May 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



491 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT 

 SAN FRANCISCO. 



Pounds. 



March 1. — By the Persia il/arit = Manila: 

 Mitsui & Co 260 



March 6. — By the China Maru='iiong Kong; 



United States Rubber Co 75,920 



L. Littlejohn & Co 10,400 



Various_._. .^^. . .....:^ ■ ■ ■ 40.950 12 7,270 



March 12. — By the Korea MarM = Hong Kong: 



Henderson & Korn 291,900 



L. Littlejohn & Co 316,670 



Meyer & Brown 37,780 



Fred .Stern & Co 9.607 



Arnold & Zeiss 151,070 



W. H. Stiles & Co 67.010 



E. G. Curry 27,480 901,517 



March 12. — By the T;iJ0Krfari=Bat3via: 

 The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. 281.320 



United States Rubber Co 25.220 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 111,150 



L. Littlejohn & Co 68.510 



John Edgar & Co 28.340 514,540 



March 24. — By the Siberia il/arM = Hong Kong; 



Henderson & Korn 122.100 



Rubber Trading Co 21,840 



The Goodyear Tire i- Rubber Co. 264.680 



Arnold & Zeiss 237,380 



L. Littlejohn & Co 80.860 



Winter Son & Co 56.810 



W. H. Stiles & Co 51.610 



East Asiatic Co 43.680 



E.G.Curry 21,840 900.800 



March 30. — By the Venezuela Ex. Ettryalus^^ 

 Singapore; 



Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc 51,740 



Henderson & Korn 23.270 



Hood Rubber Co 44.460 



L. Littlejohn & Co 118.690 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 143.650 



Fred Stern & Co 121.940 



Fast Asiatic Co 42.250 



Robinson & Co 36,660 



Meyer & Brown 31.850 614.310 



April 2. — By the Tenyo Mam Ex Salamis= 

 Singapore: 



J. T. Johnstone & Co 88,530 



April 6. — By the Bankoku il/arit — Singapore: 

 Meyer & Brown 49.000 



April 7. — By the Saikai Mar»=: Singapore: 

 Meyer & Brown 11 2.000 



April 13. — By the Kwanto Mani=Kobe: 

 Henderson & Korn 129.200 



April 22. — By the 7'a/(Ay6tHj= Singapore; 



Meyer & Brown 108.000 



T. T. Johnstone & Co 350,000 



CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS. 



March, 1917. 

 Pounds 



Port of Boston 

 Imports: 



India rubber 



Rubber scrap 



Manufactures of india rubber 



33,358 

 11,442 



Value. 



$9,983 



1,062 



735 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



MANUFACT0EED 

 February, 1917. 



Totals 44,800 $11,780 



Exports: 

 Rubber scrap 160,951 



India rubber boots pairs 8.038 



India rubber shoes pairs 28.002 



Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Belting, hose, etc 



All other manufactures of 



india rubber 



Totals $56,948 



Port of Cleveland — March. 1917. 

 Imports: Pounds. Value. 



India rubber 430^934 $268,700 



223 



$17,479 



19,047 



12,629 



442 



10 



780 



6,561 



Manufactures of india rubber 



Totals 430,934 $268,923 



Port of Phii-adelphia — March, 1917. 

 Imports: Pounds. Value. 



Manufactures of india rubber $603 



Exports: 

 All other manufactures of 



india rubber $6,615 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND 

 aUBBEB. 



Unmanufactured — free: t 



India rubber: 



From — 



France 



Portugal 



United Kingdom 



Central American States 



and British Honduras... 



Mexico 



Brazil 



Other South America 



East Indies 



Other countries 



Pounds. 



Valu 



85,759 $46,773 



586,575 225,813 



4,024,038 2,565,716 



203,143 

 111.778 



3,983,966 

 332,591 



9,948,445 

 48,312 



92,174 

 54,227 



1,771,253 

 152,374 



5,672,606 

 33,659 



Totals 19,324,607 $10,614,595 



Balata 223,484 103,307 



Guayule gum 157,539 42,118 



•Gutta jelutong 1,519,602 66,331 



Gutta pcrcha 28,365 3,489 



Totals 21,253,597 $10,829,840 



Rubber scrap 1,645,826 120,489 



Totals unmanufactured 22,899,423 $10,950,329 



Chicle dntiable 772,733 384,679 



February, 1917. 



Manufactured — dutiaMe: 



Gutta percha 

 India rubber 



Pounds. 



Value. 



$27 



54,023 



Total, manufactured.... 

 Substitutes — elpsticon, etc., 



dutiable 



$54,050 

 $975 



EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, 

 February, 1917. 



Manufactured— 



Automobile tires: 

 To— 



France 



Russia in Europe 



England 



Canada 



Mexico 



Cuba 



Australia 



New Zealand 



Philippine Islands . . . 

