February 1, 1915. ] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



307 



MOVEMENTS OJ RUBBER in nil. I NITED KINGDOM. 

 [Aa estimated by Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Limited, London.] 



I ' . e M < -13 1 hs Knding 





De 



liln r 



From 1912. 



!■ rich West Africa t"iis 13.5 



Peru 303 



1,535 







Straits Settlement 



Federau d Malay States 501 



I • ■■ Ion 457 



Other countries 1,678 



Imports 5, "61 



ECing- 



1913. 



43 



I'M 



14 



1.347 



I ■ 



711) 



1,371 



1914. 



51 



5 

 3.250 



1,6 JO 

 1,176 



191 '. 



1,507 



1,605 



15,174 



10,671 

 6,354 

 4,063 



14,865 



[913. 



1,009 



11,768 

 667 



9,880 



6,705 



19,391 



1914. 

 281 

 693 



12,3X5 

 252 



21,143 



9,361 



5.791 7,941 55,023 65,824 67,622 



Export; ' " 

 dom, Dec. 



2,790 3,819 1,563 36,298 45,012 49,074 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 

 (From Janua'ry to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 

 nclude ilu: production ■■!' the Federated Malay 

 States, bul not i Cej Ion.) 



Port S Art 



M alai ca. 

 Nov. 10, 



16, • 



Sing 

 Dec. 13. 

 i In .'i Britain,. pounds 26 



i ontinent I. 



Japan I 



< eylon 



Statts 10 



Australia 140.209 



1 

 I I, i 30. 



Dec, 3. Total. 



,4 ".'100 25,756,042 72,439,356 



533,333 1,816,538 4,310,596 



1,2 



841,333 1,499,888 2,6 

 911,501 244,209 1 1. ''04, 036 

 140,209 



Total 



i i iod, 1913. 

 period, 1912. 

 period, 1911, 



40,949,48 

 16,053,8 13 



6 i 06 



4,712,160 17,706,167 29,316,677 92,684,486 



,461 ,4 " 148 '.-1,429,738 



7,575,764 17,496,864 38,762,291 



I." i" i i, j 20,888,613 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rubuer. 



i I : . i to December 14, 1913 and 1914. Compiled \r- 



Chambei of Commerce.) 



To— 1913. 1914. 



Britain pounds I3,87l 64,359 



United States 5,745,870 ''.175,991 



Belgium $.688,296 2,984,009 



Australia 438.313 619,175 



Germany 309.043 1,031 



Japan 270,055 269,014 



Snails Settlements 146,147 42,746 



[talj 44,754 1,772 



Austria 31,434 



France 15,682 320.15-' 



Russia 11.301 105.21 _' 



India 1,381 1,050 



Holland 992 



I ' ital 24,579,664 34,120,895 



(Same period, 1912—13.167.917; same period 1911, 6,112,722 



T" arrive at the approximate quantity of Ceylon rubber ex- 

 ported for 1914 i" date, deduct the quantity from the total ex- 

 ports. In previous years the exports of Ceylon rubber only 

 given. 



The export figures of rubber for 1914 in the above table include 

 the imports re-exported, viz., 3,581,356 pounds. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



NEW YORK. 



WITH the embargo situation practically unchanged, the 

 nrst week of the month passed quietly in the New 

 York rubber market. Both buyers and sellers were 

 patiently waiting. Spot prices were 80 cents for First latex 

 crepe, 75 cents for Upriver fine. The trend of prices, how- 

 ever, was downward, due to the conviction that shipments 

 from England would soon be resumed. By the middle of the 

 month First latex had dropped to 65 cents, caused by the 

 favorable reports of an early agreement. By the 19th Up- 

 river line was 63 cents, in a declining market, created by 

 actual shipments from London. Also, the report that holders 

 oi i nhber paper in Brazil were getting nervous and unloading 

 did not help Para sorts. 



The last week opened with a steady market and better 

 interest in the attractive low prices offered. First latex crepe 

 was (il cents for spot and 57 cents to arrive. Ribbed sheet 

 was 65 for spot and 61 cents to arrive. Upriver fine for 

 spot was 60@61 cents, Coarse 45,^ cents and Caucho ball 

 46j^ cents, with Centrals showing a heavy decline. 



The undertone is firm and futures are in demand. It is 

 very evident that the removal of the embargo had been largely 

 anticipated. The official forms of the guarantee under which 

 rubber can now be shipped from the United Kingdom are 

 published elsewhere in this issue. 



The month is closing with a firm undertone and many in- 

 quiries from manufacturers for all grades. The "Lusitania" 

 arrived January 23, with 200 tons of plantation, consigned 

 to the British Consul General. The trend of prices has been 

 downward. Upriver fine actually sold at 59 cents a pound, 

 and weakness is noticed in Brazilian sorts. First latex crepe. 

 spot, is quoted at 61 cents, and 57 for lots now afloat from 

 London due to arrive the coming week. There is afloat 100 

 tons on the "Gregory" from Manaos and Para — due February 

 5. The "Stephen," from the same ports, arrived January 28 

 with 740 tons. The "Sao Paulo," from Para, is due to arrive 

 February 3 with 340 tons. The "Menominee," with 1.500 

 tons, and the "Minneapolis." with 1.000 tons o'f Plantation, were 

 to have sailed this week. Rumor has it that they are delayed on 

 account of London dock strikes. 



LONDON. 



The London market opened steady, with Standard crepe at 

 2s. for spot, and smoked sheet at 2s. S'/dd. Ilard fine Para 

 was offered at 2s. llrf. The prohibition of shipments to 

 America dominated the whole situation. December imports 

 of plantation were 4,877 tons, against 2,780 tons in Novem- 

 ber. Deliveries were 2.300 tons in December, against 2,306 

 in November. The storks on January 1. 1915, were 

 tons, compared with 3,676 tons on November 30, 1914. Al- 

 though no permits had been issued, large stocks, estin 

 at 2,000 tons, had been purchased and were held for American 

 account. Rubber from the F'ar East is steadily piling up in 

 London. The congestion at the dock is so great that after 

 the ship's arrival there is a delay of 3 weeks before samples 

 can be seen and the rubber sold. 



The market continued strong, with good demand, under the 

 belief of an early settlement of the embargo question. On 

 the 15th Standard crepe had advanced to 2s. l%d. for spot 

 and forward delivery up to March. F"or April-June delivery. 

 2s. Id., and 2s. '_•</. for July-December. Smoked sheet closed 

 at 2s. 4</. spot 



SINGAPORE. 

 There is interesting news from the Far East. The increase 

 in production of plantation rubber in 1914 was 25 per cent. The 

 figures are 64.500 tons, against 4S.030 for 1913. F'rom Singapore 

 coitus the announcement that in 1915 the 1910 plantings will be 

 producing and under favorable conditions there will be at least 

 20,000 tons added to the world's production of plantation rubber. 

 What will these steadily increasing supplies do to the future 

 marki 



There was good demand at the Singapore auction held 

 December 1. 1914, marked by substantial advance in prices 

 over those of last week. Of the 105 tons catalogued 70 tons 

 were sold. The auction at Penang resulted in the sale of 

 43.600 pounds of smoked and unsmoked sheet, pale and low- 

 grade crepes. 



Word comes from one of the large Hevea planters in the 

 Far East that they have sold ahead all of the rubber to be 

 produced on two plantations during the first 6 months of 

 1915, for 47J4 cents a pound, First latex. 



