560 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1917. 



CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS. 



Illinois- — Mak^. i 

 Pounds. 



IV'kT Of CllKACO. 



Imports: 



Rubber scrap 272.694 



Manufactures of iiidia rubber 



Totals 272.694 



Port of Chicago, Illinois — Ai-ril, 



Imports: Pounds. 



Rubber scrap 102,629 



Maiuifact'.ire- .if india rubber 



Tot:. 



iyi7. 

 Value. 

 $16,823 

 8 



$16,831 



1917. 

 Value. 

 $6,860 

 822 



102.629 



Port or Clevel.snd. Ohio — .April. 

 Imports; Pounds. 



India rubber 1,757,002 



Rubber scrap 229 



Manufacture^ of India rubber 



$7,682 



1917. 



Value. 



$1,097,139 



18 



760 



Pout of San Francisco. 



Imports; 



India rubber 



(ailta nerclia 



Ciutla jelutong ( Pontianak) . 



Cal. — April, 

 Pounds. 



. 3,734,016 

 11,293 

 53,820 



1917. 



Value. 



$2,331,553 



1,704 



2,884 



Totals 3.799.129 $2,336,141 



Port of Seattle and Tacoma — March. 1917. 



Imports: Pounds. 



India rubber 3.434,318 



r.XPORTS* 



India rubber boots pairs 



India rubber shoes Irnirs 



Automobile tires 



Otber rubber tires 



Heltinc. bo?e, etc • 



.•Ml other manufactures of 

 india rubber 



199 

 688 



Value. 

 $1,964,756 



$732 

 673 



7.277 

 191 



3.573 



,316 



Unmanupactubed- 

 -dntiable: 



free : 



April, 1917. 



Elasticon- 



Spain 



England 



Straits Settlements 



Pounds. 



Total 



Manufactured- 

 India rubber — 



France 



England 



Scotland 



Canada 



Japan 



■dutiable: 



Total 



Tot:.: 



1.757.231 Sl.097.917 



Totals 



$19,762 



Port OF the 1>:str;ct of Michigan— March, 1917. 



Imports: Pounds. 



India rubber ^'M'^ 



Rubber scrap 16,800 



of india rubber 



Manufacture:* 



Totals ... 



Exports; 



Rubber scrap . 



India rubber boots pairs 



India rubber shoes pairs 



Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Belting, hose, etc 



.Ml other manufactures of 



india rubber 



Value. 



$239,069 



1.850 



9.616 



411.312 



32,903 



4,212 



29 



$250,535 



$2,633 



12,203 



44 



96,736 



154 



7,633 



6.647 



Gutfa pcrcba^ 

 Germany . . . . 

 Scotland . . . . 



Total 



Total manufactured. 



Value. 



$85 



2.168 



15,391 



$17,644 



$243 

 38,821 

 5,599 

 1,781 

 2.315 



$48,759 



$208. 

 9,417 



$9,625 



$58,384 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANU- RUBBER STATISTICS FOR THE 



Total $126,050 



Port of Galveston. Texas — Maecii. 1917. 



No transactions. 

 Port of Galveston, Texas — .April. ,1917. 



No transactions. 

 Port of New- Orleans. I-a. — March, 1917. 

 Imports' Pounds. Value. 



India rubber 35.302 $15,502 



Port of Xew Orleans, La.— April. 1917. 

 Imports: Pounds. Value. 



India rubber 48,515 $21,228 



Poet or New York — March, 1917. 

 Imports: Pounds. Value. 



India luhlier 30.392,693 $18,398,328 



Balat,! ^H-^,i, 



Gutta jelutong (Pontianak).. 348,163 



FACTURED RUBBER AT THE 

 PORT OF NEW YORK. 



April, 1917. 



UNITED 

 IMPORTS or 



Manufactures of india rubber 

 Total . . 



Exports: 



Rubber scrap (imported) 1.599,794 



Rubber scrap (exported).... 175,804 



Reclaimed rubber \li,260 



138,389 

 15,115 

 56.175 



Rubber boots Pa'rs 



Rubber shoes pans 



Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Belting, hose, etc 



All other manufactures of 

 rubber 



1,589 

 107,694 



$18,608,007 



$98,221 



28,462 



26,600 



5.926 



50,538 



567,325 



115,559 



208,383 



Unmanuf.\ctueed — free: 



Pounds. 

 Crude rubber — ■ 



France 33,026 



Portugal 474,637 



England 7,950,380 



Canada 500 



Costa Rica 6,375 



Guatemala -3,125 



Honduras -7,869 



Nicaragua 14,603 



Panama 24,908 



Salvador 1,952 



Mexico 116,127 



Trinidad 110 



Brazil -. 5,590,783 



Chile 738,071 



Colombia 75,593 



Ecuador 72,442 



Dutch Guiana 917 



Peru 260.425 



Venezuela 21,756 



British India 57,049 



Straits Settlements 4.272,857 



British East Indies 1,828,159 



Dutch East Indies 2,257,162 



Hongkong .412 



Philippine Lslands 10,621 



British West Africa 100,480 



Value. 



