THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1919. 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW SPOT RUBBER PRICES. 



July^ 



1919.' J918. 1917. 



PLANTATIONS— 



First latex crepe... $0.42^4@$O.39}4 ?0.63 @$0.63 JO.67J4@$0.65 



Smoked sheet ribbed Al'A® .38!^ .62 @ .62 .6?J^@ .65 



FABAS— 



Upriver fine 55}4@ .55 .68 @ .68 .69^4 @ -68 



Uoriver coarse 33 @ .32 .40 @ .40 .49 @ .49 



Islands fine 47H@ ATA .59 @ .59 .63H@ -61 



Islands coarse 21"/,@ .Zl'A .27 @ .27 30 @ .28^^ 



Cameta 21J4@ M'A .28 @ .28 .33 @ .32 



'Figured only to July 25. 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers, lirokcr in crude 

 rubber and comnicicial paper, No, 68 William street, New York City, 

 advises as follows: , ,. , , , 



"During July thp demand for paper has been light and mostly from out- 

 of-town banks, the best rubber names going_at S'A per cent to SH per cent 

 and those not so well known at 6 per cent." 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUIHKIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [June 5, 1919]; 



At the weekly rubber auction which commenced yesterday there was a 

 itrong demand for standard grades at prices which, on the average, show a 

 further slight decline. The lop price for ribbed smoked sheet was 74^ 

 cenU, paid for five lots only, but the bulk of this grade sold at 73/74 cents. 

 Fine pale crepe sold up to 76>i cents, a drop of 1 cent on the week. Off 

 quality lots of sheet and crepe were readily taken up at last week's prices. 

 Fine brown ciepes were steady, while brown and dark crepes declined }4 

 cent. The quantity sold was 547 tons out of 85.^ tons cataloged. 



The following is the course of values: t- ■ , 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore per Pound in 



per Pound.' London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 72c @ 74!^c l/IO^ @ 1/11'A 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 66 @ 71^ 1/9^ @ 1/10J4 



Sheet, plain smoked 60 @ 1/ 7^^ @ 



Crepe, fine pale 75 @ 76H 2/0 @ 2/ 0»^ 



Crepe, good pale 67 @ 74 1/9^ @ l/UH 



Crepe, fine brown 59 @ 64 1/ 7H @ 1/ 8?i 



Crepe, good brown 52 @ 58 1/5"^ @ 1/ 7'A 



Crepe, dark 42 @ 52!/2 1/2^ @ 1/5^ 



Crepe, bark 37!^ @ 43 1/ IH @ 1/ 2Ji 



'Quoted in S. S. Currency. 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



It is stated by an official cablegram from Kuala Lumpur that 7,308 tons 

 of plantation rubber were exported from the Federated Malay States in 

 the month of May, as against 7,664 tons in April and 5,851 tons in the 

 corresponding month last year. The total export for five months of the 

 present year was 43,623 tons, compared with 35,396 tons in 1918 and 

 33,467 tons in 1917. Comparative statistics are appended: 



1917. 1918. 1919. 



January tons 5,995 7,588 7,163 



February 7,250 6,820 10,809 



March 7,088 7,709 10,679 



April 5,955 7,428 7,664 



May 7,179 5,851 7,308 



Totals 33,467 35,396 43,623 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official cablegram from Singapore states that 15,845 tons of rubber 

 were exported from Straits Settlements ports in the month of May, com- 

 pared with 10.848 tons in April and 13,587 tons in the corresponding month 

 last year. The total export for five months of the present year was 

 77,666 tons, compared with 35,665 tons in 1918 and 30,741 tons in 1917. 

 Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1917. 1918. 1919. 



January tons 3,562 4,302 14,404 



February 6.495 2,334 15,661 



March 8,299 8,858 20,908 



April 6,103 6,584 10,848 



May 6,282 13,587 15,845 



Totals 30,741 35,665 77,666 



Transhipments for month of May (1919), 2,132 tons. 



RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR CEYLON. 



IMPORTS. 



January 1 to June 2. 



Crude rubber: 1918. 1919. 



From Straits Settlements pounds 1,471,419 1,087,026 



India 1,188,046 612.757 



Burma and other countries 3,107 



Totals 2,662,572 1,699,783 



EXPORTS. 



January 1 to June 2-. 



Crude rubber: 1918. 1919?^ 



To United Kingdom l>ounds 6,325,796 15,227,401 



Belgium 29,120 



France 22,430 330,010 



'Victoria 91,975 89,785 



'New South Wales 156,567 91,700 



United States 9,866,909 33,634,370 



Canada and Newfoundland 2,565,606 260,016 



India 1,079 1,977 



Straits Settlements 424 



Japan 136,818 191,741 



Totals 19,167,180 49,786,544 



' These figures include cargoes for transshipment to New Zealand, other 

 ports of Australia, and dependencies. 



(.Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.) 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER FROM MANAOS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, 1919. 



NEW YORK. 



EXPORTERS. 



Stowell & Co 



Tancredo Porto & Co 



General Rubber Co. of Br 



T. G. Araujo 



T. A. Mendes & Co 



Totals, Manaos 207,967 23, 



transit, Iquitos 837 17, 



Totals 208,804 40, 



compiled by StO'j;ell &■ Co.. Mandos. Hrczil.) 



25.995 

 17,479 

 30,960 



133,450 

 20.716 

 45,435 

 10,240 



""266 



133,450 

 143,000 

 174,000 

 41,200 

 10,540 

 18,390 

 10,686 



216,760 555,397 



146,228 364,380 919,777 



