being readily taken. 



The lower grades, with the exception of dark crepe, marked declines of 

 from $1 to $6. 



The demand for scrap was better than for some time past, virgin and 

 pressed marking substantial 



the 



better than 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked $128@130 



Sheet, fair to good ribbed 



smoked 126@127 



Sheet, plain, smoked 119@127 



Sheet, unsmoked 112(3120 



Crepe, fine pale 130@133 



Crepe, good pale 



Crepe, fine brown. 



Crepe, good brown 



Crepe, dark 



Crepe, bark 



Scrap, virgin 



Scrap, pressed . . . 



Scrap, loose 



123@129 

 1190126 

 113@119 

 109@117 

 98®113 

 83@104 

 90(a 91 

 80 fg! 94 



Sterling equivaler 



per pound 



in London. 



2/ 57A@2/ 6'A 



2/ 5/.@2/ 5^ 

 2/ 4 @2/ 5H 

 2/ 2/2@2/ 4>i 

 2/ 6'A@2/ 7 

 2/ 474@2/ 6M 

 2/ 4 @2/ S'A 

 2/ 2Yi@2/ 4 

 2/ m@2/ IVi 

 l/ll/2@2/ 254 

 1/ 83^@2/ fi% 

 1/ 9J«@1/10^ 

 1/ 7J^@1/10J4 



Equivalent 



59.80@60.05 

 S6.76@60.05 

 53.72@57.27 

 61.32@62.84 

 58.53@61.06 

 56.76@59.80 

 54.22@56.76 

 52.45@55.75 

 47.64@54.22 



2/4 [56 cents]. 

 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 

 An official cablegram received from the Colonial Secretary, 

 Singapore, announces that the export of plantation rubber from 

 the Straits Settlements during the month of August amounted 

 to 2,295 tons, as compared with 2,324 tons in July and 1,325 

 tons in the corresponding month last year. 



The following is a comparative table showing the export for 

 three years : 



January . 



March . . . 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Total 



1913. 



784 



7,248 11,415 20,228 



These figures include transhipments of rubber from various 

 places in the neighborhood of the Straits Settlements, such as 

 Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the non-Federated Malay Slates, as 

 well as rubber actually exported from the Colony, but do not 

 include rubber exports from the Federated Malay States. 



PL.\NTATIOX RUBBER EXPORTS FRO.M JAVA AND MADURA. 



EXPORTS TO- 



Japan 



Australia .. 

 Other Coun 



1915. 1914. 1915. 



330 3,000 22,359 



189,820 1,464,445 975,108 



384,608 4,794 



191,910 1,999,252 1,015,557 



499 38,203 12,705 



371,342 1,730,848 2,166,879 



1,998 26,774 9,788 



19,520 56,190 



Grand total. . .1,011,469 



259 7,016,503 



THE RUBBER PRODUCTION OF PERU. 

 The following statistics of the rubber production of Peru 

 and the rubber exported from that country to the United 

 States in 1913, via Iquitos. MoUendo and Callao, have been 

 compiled by the United States Rubber Export Co., Limited, 

 of New York: 



Producti{ 



Caucho 



Caucho, white 

 Caucho, sheet 



Gum, sapote . 



Per 



veak 



Peruvian, medium 



Peruvian, fine 1,546,288 



Peruvian tails 



Caucho, ball 2,635,026 



Peruvian, coarse 485,445 



Total 6,121,731 



f the world's 



The same company's estimat 

 of crude rubber is given below 



851,129 

 onsumption 



WORLD'S CONSUMPTION OF CRUDE RUBBER, 1913. 

 Brazil tons 64! 



Denmark, Sweden and Norway 



Italy 



Belgium 



Austria-Hungary 



1,780 



2.000 



2,500 



3,327 



3.686 



6.500 



9,700 



Russia 10.293 



United Kingdom 1 7,980 



Germany 18.832 



United States 47,500 



Switzerland 1,514 



Total 



126.259 