 Other countries 



1L 



Pounds. 



Total 



Value. 



$60,455 

 43,680 



186,436 



101,437 

 15,851 

 72,331 

 62,653 

 5.734 

 20.340 



261.785 



.Ml other tires 



Belting, hose and packing 



Rubber boots pairs 40,297 



Rubber shoes pairs 226,395 



Scrap and old rubber 261,092 



Reclaimed rubber 428,286 



Other rubber manufactures 



Total, manufactured. 



$830,702 



140,586 



245,719 



96,500 



123,736 



33,193 



71,614 



622,575 



$2,164,265 



Fountain pens ntimber 12,371 $7,258 



EXPORTS OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE. 

 February, 1917. 



LTn manufactured — 



Balata 



India rubber 



Rubber scrap and refuse.. 



Totals, unmanufactured. 



Chicle ^ 



Manufactured — ■ 

 India rubber 



Pounds. 

 135.238 

 737,736 



Value. 

 $74,309 

 404,887 



872.974 

 7,755 



$479,196 

 2,714 



$1,128 



Total, manufactured $1,128 



EXPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS TO NON-CON- 

 TIGUOUS TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 

 Manufactured — 

 To— 



Alaska: 



Belting, hose and packing $5,931 



Boots and shoes pairs 6.508 11,535 



Other rubber goods 2,001 



Total 



To— 

 Hawaii ; 



Belting, hose and packing. 



.Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Other rubber goods 



$19,467 



$6,304 



27,875 



5.650 



10,716 



Manufactured — /- 



To- 

 Philippine Islands: 



Belting, hose and packing. 



Boots and shoes pairs 



Tires 



Other rubber goods 



Total 



To— 

 Porto Rico: 



Belting, hose and packing. 



Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Other rubber goods 



February, 1917. 



Pounds. 



3,533 



Value. 



$1,159 



2,151 



27,116 



17,830 



$48,256 



$1,646 



41,656 



230 



9,179 



Total 



$52,711 



'Dutiable beginning July 1. 1916. 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANU- 

 FACTURED RUBBER AT THE 

 PORT OF NEW YORK. 



March. 1917. 



Unmanufactured — free : Pounds. 

 Crude Rubber — 



France 



Portugal 



England 1 



Costa Rica 



Guatemala 



Total 



$50,545 



Honduras 



Nicaragua 



Panama 



Salvador 



Mexico 



Trinidad 



British West Indies. 



Brazil 



Colombia 



Ecuador 



British Guiana 



Peru 



Venezuela 



Aden 



British India 



Straits Settlements 

 British Ea^t Indies. 

 Dutch East Indies.. 

 Philippine Islands . 



88,050 



908,116 



3,868.981 



14.289 



17.409 



6.341 



42,935 



22,282 



9,841 



301,959 



879 



11,221 



9.235,209 



134,943 



86,765 



3,590 



49,837 



4,314 



958 



42,466 



2,560,620 



952,110 



2,027,911 



1,667 



Value. 



$46,491 



388,620 



10,074,269 



8,052 



8,826 



2,956 



21,685 



7,130 



4,919 



114,053 



371 



8,786 



4,414,468 



55,356 



37,539 



1,486 



25,577 



2,616 



479 



26,276 



1,441,598 



579,335 



1,126,636 



804 



Totals 30,392,693 $18,398,328 



Gutta Jelutong — dutiable: 



Straits Settlements 204,769 $10,324 



Dutch East Indies 143,394 4,791 



Totals 



Bal.Tta — free: 



Panama . . 



Trinidad 



Colombia 



British Guiana 



Dutch Guiana 



Venezuela 



Totals 305,628 $138,389 



Rubber Scrap — free: 



France 272.172 



England 



Panama 



Mexico 



Jamaica 



Trinidad 



British West Indies. 



Cuba 



-Argentine 



Australia 



1,020.584 



8.118 



6,309 



5,803 



1,784 



1.110 



53.952 



188.523 



41.439 



$16,244 



63,494 



556 



447 



522 



107 



67 



3,544 



11,874 



1,366 



Totals 1,599,794 



$98,221 



Totals unmanufactured.. 32,646,278 $18,650,053 

 Chicle — dutiable: 



British Honduras 



Canada 



Alexico 



Venezuela 



256.922 



74,914 



111.537 



101 



$84,782 



43,597 



38,836 



23 



Totals 443,474 $167,238 



Manufactured — dutiable: 

 India Rubber — 



France 



England 



Scotland 



Canada 



Colombia 



Straits Settlements 



$834 

 35,361 

 964 

 5,666 

 1,905 

 5,399 



Total . . . 



Gutta Percha- 



Scotland . . 



Totals, man-jfactured . . 



$50,129 



$18,785 

 $68,914 



