April 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



397 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



NEW YORK. 



THE active dealers' demand, in evidence the last of February, 

 for near-by plantation rubber to cover short sales gave 

 strength to the market for an advance. On the first of 

 March first latex spot was quoted at SSH-S6 and upriver fine Para 

 at 58^ with very little demand. During the entire month buyers 

 have displayed little or no interest in the market which sank 

 into a state of practical stagnation with slowly falling quotations 

 reaching 51 for first latex and 55J/2 for upriver fine. 



The outlook is still favorable to buyers whose needs, however, 

 are not urgent because of the prevailing industrial uncertainties. 



The course of the market quotations on plantations and Para 

 during the month were as follows: 



Plantations. — March 4, spot latex crepe, 55 cents ; March 

 arrivals, 54 cents ; May to June arrivals, 50^/2 cents ; July to De- 

 cember arrivals, SO cents. On March 20 the prices were : spot, 

 52 cents; March arrivals, 51^4 cents; May arrivals, 51 cents; 

 June arrivals, SOyi cents. 



March 4, spot ribs, 54 cents ; spot, c. i. f. Pacic Coast, SOyi 

 cents ; April arrivals, 52 cents ; May-July arrivals, 50^ cents. 

 March 20, 51 cents ; April arrivals, 50J^ cents ; May arrivals, 

 50 cents; June arrivals, 49^ cents. 



March 4, No. 1 amber gristly crepe was quoted at 51^ cents 

 for near-by and 47 cents for July to December arrivals. March 

 20, April to June arrivals were quoted at 47^ cents, and July 

 to December arrivals at 46 cents. 



March 4, No. 1 roll brown crepe, spot, sold for 36^ cents ; 

 July to December arrivals, at 32 cents. On March 20 these 

 prices had declined to 35yi cents and 31 cents, respectively. 



Par.^s. — March 4, upriver fine, spot, was 58 cents ; islands fine 

 March-April, 47^4 cents ; upriver coarse, spot 34^ cents ; cameta, 

 coarse, March-May, 22 cents. 



March 20, upriver fine, spot, was 56 cents ; upriver coarse, spot, 

 34y2 cents, and April-June, 34 cents. 



April 1, Mar. 1, 



1918. 1919. 



AFRICANS— 



.Niger flake, prime 27 @ 24 (S) 



paste (3! • 



Benguela, extra No. 1, 28% @ « 



Benguela No. 2, 32y,% @ @ 



Congo prime, black upper. . 48 @ 45 @ 



Congo prime, red upper.... @ @ 



Rio Nunez ball 46 (3 @ 



Rio Nunez sheets and strings @ 9 



Conakry niggers @ © 



Massai sheets and strings... @ @ 



CENTRALS— 



Corinto scrap 35 @36 36 @37 



Esmeralda sausage 35 @36 36 @ 



Central scrap 35 @36 365^@ 



Central scrap and strip. 75% 34 @ 33 @ 



Central wet sheet, 25% 31 @ 24 @25 



Cuayule, 20% guarantee @ 33 @34 



(iuayule, dry @ 46 (a 



MANICOBAS— 



Ceara negro heads @ iS 



Ceara scrap @ (o' 



Manicoba (basis 30% loss) 45 @ 37 @3g 



washing and drying) . . . j 



Mangabeira thin sheet 36 @ 40 @41 



EAST INDIAN— 



.\ssam crepe 4S @ @ 



Assam onions 48 @ @ 



Penang block scrap 38 @ 38 @ 



BALATA— 



Block, Ciudad liolivar "72 @ 71 @72 



Colombia 58 @ 60 S16I 



Panama **55 @ 56 @ 



Surinam sheet 88 @92 88 @ 



amber **97 @ 90 @ 



PONTIANAK— 



P.anjei-massin 13i^@14 13"^ @ 



Palembang @ @ 



Pressed block 21 @22 19 @ 



GTJTTA PERCHA— 



Gutta Siak 20!^@22 20 @ 



Red Macassar 2.25@2.50 2.50@3.00 



'Rubber Association of America nomenclature. 

 ••Nomina). 



5@34 

 @32J4 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 

 Following are the New York spot quotations, one year ago, 

 one month ago and on March 26, the current date : 



Apr. 



PLANTATION HEVEA— 



First latex crepe ) 



•Hevea first crepe i 



Amber crepe No. 1 



Amber crepe No. 2 



Amber crepe No. 3 



Amber crepe No. 4 



Brown crepe, thick clean... 

 Brown crepe, thin clean. . . . 

 Brown crepe, thin specky... 



Brown crepe, rolled 



Smoked sheet, ribbed ' 



standard quality ... 

 *Hevea ribbed s m k 



Smoked sheet, plain st: 



*Hevea''"pl'am 'or "smooth 



smoked sheets 



Unsmoked sheet, standard] 



quality 



•Hevea unsmoked sheets 



Colombo scrap No. 1 ^^ 



Colombo scrap. No. 2 35 



BRAZILIAN PARAS— 



Upriver fine 60 



Upriver medium 54 



Upriver coarse 34 



Upriver weak fine 46 



Upper caucho ball 34 



Islands fine 48 



Islands medium "40 



Islands coarse 23 



Cameta, coarse 23^- 



Lower caucho ball 32 



Peruvian fine 55 



Tapajos fine 55 



Mar. 



Ma 



1919. 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



The anticipated demand for reclaimed rubber mentioned last 

 month has begun to materialize under the stimulation of a dis- 

 tinct easing up in prices on all grades of reclaimed except red, 

 which remains fixed. The market, however, is not active and 

 the reclaiming mills are still operating on part time. The senti- 

 ment of the reclaimers grows more hopeful with the approach 

 of peace and resumption of general industrial activity. 



PLANTATIONS. 1919.' 1918. 1917. 



First latex crepe $0.56!/j@0.51 $0.54 @0.50J^ $0.76 @0.73 



Smoked sheet ribbed 55H@.50 .54 @.48"^ .76 @ .73 



PARAS. 



Upriver fine 58^@.55^^ .61 @.56 .81 (3.76 



Upriver coarse 35 @ .34 .36^ @ .34 .54 @ .51 



Islands, fine 49'/4(?i> .47'A -49 @ .46 .75 (3 .72 



Islands, coarse 22!/5(S.20 .24 @.23 .36 @ .34- 



Cameta 23 @.21 .24 @.23 .40 ©.37 



^ Figured only to March 26. 



