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XIX.—THE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES.
36. Imports of crude rubber .into the United States in 1927 Position
were 341,000 tons, or 3 per cent. more than in 1926. Owing to of ey
the continued use of reclaimed rubber, absorption of crude rubber ’
by manufacturers in the United States increased but slightly, from
365,000 tons in 1926 to about 375,000 tons in 1927. In the last
1alf of 1927 the demand for motor tyres was greatly reduced by
the decline in motor vehicle production, but in 1928 absorption
greatly increased again to 440,000 tons, and again, in 1929, to
£70,000 tons. Tyres and tubes for motor vehicles form the
greater portion of its manufactures. The percentage of the
total absorption of rubber used for tyres rose from 70 per cent.
in 1917 to 85.6 per cent. in 1928. In 1926 and 1927 the absorp-
tion of rubber in the United States was less than in 1925, due
largely to the increased use of reclaimed rubber since 1925, and
to the fact that the Ford Company was out of production during
part of this period. The abnormal production in 1925 was due
to the change over from high pressure to low pressure tyres. The
increased imports of crude rubber in 1926 and 1927 were used
chiefly to make up depleted stocks of raw material and to supply
the growing re-export trade in rubber to Canada. Russia and other
rountries. *
87. The rubber manufacturing industry in the United States
is larger than that of all other countries combined, absorbing some
50 per cent. of the estimated world production of rubber. This
great industry is due to the development of the motor industry,
which utilises more than 85 per cent. of the crude rubber imported.

Growth
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* Re-Exports of Crude Rubber from the United States.

1998

1927.

1928.

Total

Tons. | £000.
17.671 4.625

Tons. |
27 ms

£000.
5.080

Tons. | £000.
22.160 | 3.730

Canada ... us _
USS.R.... ee vee
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United Kingdom -—
Jther Countries a

17,365 | 4,550 | 25,177
(not mentioned) 1,680
39 7 478
139 | 27 232
128 41 208

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273
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