July 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



581 



United Kingdom. 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER. 



Month Five months 



ending May 31. ending May 31. 



, * v , " \ 



Fr o m _ 1913. 1914. 1915. 1913. 1914. 191o. 



Dutch 1 i tons 257 .... .... 970 



French West Africa 127 32 39 681 92 207 



Gold Coast 115 IS 09 512 168 125 



Other Countries in Africa 109 .... .... 1,033 



p™ 88 118 105 566 408 454 



Brazil ""......... 1.933 1,305 1,801 9,720 7,645 6.551 



Knii-h India •»■» 736 



Straits Settlements and Dspend- „,..,.„,. 



encies, including ... 1,145 1,515 2,127 6,001 8,144 14,914 



Federated Malay States 831 591 1,030 4,040 4,515 



Ceylon and Dependencies 289 481 666 2,372 3,136 7,280 



Other Countries 1,587 1.180 134 7,829 6,931 77a 



Total 6,115 5,240 6,38131,72131,139 38,449 



•\\ i i, and Reclaimed 185 567 



Total ~TT7~ "7777 6,566 39,016 



Guttapercha 429 201 331 2,031 1,216 1,478 



EXPORTS OF RUBBER. 



Russia" tons 633 907 2,371 3.022 3,477 4.572 



Germany 1,073 1,166 4,679 4,511 



Belgium 164 169 833 1.011 



France 438 707 733 1,988 2.915 



United States 1,361 2.709 4,001 6.550 11,09118,688 



Other i 411 294 764 1,590 1,721 3,626 



Total 4,080 5,952 7,869 18,662 24,726 29,697 



•Wasti i 32 102 



Total 7,901 29,799 



Gutta Percha 52 12 54 201 161 169 



"Included in "Rubber" prior to 1915. 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



(From January 1 to May 17, 1914 and 1915. Compiled by the Ceylon 



Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1914. 1915. 



Great Britain pounds 6,041,603 10.077,699 



United States 3.321,834 4,234,850 



Belgium 1,946,292 



Germany 667,047 



Japan 152,511 164.479 



France 98.873 150,080 



Russia 98,482 287,650 



Australia 44,423 144,358 



Straits Settlements 35,852 116,056 



India 500 500 



Canada and Newfoundland 340,140 



Total , 12,407,417 15,515,812 



(Same period 1913, 8,083.69: pounds; same period 1912, 4,077.628. ) 

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

 the imports re-exported. (These amount to 1,563,077 pounds.) To arrive 

 at the total quantity of Ceylon rubber exported for that period deduct these 

 imports from the total exports. The figures for 1915 and 1912 are for 

 Ceylon rubber only. 



Total Exports from Malaya. 



(From January to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



These figures include the production of the Federated Malay 



States, but not of Ceylon.) 



Port Swet- 

 tenham. 



April 15. Total. 

 9,313,019 30,161,498 

 11,200 1,540.656 



80,659 



511,884 677.540 



3,086.533 



129,960 



Singapore. 



To — March 21. 



Great Britain. .pounds 10.903,945 



Continent 



Japan 80,659 



Ceylon 47,523 



United States 2,976.533 



Australia 129,960 



Malacca. 

 April 30. 

 3,276,002 



Penatlg. 



March 31. 



6,668.532 



149,999 



118.133 

 110,000 



Total 

 Total, 

 Total. 

 Total, 



15.518.077 



1914 8,75) 



1913 5,37i 



1912 2,968,545 



3.276.002 



1.772,527 



7.046.664 

 5.398,000 

 3,503,067 



2.434.710 



9.836.103 35.676.846 



8,733,149 24.661.191 



8.552,277 17.431.642 



4.753.495 10.156.757 



Singapore. 



Guthrie X Co.. Ltd.. report [May 11. 19151: 



Yesterday's advices from London indicated a better demand in the rubber 

 market and this was reflected at the association auction held today, prices 

 generally being better on the week. 



Fine ribbed smoked sheet and fine pale crepe were both in good demand. 

 For one or two lots cf both grades quite exceptional prices were obtained 

 but on the average there was an improvement of about $5 per picul. Un- 

 smoked sheet was also wanted, but here, too, values were most erratic. 

 Brown and dark crepes moved off freely at an advance of about $4 per 

 picul, but barky crepes were practically unchanged. 



Virein scrap showed no change from last week but loose scrap improved 

 considerably. 



Of 134 tons offered 104 tons changed hands. 



