

THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



i. 1915. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



u VI IRK. 



July 30, 1915. 



Ttli of July started ofl with verj little inquiry from 

 manufacturers, and while a few sales were reported buy- 

 ing activity was decidedly lacking. The market, how- 

 was firm and prices reflected the strong position of planta- 

 ,, in the London market. Prices remained about the 

 all grades as the month progressed and the market 

 nued quiet and steady. By the middle of the in. .nth a 

 fair volum< of business was reported in some quarters. Ar- 

 rivals of plantation rubber were quite heavy during this period 

 Du t tl part was on contract, and prices remained firm. 



Little interest was shown in Para sorts. Other grades continued 

 firm in price with fair trading according to the stocks that were 

 arriving. During the last week of the month the cargoes due 

 London and the Far East had a depressing ef- 

 on the market, which was quiet but with prices firm. First 

 spot was qootcd at 63 cents, and Upriver fine spot was 

 .1 al 61@62 i ents. 



RUBBER AFLO VT. 



The steamship "Merity," of the Companhia Commercio e 

 Navegacao, with 50 tons of rubber from Para, is now due in 

 Xew York. The steamship 'Achilles," of the Ocean Steamship 

 Co.. Limited (Blue Funnel line), Booth & Co., of New York. 

 ;-. is afloat from Java with plantation rubber and is due 

 ti arrive early in August. There was 4,153 tons of plantation 

 rubber received at the port of New York from London during 

 June, and 1,596 tons from Singapore and Colombo. The ship- 

 ments from Batavia, Java, were very small during that month 

 and only amounted to 500 tons. 



i rude rubber imports for the eleven months ending May 31, 

 1915. were 153.2S2.616 pounds, valued at $73,324,551, against 

 122.567,042 pounds valued at $66,321,789, for the same period in 

 1914. 



LONDON. 



Early in the month of July a firm market with good inquiry 

 [oi both spot and future deliveries was noted, and prices were 

 slightly in advance of those of the week before. On July 10. 

 lard .rene was selling at 2s. 7 l ,d. for spot, Smoked sheet 

 was 2s. 7d. and hard Para 2s. 7%d. There was a good deal of 

 interes: shown in spot crepe, and considerable business was 

 noted in this particular grade. Prices for future delivery have 

 oved somewhat, although buying has been restricted. Au- 

 gust delivery has been quoted at 2s. 5 -- A J. to 2s. 7Hd. Septem- 



■i. liveries are quoted at from 2s. 5\si/. to 2j. (<' t d. Smoked 

 h aV ( not been ill much demand and are held at about a 

 half penny per pound less than spot crepe. 



In the weekly report of Messrs. Sanderson cc Co., the stocks 



in London on the 2nd of January are given as 6.877 tons, and 



on the 3rd of Julj as 6,366 tons, showing a decline of Sll tons 



in six months. The largest stock held during the last six months 



on the 17th of April, namely, 7,922 tons; so that in the last 



six weeks Stocks have been rei 6 ton The arrivals in 



Lou- 15 to the 3rd of July total 35,616 tons, deliverii 



during the saim period being 36,062 tons. From February to 



May. inclusive, the United States imported 34.000 tons. Crop 



toi 1915 are: 85,000 tons plantation; 38,000 tons Para 



;; 10,000 tons from all other sources ; total, 133,000 tons. 



The plantation at the beginning of the war was 2s. 



ind 2s. Id. for Smoked sheet. On January 1, it 



2s. \d. for crepe and 2s. 3d. for Smoked sheet, and on July 



15 ; t Eor crepe and 2s. 6-3 \d. for Smoked shi i I 



The price of Para at the beginning of the war was 2s. \0'/ 2 d. 



< in the first of January it was 2s. 10d., and on July 15 was 

 2s. 7y z d. 



SING Vl'i.kl \\ Li IN II I 



At tin- auction held in Singapore May i () . 182 tons was of- 

 fered and 100 tons changed hands. On Maj 26, 210 tons was 

 offered and 120 tons was sold. Ther< was a larg« quantity 

 offered at the auction held June 2, 220 toiis being catalogued, but 

 cnlj 105 tons was sold, fin Jun< 9, 196 tons wi I and 



130 tons was s"ld, at prices which generally marked a decided 

 improvement, There was 255 tons catalogued on June 16 and 

 166 tons changed hands The demand throughout the sale was 

 good and all grades met with a ready sale at better prices. 



\t the « olombo weekly auction held May 2;\ 192 tons of rub- 

 ber was ottered and \H< tons was sold. I >n June _'. 135 tons was 

 offered and 84 tons was sold. On June 24. there was 177 ton- 

 offered. The Ceylon Planters' Rubber Syndicate recently sold 

 12 tons of No 1 diamond smoked sheet, to be delivered in 

 Colombo as follows: Two tons per month from July 1 to 

 December 31, 1915. at \s. 5'/>d. per pound. 



The total export of Ceylon rubber from January 1. 1915, to 

 June 21, was 8.357 tons, as compared to 6,848 tons in 1914 for 

 the same period. 



Cable advices state that the export of rubber from the Fed- 

 erated Malay States for the month of June last, amounted to 

 3.403 tons, as compared with 2,708 tons in May, making a total 

 for the six months of 19.190 tons, as against 13.850 tons in the 

 corresponding period of 1914. 



The export of rubber from the various ports of the Straits 

 Settlements for the month of June totaled 2.249 tons, as com- 

 pared with 3,588 tons in May ; bringing the total for the first 

 six months of the year up to 15,609 tons, as against 8,506 tons 

 in the simliar period in 1914. These figures include tranship- 

 ments of rubber from various places in the neighborhood of the 

 Straits Settlements, such as Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the non- 

 federated Malay States, as well as rubber actually exported 

 from the colony. There was 55,700 pounds sold at the Penang 

 auction held on June 8. 



New Y'ork Quotations. 



The following are the quotations at New York one year ago, 

 one month ago, and July 30, the current date 



Para. Aug. 1. '14. July 1, '15. July 30, '15. 



Upriver, fine, new.. 72 (a7Sy 2 ,., , ,m,ip, 



Upriver, fine, old... 72 @75 63 ■<■ I : '1 @63 



Islands, fine, new... 57 @59 53^@54 51 J4@52 



Islands, tine. old.... 58 @62 55 55 @56 



Upriver, coarse, new 39' 2 <S 42 4 ; \o4t 44 



Islands, coarse, new 27 @29 2&]/ 2 @29 22 g 



Cameta 30V 2 @3V/ 2 31^@32 31 (§ 



Caucho, upper 38 @41 46 ..-4-. _. 



Caucho, lower 35 @37 43 @44 43 @ 



Plantation Hevea. 



c- i j i_ ■. i i -a , -o ( Spot ) 63 62 



Smoked sheet ribbed 56 @59 j ^ l(J 



First latex crepe. . . . 



\ near-b\ I 53 £561 Spot / 63 63 

 / forward \ 52 «i53l Afloat \ 62 62 i 

 Fine sheets and bis- 

 cuits unsni iked... 54 @56 60 ■ I 60 a 

 Centra] s. 



Corinto 39 @42 44 @45 - ;t .@ 



Esmeralda, sausage. 38 H 44 



Nicaragua, scrap 35 "111 42 



Mexican, scrap 36 "(41 44 --2@ 



Mexican, slab 25 @35 



Manicoba, scrap 37 37 



Mangabeira, sheet 3s g>39 



Guayule 25 (&35 32 4 34 



Balata. sheet 45 (5 58 53 (5 56 55 



Balata, block 48 @53 45 £47 -7 g48 



