September 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR ITALY. 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTTJRED RUBBER. 



Three Months Ended March. 



UNITED KINGDOM RUBBER STATISTICS. 



IMPORTS. 



Unmanufactured— Qu 



India rubber and gutta percha — 

 raw and reclaimed: 



From Great Britain 



India and Ceylon 



Straits Settlements 



French African Colonies 



Brazil 



Other countries 



Totals 



Rubber scrap 



Manufactuked — 

 India rubber and gutta percha — 

 raw and reclaimed: 



Threads 



Sheets: 



Cut sheets 



Other kinds, including hard 



rubber 



Tubes: 



Hose 



Other forms 



Belting 



Rubber coated fabrics — pieces: 



For carding combs 



Other forms 



Boots and shoes — fairs 



Elastic webbing 



Manufactuies, n. e. s.: 



From cut sheets 



Elastic fabric 



Tires and tubes: 



From France 



Great Britain 



Other countries 



Other rubber manufactures: 



From France 



Great Britain 



United States 



Other countries 



Totals, manufactured. 

 Total imports 



EXPORTS OF CRUDE AND 



1,174 



517 



3,433 



1,273 



1,292 



393 



8,082 8,890,200 



168 



56 123.200 



12 14. 400' 



51 45,900 



"127 139.766 



49 63,700 

 3,000 



97 

 17,365 

 8,770 

 1,007 

 8,789 

 233 



36,261 39,8 

 20,160 



8.236 

 55 



198,000 



2,200 



96,000 



10,800 

 18,700 

 89,100 



100,100 



3,000 



81,264 



172,000 



3,587 I 4,602,000 



MANUFACTURED RUBBER. 

 Three Months Ended March. 



Uns 



jbber and 



raw and reclaimed: 



To Spain 



United States 



Totals 



Manufactured — 

 India rubber and gutta percha- 



Threads 



Sheets: 



Cut sheets 



Elastic fabric 



Other kinds, including han 



Tubes: 



Hose '.'.[['.'.'.'.'.'.v.'.'. 



Other forms 



Belting 



Rubber-coated fabrics— pieces. . . 



Elastic webbing 



Manufactures of india rubber ant 

 gutta percha. n. c. s. : 



From cut sheets 



Elastic fabrics 



Tires and tubes: 



To ' France 



Great Britain 



Spain 



Switzerland 



British India and Ceylon. 



Straits Settlements 



-Australia 



-N>-gentina 



Brazil 



Other countries 



Other rubber manufactures: 



To France 



Great Britain 



Spain 



Switzerland 



Egypt 



.Argentina 



Brazil 



I'ruguay 



Other countries 



Totals, manufactured.. 

 Total exports 



' A quintal=220.46 pounds. 

 ^A lira=$0.193. 



19.000 

 6,600 



35.000 

 45.600 

 478,800 



94,000 

 25,200 

 418,000 



Unmanufactured— 

 Crude rubber: 



Dulcii East Indies. 

 French West Afric 



Gold Coast 



Other African cou 

 Peru 



British India 



Straits Settlements and d 

 pendencies, including I. 



Federated Malay States. 

 Ceylon and dependencies 

 Other countries 



,528,400 

 652,300 

 991,200 

 182,700 



4,740,500 



26,800 

 47,700 

 214,700 



£458,361 

 1,988 

 3,711 

 21,077 

 21,000 

 128,582 

 62,933 



184,115 5,949,400 574,949 



79,882 5.683,900 553,003 



117,207 3,208,500 324,497 



21,455 185,300 18,531 



4,541,500 



Waste 



Totals, unmani 



Gutta percha 



Manufactured — 

 Boots and shoes, .doccit pairs 2.833 



Waterproofed clothing 



-Automobile tires and tubes 



Motorcycle tires and tubes 



Bicycle tires and tubes 



£23,714 

 6,487 

 36.577 



3,391 £5,477 



275 



107,058 



Totals 



Unmanufactured — 

 Waste and reclaimed rubber 



Manufactured — 



Waterproofed clothing 



Boots and shoes, .dosen pair 



Insulated wire 



Submarine cables 



Carriage tires and tubes.... 

 Automobile tires and tubes. 

 Motorcycle tires and tubes. 



Bicycle tires and tubes 



Other rubber manufactures. 



6,662 

 17,200 

 15.572 



107,082 

 13,081 

 31,826 



103,028 



£342,398 



EXPORTS— COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. 



Unmanufacti. 

 Crude rubber: 

 To Belgium , 



775.700 

 2,255,700 



113,700 



27,300 



1,164,700 



3,254,000 



£24,465 



108,285 

 23,634 

 96,028 

 38,990 

 16,767 



239,165 

 12,111 



134,525 



247,155 



£67,334 

 246,093 

 123,953 



8,614,400 



Manufactured— 

 Boots and shoes, .dozen / 



Insulated wire 



Automobile tires and tub 

 Motorcycle tires and tub 

 Bicycle tires and tubes. 

 Carriage tires and tubes. 



Totals 



£2,636 



£13,241 



MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS. 



NEW YORK. 



A FTER A SHORT FLURRY at the end of July and beginning of 

 August middling spot cotton fell to 31.50 cents, a price 

 to wiiich it clung steadily until August 25, when it advanced to 

 32.15 cents, due to rumors of a poor crop. The estimate of the 

 crop, which is below middling in quality, is about 11,640,000 

 round bales. Considering that crops have been short for four 

 consecutive years there would be a cotton panic were it not 

 for the war conditions hitht-rio and for the present scarcity of 

 ocean transportation. 



Egyptian cotton is coming in in small quantities, the whole 

 cotton crop is needed in F:ngland to enable the mills to return 

 to ihe output of the years before the war. The Alexandria 

 market shows weakness, prices ranging from 59 to 62 cents for 

 .Sakellaridis and from 55 to .S6 cents for Upper Egyptian, with 

 little business done. .\ little ligyptian is being doled out to 

 American buyers. The fall in sterling exchange should encour- 

 age trading. The market will probably continue unsettled till 