The foil, -wine was the course of values: 



In Singapore 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked... $127@134 

 fair to good ribbed 



smoked 120@124 



Sheet, plain smoked 111@127 



loked 108@125 



fine pale 127@134 



good pale 122@126 



brown 115 



I repe, good brown Ill 



dark 100@109 



, bark 95@105 



. virgin 88@ 96 



Scrap, loose 79@ 91 



S = 2/4 [56 cents]. 



Sterling equivalent 

 ,und 

 in London. 



Equivalent 



per pound 



in cents. 



2/ 5 @2/ 6H 58.79@61.57 



2/ 1% 

 2/ \'A 

 2/ 1 

 2/ 5 

 2/ VA 

 2/ 2ii 

 2/ \'A 



l/n'A 

 1/10J4 

 1/ SH 

 1/ 6H 



@2/ 414 

 @2/ S 

 @2/ 4'A 

 @2/ 6H 

 @2/ 444 

 @2/ 3]A 

 @2/ I'A 

 @2/ IX 

 @2/ 0'A 

 @1/10« 

 1/ 9H 



55.75@57.27 

 51.70(558.79 

 50. 68 <U 57.77 

 58.79"' 

 56.50@58.28 

 53.46 (S 



47.13@50.93 

 45.10 ■ 

 42.06(545.35 

 38. 26@43. 33 



THE RUBBER SCRAP MARKET. 



AVERY quiet market atui easy prices ruled in the rubber 

 waste trade in June. Conservative buying was confined to 

 small lots, and attractive prices on large lots failed to interest 

 the consumers. The mills appeared to be holding off and wait- 

 ing developments. Boots and shoes were easier and offers at 

 ? 1 nits, delivered, were made to the mills. There was no 

 change in auto, tires. A few sales of Goodrich and Goodyear 

 white tires were reported al <>' i cents delivered. Manufacturers 

 report a good demand for rubber goods and this should have a 

 favorable influence on the scrap market. The fact that there is 

 an ample supply of crude rubber, doubtless explains the present 

 stagnation. 



The demand continues to be wholly routine with the market 

 quiet and prices steady. Imports of foreign scrap are small in 

 volume and the mills are only taking enough for their immediate 

 needs. The following imports were received at the port of New 

 York during the month: June 1, by the steamship "Saratoga" 

 from Havana, 15 packages consigned to the American Trading 

 Co., and 29 packages for Yglesias, Lobo & Co.: June 4, by the 

 "Egbert" from Hongkong, 112 barrels for Muller, Schall & Co.; 

 by the "Samland." 22 bags consigned to the British Consul; June 6, 

 by the "Largo Law" from London, 22 bags consigned to the British 

 Consul: by the "Maracaibo" from Guayra, 18 barrels for DeSola 

 Brothers & Pardo; June 7, by the "Advance," from Panama, 6 

 barrels for Pottberg, Ebeling & Co.; June 21, by the "Steven," 

 from London, 31 packages and 18 bags consigned to the Guaranty 

 Trust Co. ; June 23, by the "Havana," from Havana, 27 packages 

 for Yglesias Lobo & Co. 



PRICES PAID BY CONSUMERS FOR CARLOAD LOTS. 



Xew York. June 25, 1915. 



Per Pound. 



Boots and shoes cents "',',/ 



White Goodrich and Goodyear tires b'/iia 6% 



.Morgan & Wright and U. S. tires S'AlS 54i 



Trimmed arctics 6 ■ 



Auto tires, mixed 1*3 S .., 



Solid tires 4H@ 



No. 1 inner tubes 25 @25J4 



No. 2 inner tubes 



Red tubes 13 @13M 



Bicycle tires 3 @ 3% 



Irohv tires 1H@ 254 



Xo. 1 auto peelings » (it S'A 



Mixed auto peelings o«@ 7 



Xo. 1 soft white rubber 11 '" > - 



White wringer rubber 9!.i 



No. 1 red scrap 10 @1§J» 



Mixed red scrap ' >' '" 



Mixed black scrap 2'/@ 2H 



Rubber car springs V'*% ■,,• 



Horse shoe pads 3 «S iVi 



Matting and packing '*,% « 



Garden hose ■ tf™ 



\,r brake hose 4'sia, 4<A 



Cotton fire hose U4<! 



CANADIAN MARKET. 



The market lias been generally quiet and trading restricted to 

 small lots of shoes and special tires. There has not been enough 

 consistent buying to materially change prices. In shipping car- 

 load lots of rubber scrap from Canada to the United States, 

 special permits are issued by the Commissioner of Customs at 

 Ottawa and the goods are consigned to the British Consul, who 

 releases them at their destination upon filing of the customary 

 rubber guarantees. The Rubber Club of America. Tnc, attends 

 to these details, making a charge of 50 cents a ton. which is 

 paid by the consumer. 