$19,195 



203,657 



5,771,599 



435 



4.523 



2,025 



4,427 



7,608 



10,535 



822 



53,131 



54 



2,663,719 



387,292 



36,095 



31,745 



504 



84,088 



10,970 



36,245 



2,411,198 



1,122,326 



1,244,612 



145 



5,141 



25.120 



CRUDE AND 

 RUBBER. 



Unmanufactured — free : r 



STATES. 



MANUFACTURED 



March, 1917 



Pounds. 

 India rubber: 



From — 



France 88.050 



Portugal 908.116 



United Kingdom 13,902,339 



Central .'\merican States 



and British Honduras... 148,899 



Mexico 301,959 



P.razil 9,235,209 



Other South .-Xmerica 278,849 



Fast Indies 13,480,965 



Other coinitries 14,825 



Totals 



.23,920,339 $14,137,211 



Gutta percha — free: 



England 126,911 



Totals 38.359,211 



Balata 305,628 



(iuavule gum 213,961 



•Gutta jelutong 348,163 



Value. 



$46,491 



388,620 



10,084,252 



69,070 



114.053 



4,414,468 



122,574 



7.922.023 



10.440 



$23,171,991 



138,389 



62,641 



15,115 



Totals 39,226.963 



Rubber scrap'- 2,497,784 



Totals, 

 Chicle . . . 



$23,388,136 

 187,461 



\wnnanufactured.41,724,747 

 dutiable 724,348 



*Dutiable beginning July 1, 1916. 

 MANUFACTt:RED — dutiable: 



Gutta percha 



India rubber 



$23,575,597 

 $330,628 



$18,860 

 69,545 



Peru 



Straits 



British 



Settlements . 

 West .Africa. 



Totals 



1,881 

 2,000 

 186,650 



317,442 $143,289 



$88,858 



1,275 



2,760 



50,396 



Total 



Poet of Philadelphia, 

 Imports: 



Rubber scrap 



Manufactures of india rubber 



441.782 



$1,542,796 



Pa.— -April. 1917. 

 Pounds, 



Total 



Exports; 



Rubber scrap 



Belting, hose, etc 



All other manufactures 



india rubber 



15,865 



23.415 



Gutta jelutong — dutiable: 



Straits Settlements 719,733 



Dutch East Indies 78,710 



Japan 670 



Totals 



809.113 



Total 



Port of San Fe^ncisco 

 Imports: 

 India "-ubber 



Cal. — March 



Pounds. 



. . 3,576,324 



Manufactures of india rubber 



1,373 



Totals 3.576,324 $2,238,269 



Exports; 



India rubber shoes pairs 



Automobile tires 



Other tires 



Belting, hose, etc 



All other m,-inufactures 



india rubber . ." 



Total 



6,025 



of 



$5,113 

 71,781 

 12.759 

 34.542 



12.026 



$136,221 



$32,189 



3.258 



101 



$8,545 



34,946 



12.060 



1,546 



6,389 



41,746 



6,953 



99,074 



Totals 412,467 $211,259 



Rubber scrap — free: 



Franc- 132.303 . $9,055 



Italy IPA'^. 



England 



Scotland 



Panama 



Cuba 



San Domingo 



Australia 



Total, m:inufactured. 

 EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE. 



March, 1917. 



MANUr\CTURED — 



urope. 



Ea'ata — free: 



Scotland 



Panama 



British West Indies. 



Haiti 



Bolivia 



Colombia 



British Guiana . . . . 

 X'enezucla 



4.394 

 16.909 



4,577 



40,593 



756 



38,699 



\utomobile tires: 

 To— 



France 



Russia iti 

 England . 



Canada 



Mexico 



Cuba 



.Australia 



New Zealand .... 

 Philippine Islands 

 Other countries . 



Pounds. 



Totals 1,171,031 



Totals unmanufactured. .26,630,392 



Chicle — dutiable: 



British Honduras 75,750 



Canada -. 9,032 



Honduras ,„, ^°? 



Mexico 1 01,448 



Totals 186,538 



Total 



.All other tires 



Belting, hose and packing - 



Rubber boots pairs 18,005 



Rubber shoes pairs 169,943 



Scrap and old rubber 516,595 



Reclaiined rubber 624,237 



Other rubber manufactures 



Total, manufactured. . . . 

 Fountain pens number 



EXPORTS OF FOREIGN 



Unmanufactured — r 



$88,405 



A'alue. 



$1,280 

 5,882 



114,558 



185,836 

 21,276 



'57.046 

 17,143 

 33,024 

 34,645 



412.490 



$883,180 



141,259 



320,876 



49.429 



85,820 



59,006 



110,608 



684,835 



$2,335,013 

 $11,152 



31,285 

 MERCHANDISE. 



March. 1917. 



Pounds. 



Balata 55,126 



Gutta percha 291 



India rubber 1,157.459 



Rubber scrap and refuse.... 1,000 



Totals, unmanufactured. 



Chicle 



Manufactured — 

 India rubber 



1,213,876 

 32,759 



Total manufactured 



Substitutes — elasticon, etc. 



Value. 



$35,692 



208 



666,411 



80 



$702,391 

 18,514 



$161 



$161 

 $1,702 



