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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER. 



Eight Months Ending 

 Aueust. 1916. 

 Unm.\nufacicred — free: , 



India rubber: 



From France 



Portugal 



United KinRdora .... 



Central America and 



British Honduras.. 



McNico 



Brazil 



Other South America 



East Indies _ 1 



Other countries 



Totals 17.861. 4S8 $10,051,305 183.915.015 $114,903,948 



Balata 204,256 103,164 1,603.893 664.905 



Guavule aiim 274.645 74,520 1.673.125 479,475 



•Gutta jelutone 14,724,397 759,205 



tGutta jclutong 4,254,623 171.830 5,646,732 250.523 



Gutta percha 632.079 72.243 2,774,645 299,999 



Totals 23,227,091 $11,473,062 210,287.837 $117,358,055 



Rubber scrap 1.279,622 99,749 10,563,404 852,033 



Totals, unmanufactured.. 24. 506,713 $11,572,811 220.851.241 $118,210,088 

 599,488 



Chicle dutiable 



Manuf.\ctvred — dutiable: 



Gutta percha 



India rubber 



$256,751 4,937,590 $2,088,995 



Totals, manufactured. 

 Substitute^ — elasticoii. etc. 



31.980 



$57,758 



$4,798 



$122,449 

 305,654 



$428,103 



$15,880 



EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE. 



Manufactureu- • 



Automobile tires: 

 tTo Russia in Europe.. 



England 



Canada 



Mexico 



Cuba 



Australia 



New Zealand 



Philippine Islands 

 Other countries . . . 



August, 1916. 



Eight Month 

 August, 



s Ending 

 1916. 



Pounds. 



Totals 



All other tires _. 



Belting, hose and packing. . . . 



Rubber boots pairs 



Rubber shoes pairs 



Scrap and old rubber 



Reclaimed rubber 



Other rubber manufactures... 



Totals, manufactured 



21.029 



325.461 

 1 19 ^29 

 344J79 



Value. 



$14,668 



137,983 

 74,906 

 11.879 

 81.874 



136.054 

 86'.636 

 66.365 



314,553 



$924,918 



280.177 



421.383 



44.303 



141,857 



14.564 



52.868 



917.033 



$2,797,103 



Value. 



$883,197 



4,711,563 

 675,391 

 164.252 

 483.127 



1,430,063 

 865.876 

 346.242 



2.213.197 



$11 



326.273 

 1,630,295 

 2.432.230 

 4,088,036 



,772.908 

 ,020,868 

 ,501.623 

 733.895 

 789.859 

 260.286 

 591.533 

 ,010.989 



$24,681,961 



Fountain pens nmnhcr 20.667 $11,434 168,198 $94,353 



EXPORTS OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE. 



Eight Months Ending 

 .^u^ust. 1916. 

 Unmanufactured — 



August. 1916. 



Pounds. 



Balata 129,823 



Guayule gum 



Gutta jelutong 



Gutta percha 



India rubber 320,224 



Rubber scrap rnd refuse 



Value. 

 $58,985 



167.087 



Pounds. 

 624.168 



Value. 

 $235,618 



56.000 



2.383 



4,109.545 



2.520 



2.095 



2.563,679 



Totals, unmanufactured. 



450.047 $226,072 4,792.096 $2,803,912 



Chicle 



Manufacture 

 Gutta percha . . . 

 India rubber ... 



8.406 



$2,388 



$2 



85,972 



Totals, manufactured. 



$29,346 



$352 

 31.616 



$31,968 



EXPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS TO NON-CONTIGUOUS TERRITORIES OF 

 THE UNITED STATES. 



Eight Months Ending 

 August. 1916. August. 1916. 



Manufactured — ■ 



To Alaska: 



Belting, hose and packing 

 Boots and shoes. .. .^aiVj 

 Other rubber goods 



Totals ,.. 



To Hawaii: 



Belting, hose and packing 



Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Other rubber goods 



Totals 



V'alue. 



