684 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1917. 



IMPORTS. 



May 1-24, 1917. 



From — 

 Mal.iy Peninsula — 



Port Swettcnham .. ./fri. 1,435,866 



Ttluk .\nson 944,000 



Malacca 809.733 



Muar 581,333 



Pcnang '♦"i'^92 



Port Dickson 1 10,400 



Kelantan ^t-lli 



Kcng.it fn- JI 



Kuantan iy,/JJ 



S. Pandjang 4,666 



Tringganu 



Para Rubber 

 Para for 



Rubber. Treatment. 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Gutta 

 Percha. 



Gutta 

 Jelutong. 



405,600 



ii'/.MO 

 42,000 



"20,806 



266 



215.200 



3,333 



32,266 



30.933 



Totals 4,507.663 596,000 



Borneo — 



Sarawak 161.466 ■■■■■■■ 



Bandjermassin 110.666 31,466 



Sibu 64,266 



Pontianak cf?tt ''''^^ 



.Sambas 5S, 133 



Jesselton 39,600 



Labuan 31.h66 



Sandakan 23.066 



Sampit •-'■666 



Passir ^[■'Ai 



Kudat 6,266 



Singkawang •J-'-" 



Samarinda 3,066 



Totals 593,593 



Sumatra — 



Djambi 256,933 



Palembang 58.266 



Deli d2,000 



Indragiri in'ni^ 



Bengkal.s 10.933 



Siak ',^66 



Muntok 6.266 



Belawan 



Asahan 



1,066 



22.000 



1,200 



4,000 



933 



10.933 

 60,266 

 2,133 

 15,066. 

 1.333 

 2,000 

 4.266 



796.266 



188.533 



228,800 



36,000 



164.000 



!.4O0 



266 



2.666 



317.331 29,465 101,063 1,413,599 



43,333 



4,533 



i 50.606 



99,600 



Totals 410,397 



Java — 



Sourabaya 68 OOO 



Batavia 62,000 



Samarang ••33 



Totals 130.433 



297,466 



Siam — 

 Bangkok 

 Patani . . 



Total 



1.1166 

 933 



1,999 



Burma — 



Rangoon tU'H^ iil'iii 



Other ports 233,866 234.333 



800 



1,333 131,066 



15.200 



2,666 



2,133 148.932 



19,466 17,866 160.666 



Grand Totals 



To- 

 North America: 



.5.895,284 1,445,330 

 EXPORTS. 



May 1-24, 1917. 



48.931 121.062 1.723,197 



Para Rubber 

 Para Trans- 

 Rtibber. shipped. 



Borneo Gutta Gutta 

 Rubber. Percha. Jelutong. 



United States— 



New York 3,232.533 1.324,666 



Akron 1,191,200 39,600 



Seattle " 1,102.266 54.933 



San Francisco 219.333 4.533 



Boston 176,133 



Canada — 



Montreal ''^^r"?? 



Vancouver 563,866 



Granbv 26.933 



Toronto 9,500 



Totals 7.873,764 1,423,732 



Europe: 

 United Kingdom — 



England — 



London 1,150.800 2,178,933 



Liverpool 306.266 357,333 



Russia (Vladivostok) 1.880.133 



Italy (Genoal 756.933 



France (Marseillesj 312.800 



Totals 4.406,932 2.536,266 



Grand Totals . 



498,666 1,480,266 

 '77.266 921,666 



11.333 

 24.200 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



April 

 A 



To— ■ 1916. 



Holl.\nd; 



Hevea founds 



(iRE.\T Brit.mn: 



Ficus 4,594 



Hevea 757,120 



Cear.i 4,354 



Castilloa 5,889 



Totals 771,957 



L'nited States: 



Ficus 28,175 



Hevea 2,374,400 



Ceara 



Castilloa 



Totals 2,402,575 



Singapore: 



Ficus 5,282 



Hevea 512.960 



Ceara 594 



Castilloa 110 



Totals 518.946 



Other Countries: 



I'icus 



Hevea 38.080 



Totals 38.080 



I'our Months Ending 

 April. 



575.866 2,401,866 



67,466 19.866 



1917. 



1.533 



831,040 



6,514 



6,264 



1916. 

 29,120 



8,470 



2,367,680 



16.427 



18,832 



1917 



4.571 



2,172,800 



12,707 



13,272 



845,351 2,411,409 2,203,350 



32.087 



1,933,120 5,427,520 

 11,114 



2,578 



10,868,480 



185 



7,060 



1,933,120 5,470,721 10,878,303 



102,999 19,866 



1,430 



226,240 



550 



17,796 



1,413,440 



11,812 



2,365 



7.027 



1.232.000 



12,082 



797 



228,220 1,445,413 1,251,906 



4,480 



4,480 



1,672 

 112,000 



15,680 



15,680 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



The e.<port of jilantation rubber from .Straits Settlements ports in the 

 month of May, as oiiF.cially reported by cablegram from Singapore, 

 amounted to 6.282 tons. Of this total. 928 tons were transhipments from 

 adjacent countries. Appended are the comparative statistics for three 

 years: 



1915. 1916. 1917. 



January tons 2.576 4,443 3.562 



February 2,741 3.359 6.495 



March 2.477 4.481 8.299 



April I,y78 4,219 6,103 



May 3,588 3.274 6,282 



Totals 13.360 19,776 30.741 



The above figures include transhipments of rubber from various places 

 in the neighborhood of the Straits Settlements, such as Borneo, Java, 

 Sumatra and the Malay States other than the Federated Malay States. 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS, 



It is officially reported from Kuala Lumpur that the exports of plantation 

 rubber from the Federated Malay .States in the month of June amounted to 

 6.008 tons, which compares with 7.179 tons in May and 5,114 tons in the 

 corresponding month last year. For the first half of the present year, the 

 exports amounted to 39.471 tons compared with 27.091 tons in 1916 and 

 19,190 tons in 1915. Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1915. 1916. 1917. 



January tons 3.473 4.471 5.995 



February 3.411 5.207 7.250 



March 3.418 4.429 7,084 



April 2.777 3,914 5.955 



May 2,708 3,956 7.179 



Tune 3,403 5,114 6.008 



Totals 19.190 27.091 39.471 



12.280.696 3,959.998 678.865 2.421.732 



EXPORTS OF CEYXON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From January 1 to May 28. 1917. Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber of 

 Commerce.) 



To— 1917. 1916. 



United Kingdom rounds 12.999.165 7.721.711 



France 1,322,371 586,650 



Italv 33.600 



Russia 177,623 179,010 



Western Austi alia 56 



South Australia 27 



\ictoria 198,353 336,016 



New South Wales 61.858 63.776 



United States 7,161,914 11.594,584 



Canada and Newfoundland 239,694 2,240 



India 25 600 



Japan 26.848 94,676 



Totals 22,221,478 20,579,319 



(Same period 1915. 17.077.193 pounds; same period 1914. 13.167.984 

 pounds.) The export figures of rubber, given in the above table for 1914. 

 include the imports reexported. (These amount to 1,641.720 — 1.364,436 

 pounds from the Straits, and 265.660 pounds from India.) To arrive at the 

 total quantity of Ceylon rubber exported for that year deduct these imports 

 from the total exports.. The figures for 1916 and 1917 are for Ceylon 

 rubber only. 



