PHILIP SCHIDROWITZ. The India-Rubber Industry. Journ. of 

 the Soc. of C hem. Industry, May i6th, 1910, p. 531. 



The Industry in the United Kingdom. The following figures 

 will give a general idea of the importance of the rubber industry 

 in the United Kingdom : 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER (1908). 



From Quantity Value 



cwt. 



Brazil 300032 5331842 



Peru 29622 518885 



French Colonies .... 58159 553615 



Other Foreign Countries . 112085 831 819 



(Total Foreign) . 499898 7236161 



British Possessions ... 75 168 i 135 044 



Total 1908 (*). . 575066 8371205 



do in 1907. . . 667294 10834759 



(*) The year 1908,- owing to the American financial crisis, was an ab- 

 normal year ; the totals for the preceding year are therefore also given. 



Of the total imports, rather more than one half are re-exported, the aver- 

 age figures for the past five years being: 



i) EXPORTS OF RAW-RUBBER. 



Quantity Value 



cwt. 



Average imports, 1904-908. . . . 587781 9302990 



Average re-exports, 1904-908. . . 334129 5858488 



Balance retained for consumption . 253652 3444502 



2) MANUFACTURED GOODS. 



Exports Imports 



(1909) (i9 8 ) 



Value Value 



Miscellaneous goods 1576000 482644 



Boots and shoes 205 668 123 381 



Waterproofed goods 295 184 6 825 



Rubber covered cables, other than tele- 

 graph and telephone cables .... 289 342 103 230 

 Telegraph and telephone cables .... 744 140 125 087 



Total. . 3 110334 841 167 



(*) This does not include inferior grade (very resinous) rubbers, such as 

 Pontianac or Jelutong. The annual production of these is probably some 

 20 ooo to 30 ooo tons, the United States alone importing some 1 2 ooo tons 

 annually. 





