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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 19i7. 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From January 1 to December 18. 1915 and 1916. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— .1, ,'|. 1915. 1916. 



United States pounds 18,193,395 25,667,293 



Can.ida and Newfoundland 392,495 6,720 



France 593,532 1,769,327 



Russia 332,200 293,674 



Italy 164,640 



United Kingdom 23,161,446 21,903,181 



Australia 844,977 783,651 



India 1,530 1,408 



Straits Settlements 119,933 43,680 



Japan ' 262.661 335,689 



Totals 43,902,169 50,969,263 



fSame period 1914. 34,888,617 pounds; same period 1913, 25,482.799.) 

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

 imporis reexported. (These amount to 2,844,398 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 819.574 pounds from India.) To arrive at the total quan- 

 tity of Ceylon rubber exported foi that year deduct these imports from 

 the total exports. The figures for 1915 and 1916 are for Ceylon rubber only. 



December, 1916. 



IHPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RAW RUBBER AT CEYLON. 



IMPORTS. 

 From Nov. 28 to Dec. 31. 1916. 



From — Pounds. 

 Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swettenham 166.371 



Pen.ing 69.696 



Port Dickson 60.125 



Singapore 31.065 



Total 327,257 



India — 



Tulicorin 181,627 



Cochin 106,920 



Alleppy 29,180 



Calcutta 572 



Seattle 

 Rosroii 



Pounds. 



69,456 



8,960 



Total 1,007,897 



Europe: 

 United Kingdom — 



England — ■ 



London 999,613 



Liverpool 29,830 



Manchester 1,819 



Total 1,131,262 



Total 318,299 



Burma — - 

 Rangoon 37,524 



Grand Total 683.080 



EXPORTS. 

 From December 1-31. 1916. 

 To- 

 North America: 

 United States — 

 New York 929,481 



Asia: 

 Japan — 



Yokohama . . . 



Kobe 



India (Bombay) 



8,960 



3,911 



383 



13,254 



13.440 



Grand Total 1.157.956 



Total 

 Oceania : 

 Australia 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official cablegram from Singapore gives the export of plantation rub- 

 ber from Straits Settlements ports for the month of December last as 

 3,219 tons, including transhipments amounting to 76S tons. The figures for 

 November were 5,247 tons and for December, 1915, 3,005 tons. The total 

 export for the past year was 48,650 tons, compared with 34,891 tons in 

 1915 and 19,727 tons in 1914. The following are the comparative figures: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



Tanuary to„s 1,181 2,576 4,443 



February 1,703 2,741 3,359 



March 1,285 2,477 4.481 



April ' 1,548 1,978 4,219 



May ....■ 1,309 3,588 3,274 



Tune 1.480 2,249 3,836 



luly 1,584 2,324 5,106 



AuBUSt .-..-... 1,325 2,295 3,246 



September ....:.'.. 1,602 4.725 2,987 



October 2,006 2.641 5.233 



November 2,370 4,292 5,247 



December 2,334 3,005 3,219 



Totals 19,727 34,891 48,650 



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 States as well as rubber actually exported from 

 the Colony, but do not include rubber exports from the Federated Malay 

 States. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE. 



December, 1916. 



Froin- 



Para 

 Rubber. 



Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swettenham. founds 2,410,266 



Teluk Anson 1,341,733 



Muar 1,068,266 



Penang 717,200 



Malacca 674,133 



Port Dickson 171.866 



Kelantan 134,400 



Para Rubber 



for 



Treatment. 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 



Kuantan 

 Rengat .... 

 Mersing . . . . 

 Pahang .... 

 S, Pandjang 

 Tringganu . . 



52,800 



20,666 



4,933 



1,600 



1,466 



266 



164,400 

 612,000 

 318,400 



26,666 



133 



Djambi 206,000 



Deli 

 Palembang 



Siak 



Muntok . . . 

 Bengkalis . 

 Indragin . . 

 Belawan . . 

 P. Bon . . . 

 Asahan . . . 



93,066 



40,533 



5,333 



4,400 



2,400 



266 



""iii 



Totals 352,131 



Java — 



Sourabaya 215,333 



Batavia 77,466 



Samarang 1 ,333 



Totals 294,132 



Siam — 



Bangkok 266 



Patani 133 



508,533 



217,466 



64,666 

 790,665 



1,866 



800- 



2,666 



1,600 



203,066 



59,063 



40,000 



1,600 302,129 



Total 

 Burma — 

 Rangoon 

 Mergui . 



13,600 

 4,666 



666 

 666 



2,933 



2,933 



Total 18,266 



Other ports 202,633 



163,166 



Grand Totals 8,029,152 2,632,573 



EXPORTS. 



5,333 4,533 85.733 



15.996 119.163 2.153.193 



December, 1916. 



Para Rubber 

 Tran- 

 shipped. 

 26,800 

 197,333 

 23.733 



To- 

 North AMERIc.^: Para 

 United States^ Rubber. 



Akron 2,496,266 



New York 1,948,266 



Seattle 500,533 



Boston 11,200 



Canada — 



Ontario (Toronto) 92,133 



Totals 5,048,398 247,866 



Europe: 

 United Kingdom — 

 England- — 



London 651,200 2,172,133 



Liverpool 105,333 177,333 



Russia (Vladivostok) 1,673,066 



France (Marseilles) 89.200 



Italy (Genoa) 24,400 



Totals 2,543,199 2,345,466 



Grand Totals 7,592,597 2,597,332 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Gutta 

 Percha. 



Gutta 

 Jelutong. 



56,133 



148,800 

 127,133 



56,133 275,93J 



116,933 

 19,733 



136,666 

 192,799 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT THE PORT 

 NEW YORK. 



[7 he Figures linhcutc ]Vcighl in Pounds.} 

 PARAS FROM BRAZIL. 



January 29. — By the steamer Tapajoz from Para: 



Fine. Coarse. Medium. Caucho. 

 H. A. Astlett & Co. 



OF 



.Mdens' Successors, 

 G. Amsinck & Co. . . 

 Meyer & Brown . . . 

 .General Rubber Co 



Arnold & Zeiss 



W. R. Grace & Co.. 

 Raw Products Co.. 

 Mnller, Schall & Co 

 Neuss, Hesslein & Co 

 E. T. Greiner 

 Various 



Ltd. 



Totals. ' 

 199,350 



800 400 85,000= 86,200 



74,700 



180,450 



101,700 



147,600 



6,7S<V 



11,250 



34,650 



198,900 



116,S5(V 



540,900 



Total = 1,699,000 



February 7. — By the steamer Manitowoc from Montevidio : 



A. D. Straus & Co = 2,700 



Neuss. Hesslein & Co 5,148 



Totals 6,599.595 1,121.466 



133 



Total 



5.148 

 7,84S 



