THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR CEYLON. 



IMPORTS. EXPORTS, 



January 



January 1 to March 24. 



1 to March 24. , A , 



, * < Crnde rubber: 1918. 1919. 



Crude rubber- 1918. 1919. To United Kingdom, ./-oiiwdj 3.937,482 5.779.476 



From Straits Settlements, ./bi. 1.061.878 474.809 France 260.260 



India 538,021 399.936 iVictoria 89.735 



Ilurma and other coun- 'New South Wales 118.796 62.743 



tries 3.107 United States 5.355.318 21,863.779 



: — — - Canada ?nd Newfound- 

 Totals 1.603.606 874.745 land 412,240 



'These figures include cargoes for transshipment '"'''=' *^' *'*J^ 



to New Zealand, other ports of Australia, and de- Straits Settlements 424 



pendencies. Japan 73.828 105,320 



jCo'.P,led by ihe Ceylon Chancer of Com- ^.^^^^^ 9:^ii:6r8 ii:6^6T3 



PLANTATION RUBBER EX- 

 PORTS FROM JAVA. 



■o England .. 

 United States. 



Canada 



Singapore 



Japan 



Other 



Totals . 

 Vom Batavi 

 Samarang 

 Soerabays 

 Other porti 



Totals . 



1918. 1919. 



73,000 646,000 



1,071,000 1,423,000 



20.1100 



201,000 539,000 



27,000 



8,000 



19,000 9,000 



1,364,000 2,672,000 

 774.000 1,332,000 

 50,000 23.000 

 S4O.000 1.211,000 

 106,000 



1,364,000 2,672,000 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [April 10. 1919]: 

 ■ Influenced by early shipping opportunities for America, the weekly 

 rubber auction opened yesterday with a strong demand for all grades, 

 which »a« continued throughout the sale. Prices, although showing con- 

 siderable advances on the week, are generally below the level of business 

 reported prior to the opening of the auction. The demand for fine pale 

 crepe wa^ a feature of the market, and this grade sold up to 79 cents, an 

 advance of 2 cents on the previous week. Fine ribbed smoked sheet 

 opened at 7754 cents and firmed up to 78/, cents (one small lot sold for 

 79 cents) on the second day. showing an advance of 1 cent. Off quality 

 crepe and sheet found ready buyers at a few cents up. Brown crepes 

 were steady round about previous values, while dark and barky crepes 

 recorded a further advance. , . . 



The quantity on offer was unusually small, the total catalog being oniy 

 971 tons, of which 631 tons changed hands. 



The following is the course of values: ir ■ 1 . 



In Singapore Sterling Equivalent 



per pound^ per pound in 



London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 76c iS 781/.C 2/0 @ 2/ 0|^ 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 70 (& 75^ 1/10^ @ l/U^s 



Srire tl"par":!''':;:'.:::::: 77 I 79" 20^: S vbA 



^rfpe;go"oVpale^:: 71.4 % 76/. 1/11 | 2/0^ 



Creoe. fine brown 64 @ 6, . X/SVi @ / 9H 



Crepe, good brown 54 @ 64 1/6 @ /S/s 



Creoe dark 44 @ 57^ 1/ i'/s (s 1/ 7 



Ol^' bark 35 @ 46/. / 8% | . 



Scrap, virgin and pressed 2/. @ .... 1/ C/s @ Um 



Irepe. bark 3.-' @ '^^U /H?.* @ 1/1'/. 



~'Ouoled in S. S. Currency. 



RUBBER EXPORTS FROM THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



A report from Kuala Lumpur states that the export of rubber from the 

 Federated Malay States in the month of March amounted to 10,679 tons, 

 which comparcs^ilh 10.809 tons in February and 7 709 tons in the corre- 

 sponding month last year. The total exports for the first quarter of the 

 present year arc 28.651 tons as against 22,117 tons last year and 20.333 

 ions in 1917. . . , v 



Appended are the comparative statistics for three years: 



1917. 1918. 1919. 



January tons 5.995 7.588 7.163 



Febru.Trv 7.250 6.820 10.809 



March 7.088 7.709 10.679 



TntaU 20.333 22.117 28.651 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



A report from Singapore states that the export of cultivated rubber from 

 Straits Settlements ports in the mouth of March amounted to 20.908 tons — 

 the highest on record for one month — compared with 15.661 tons in hebru- 

 ary and 8,858 tons in the corresponding month last year. The total export 

 for the first quarter of the year is 50,973 tons, as against 15.494 tons last 

 year and 18.356 tons in 1917. Appended is the comparative statistics for 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ATLANTIC AND 



PACIFIC PORTS AS STATED BY SHIPS' 



MANIFESTS. 



PARAS AT NEW YORK. 



' Packages. 



= Pellcs. 63.500 pounds, including medium. 



= Cameta. 44.800 pounds. 



April 28. By the S. S Panama, from Cri 

 G. Amsinck & Co., Inc 95 



May 3. By the S. S. Uatnra, from Trinid 

 Gillespie Bros 



May 8. By the S. S. Colon, from Cristoha 

 G. Amsinck & Co.. Inc 



May 12. By the S. S. .-liiicii, from Maccio 



General Rubber Co 288 -'7 



Meyer S: Blown 762 



1917. 



January tons 3.562 



February M93 



March 8.299 



Totals 18.356 



918. 



1919. 

 14,404 

 15,661 

 20,908 



a, Costa & Co. 

 Grace & Co . . . 

 delizi & Co.... 



