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countries. In both cases, the United Kingdom, besides being 
large exporter, is also a large 1mporter. 
n 
"—THE RUBBER FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY. 
Position 
of the 
industry. 
Principal 
manu- 
facturing 
rountries. 
Production. 
Exports of 
rubber 
footwear. 
53. The rubber boot and shoe trade makes the third greatest 
demand on supplies of raw material in the rubber industry. A 
wide range of footwear is included under this heading, from heavy 
rubber wading boots and wellingtons to the light canvas shoe with 
rubber sole, used for lawn-tennis and other sports and in tropical 
and sub-tropical countries. We have not included under thig 
heading rubber soles and heels, in which there is an importan: 
trade. 
54. Of the six principal rubber manufacturing countries, four 
lead in the production and export of rubber boots and shoes, 
namely, the United States, Canada, France and the TUnitea 
Kingdom. Japan and British Malaya export large numbers of the 
cheaper kinds and on account of price compete, in the Far Kast, 
with the four great producers. Germany, Sweden, Czecho- 
Slovakia and Latvia have a substantial export trade in rubber boots 
and shoes, which are also exported from several other European 
countries. Several of the South American countries also manu- 
facture rubber shoes, but mainly for their own consumption. 
55. Statistics of production of rubber footwear are available for 
the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, but not for 
France. The following table shows the production in the most 
recent vear for which details are available. 
[United Kingdom. 
Canada. 
United States. 
Year of Census. 
[9924.. 
1926. 
1997 
Thousand dozen pairs 
ons 
1.626 
RQ19 
56. The following table shows the total value of the export of 
rubber boots and shoes from the chief exporting countries, in 1928. 
and their princinal markets : —