pEbRllARV 1. 1917.) 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



303 



DISTRIBUTION. 

 The consumption of -crude rubber of the various grades has 

 been estimated as follows : 



1916. 1915. 1914. 



England tuns 25.000 24.000 18.000 



Germany. lAustiia, etc 1,500 3,000 16,430 



France 8.500 7.000 5,000 



Russia 20.000 16,000 11,610 



Italy, etc 4.000 2.500 4.000 



Tapan and Australia 5.000 4.000 2,400 



America and Canada 114.000 89,500 62,940 



Totals 178,000 146,000 120.380 



All countries show increases except the Teutonic nations, the 

 United States, Russia and Italy being most conspicuous. Scan- 

 dinavian countries and Spain are manifesting increased activity 

 in the rubber industry. 



[The figures and information used in the above review were supplied by 

 S. Figgis & Cn. and Gow, Wilson & Stanton — both of London.] 



MOVEMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF RUBBER IN THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



IMPORTS. 



Twelve Months 



December. Ending December. 



/ * ^ , * ., 



1916. 1915. 1914. 1916. 1915. 1914. 



Dutch East Indies Ions 855 154 ... 5,538 2,863 



French West Africa 11 170 20 610 724 281 



Gold Coast 13 19 5 660 282 252 



Other Countries in -Africa 67 238 ... 3,852 2,788 



Peru 309 5 51 842 740 693 



Brazil 1,016 822 891 10,721 12,785 12,385 



British India 154 181 ... 1.692 1,468 



Straits Settlements 1,365 1,963 3,250 I9.SS4 29,489 21,143 



Federates Malay States 2,017 861 928 19,934 12,892 9,821 



Ceylon and Dependencies 1,025 904 1,620 10,052 12^772 9,361 



Other Countries 98 94 1,176 1,455 1,787 13,706 



Total Imports 6,930 5,411 7,941 75,240 78,590 67,642 



EXPORTS. 



December. 



Twelve Months 

 Ending December. 



From the United Kingdom, 



1916. 

 .tons 2,993 



1915. 

 4,522 



1914. 



1 ZA-^ 



1916. 

 •IS 459 



1915. 1914. 

 63.520 49.072 



SUMMARY OF NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES. 



Upriver. 



I»l.'in.l>. 



1916. Fine. 



January ...$0.77(510.99 

 '•"ebruary . . . .73 (5> .80 



March 74@ .78 



April 72(oi .74 



May 67@ .72 



lune 62(S) .68 



July 65@ .68 



August 65® .68 



September .. .69® .74 



Ocl^ober 71® .80 



November . . .79® .83 

 December . . .78® .81 



1916 $0.74 



1915 61->i 



1914 7iyi 



1913 87?<1 



1912 1.1154 



1911 1.18^ 



Coarse. 

 $0.60®0.76 

 .52® .60 

 .56® .59 

 .55® 57 

 .50® .54 

 .42® .50 

 .41® .42 

 .39® .40 

 .41® .44 

 .42(5' .46 

 .45®' .47 

 .47® .56 



.\VER.\r,E 



$0.50 

 .47)4 

 .47K 

 .58 

 .89 "/i 

 .95 



Fine. 



$0.75®0.9O 



.67(a .74 



.6S@ .71 



.65 @ .69 



.61® .67 



.57@ .62 



.58@ .59 



.57® .59 



.58® .62 



.60^1 .71 



' .69@ .72 



.69® .72 



Prices. 



$0.66 



.55/2 



.63 -M 



.79K- 



1.05K' 



lAO'A 



Coarse. 

 $0.35@0.53 



.35® .38 



.34® .39 



.36® .40 



.30® .37 



.27® .31 



.26® .28 



.27® .28 



.28® .30 



.29® .33 



.30® .32 



.30® .34 



$0.33 



.30!^ 



.31 H 



.36^ 



.59 



.64 



Cameta. 

 $0.39® 0.54 

 .37® .40 

 .36® .40 

 .38® .40 

 .35® .38 

 .33® .35 

 .33® .34 

 .32® .33 

 .32® .33 

 .31® .35 

 .32® .33 

 .31® .36 



$0.35?i 

 .33K 



■ 3SH 

 .42 

 .63H 



■ 70'A 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 

 .\n official cablegram from Kuala l.umpur reports that the export of 

 plantation rubber from the Federated Malay States for the month of De- 

 cember amounted to 5.717 tons^ compared with 6.776 tons in November 

 (which was the highest on record), and 5,111 tons for the corresponding 

 month of 1915. The total export for the past year amounted to 62,763 

 ions, as against 44,524 tons in 1915 and 30.697 tons in 19r4. In 1909 the 

 total export was only 2.641 tons and in 1910 (the year of the "boom") 

 5,452 tons, or less than is now exported in one month. The Federated 

 Malay States export of plantation rubber is about half of the world's out- 

 put. .Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



January tons 2,542 3,473 4.471 



February 2,364 , 3,411 5,207 



March 2,418 3,418 4,429 



April 2,151 2,777 3.914 



May 2,069 2,708 3,956 



June 2,306 3,403 S.U4 



July 2,971 3.687 5,053 



-\ugust 1,850 3.796 5.782 



September 2,879 3.984 6,376 



October 2,897 4,120 5,968 



November 2.889 4.636 6,776 



December 3.361 5,111 5,717 



Totals 30,697 44,524 62,763 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER FROM PARA 



NEW YORK. 



AND MANAOS DURING DECEMBER, 1916. 