$22,460 



44.457 



7,679 



$74,596 



$4,754 



56;495 



7 1" 



131759 



$82,130 



Pounds. 

 '62.538 



Value. 



$93,191 



168,109 



33,016 



$294,316 



$53,254 



374.604 . 



66.893 



67,717 



$562,468 



To Philippine Islands: 



Belting, hose and packing 

 Boots and shoes. . . .pairs 



Tires 



Other rubber goods 



Totals 



To Porto Rico: 



Belting, hose and packing 



.Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Other rubber goods 



32,687 



Totals 



$68,957 



$434,900 



QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1916. 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER. 



April 1, to June 30, 1916. 



Unmanufactured — free; Pounds. 



Balata. crude 497,334 



Guayule gum 814.360 



'Gutta jelutong 10,566.744 



Gutta percha, crude 947,600 



India rubber, crude 80,966,921 



Scrap rubber 2,923,654 



Reclaimed rubber 535,799 



Totals, unmanufactured 97,252,412 



Manufactured — dutiable: 



Gutta percha , 10 per cent 



India rubber 10 per cent. 



Druggists' sundries of rubber 15 per cent 



Hard rubber 25 per cent '. 



Substitutes, ela^ticon, etc 15 per cent 



Totals, manufactured 



Chicle: Crude 15 cents per lb. 778,125 



Refined 20 cents per lb. 739,526 



Value. 



$206,824 

 231,978 

 544,089 

 126,312 

 52,282,685 

 191,713 

 87,111 



$53,670,712 



$52,047 



116,379 



8,598 



5,990 



1.770 



$184,784 



$234,149 



416,737 



Totals 



1,517,651 



$835,670 



*Free, January to June, 1916 finclusive"). 



IDutiab'le beginning July 1, 1916. 



JNot separately stated prior to January 1. 1916. 



UNITED KINGDOM RUBBER STATISTICS. 



IMPORTS. 



UnMAXUFACTUBED — r 



rude rubber: 

 From Dutch East Indies... 



French West Africa. . 



Gold Coast 



Other countries in 

 Africa 



Peru 



Brazil 



British India 



Straits Settlements and 

 dependencies, includ- 

 ing Labuan 



Fed'^rated Malay 

 Stales 



Ceylon and depend- 

 encies 



Other countries 



September, 1916. 



Nine Months Ending 

 September, 1916. 



Pounds. 



787,300 

 22.700 

 58.400 



484,400 



I,56S,4C6 

 392.200 



3,710.600 



6.449.500 



2,690,700 

 442,000 



Value. 



$522,100 

 10,224 

 21,049 



216.189 



Poun 



Valu 



854.157 

 226,547 



7,846,300 $5,396,873 



1.260.700 653,629 



'1,261,100 502,529 



6.369,400 3,224,366 



1,197.400 768,883 



17.906.600 11,636.454 



2,816,900 2,010,828 



Totals 16.606,200 



Waste and reclaimed rubber.. 150,100 

 Gutta percha 277.800 



Manuf.\ciubed — 

 Apparel, waterproofed 



35.797,500 24.819.641 



30,294,000 20.584,924 



16.605.700 11,450,898 



2.451.400 1,616.115 



$9,555,201 123,807,000 $82,665,140 



$16,065 4,334,000 $548,551 



133,675 5,108.000 2,317.196 



1,818,182 



4,030.540 



1.596.056 

 260,157 



Boots and shots. . .dozen pairs 



Insulated wire 



Submarine cables 



.'\utomobile tires and tubes... 

 Motorcycle tires and tubes... 



Cycle tires and tubes 



Tires not specified 



Manufactured — 



Apoarel waterproofed: 



To France 



British South Africa. 

 British East Indies.. 



Australia 



New Zealand 



Canada 



Other countries 



Totals 



and shoes. .dozen 



Boot: 

 Insuiated wire 



Submarine cables 



Automobile tires and tubes 

 Motorcycle ti res and tubes 

 Cycle tires and tubes. : . . . 



Tires not specified 



Manufactures not specified 



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