EXPORTERS. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



T. Marques kilos 114.011 36.801 143,330 115,065 



StoNvell & Co 260,114 17,062 80.141 1.497 



I .eneral Rubber Co 135.101 8,463 78,267 3,932 



\d. H. Alden. Ltd 17.862 18.318 29,920 36 



I'lres Teixeira & Co 83,335 8.807 77,001 12,423 



Suarez Hermanos & Co., Ltd 56.350 7,383 



G. Fradelizi & Co 9,520 510 19,729 4,612 



Seligmann & Co 42.059 35 34 1.584 



Sundries 73.719 160 96.742 27,319 



792,071 90,156 532.547 166,468 



From Itacofitiara 13,600 510 8,840 2,465 



From Man&os 607,247 127,590 243.632 58,245 



From Iquitos 154,816 19.901 68".404 215,283 



Totals. December, 1916 1,567.734 238.157 853.423 442.461 



November. 1916 831.347 91.128 278.465 105.136 



October. 1916 534,595 27.873 32.933 266.489 



September. 1916 869.014 90,689 329.205 75.342 



EUROPE. 



Totals. Fine. 



409.207 90.990 



358.814 124.239 



225.763 



66.136 135.223 



181.566 29,750 



63,733 



34,371 9,888 



43.712 



197.940 8,381 



1,581.242 398,471 



25.415 



1.036.714 463.693 



458,404 16,786 



3,101,775 878.950 



1,306,076 777,886 



861,890 970.16:> 



1.364.250 639,662 



Medii 



10,149 



1,190 



'899 



' '806 



13.044 



'ik'.oie 



1,708 



48,768 



60,979 



106,881 



39,313 



Coarse. 



13.529 



59.652 



480.473 



27,798 



Caucho. 



3.700 

 7.444 



14,612 

 ' 10.563 



3.300 



TOWLS. 

 96.690 

 142,043 



149.835 

 30.940 

 10,563 

 11.428 



'l3,9l'() 



41,619 455,409 



70,892 578.059 



37,771 58,061 



150,282 1,091,529 



330,117 1.228.634 



156,071 1,713,591 



193,476 900,249 



Gr.\no 



Totals. 



505,897 



500,857 



225,763 



215,971 



212,506 



74,296 



45,799 



43,712 



211,850 



2,036,651 



25,415 



1,614,773 



516,465 



4,193.304 

 2.534.710 

 2.575.481 

 2.264.499 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER FROM 



NEW YORK. 



MANAOS DURING DECEMBER, 



EUROPE. 



1916. 



EXPORTERS. Fine. 



Tancredo Porto & Co I.ilos 184.370 



General Rubber Co. of Brazil 19.124 



Adelbert H. Alden. Ltd 3.778 



Stnwell &■ Co 127,446 



J. G. Araujo 89,261 



Ohliger & Co 60.958 



G. Fradelizi 5 280 



H. Balding 23.176 



J. L. Traqtieia 5,106 



Mesquita & Co 



Totals 3 1 8.499 



In transit, Iquitos 199,128 



Totals', December, 1916 717,627 



November. 1916 412.141 



October. 1916 211.804 



September. 1916 259.336 



-August. 1916 435.992 



July. 1916 238.014 



January to June, 1916. .2.537,504 

 {Compiled by Stowell & Co., Manaos.) 



Medium. 

 42,981 

 15,475 

 30,330 

 14.482 

 18,240 

 2.440 



1 24.633 

 19.901 



144,556 

 60.694 

 51.370 

 36.882 

 47.117 

 21.593 



410.024 



Coarse. 



57.416 

 39.367 

 54.455 

 27.237 

 28.222 

 6.202 

 2.609 



■ ■ " 999 



216.707 

 82.249 



298.956 



120,130 



101.151 



72,767 



84,672 



31.284 



996,427 



Caucho. 



19,775 



19,391 



88 



15 



160 



11,541 



337 



51.307 

 217,141 



268,448 

 11,300 

 12,933 

 23,185 

 24.754 



204.740 

 1.438.355 



Totals. 



304,542 



93,557 



88,651 



169.180 



135.883 



81.141 



8.226 



23,176 



6,812 



911,168 

 518,419 



1,429,587 

 605,270 

 377,258 

 392,170 

 592,535 

 495,631 



Fine. 



105,364 



183,863 



127.978 



9.120 



17,280 



480.479 

 599.987 

 379,338 

 351,246 

 272,281 

 68,650 



Medium. 



6,098 



24,683 



34 



320 



2,881 



34,016 

 1,708 



35,724 

 53,330 

 25,247 

 33,813 

 20.604 

 43,932 



Coarse. 



1.060 

 759 

 122 



9.458 

 1,796 



11.254 

 56,958 

 16.464 

 9,713 

 10.127 

 18.914 



Caucho. 



15.547 



33.863 



14.722 



6.730 



30 



70.892 

 37.771 



108,663 

 189.368 

 139',758 

 138,625 

 258,293 

 269.029 



5.382,310 1.430,317 313,896 242,475 1,240,885 



\ Grand 



Totals. Totals. 



128,069 432,611 



250.000 343.557 



142,856 231.507 



16.170 185.350 



17,280 153,163 



81,141 



22,339 30,565 



23.176 



6.812 



1,345 1.345 



578,059 r.489,227 



58.061 576.480 



636.120 2.065.707 



899.643 1,504,913 



550,207 927.465 



533.397 925.567 



561,305 1,153,840 



400,525 896.150 



3.248.073 8.630.383 



