A survey of the trade in rubber manufactured goods

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Identifikator:: 1848834152

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-240944

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: A survey of the trade in rubber manufactured goods

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Office

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 119 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: XXII. The industry in Japan

Collection:: Economics Books

les * ich OX - ny 111 28. ed ce 28. ry to of ly ric er sel Af he ls. da ng 1t A great variety of rubber ware is made in Japan, but much of it is of the cheaper grades. The principal manufactures are pneumatic tyres and tubes for motor vehicles, bicycles and rick- shaws ; boots and shoes; soles and heels; soles for * tabi *’*; toys; electrical ware; hose, belting and mechanical goods in general. There are about 460 factories, mostly working on a small scale. Only one factory employs more than 1,000 workpeople. The total number of workers in the industry is between 25.000 and 30,000. Labour and power are comparatively cheap in Japan, and the market has almost unlimited scope both for meeting the demand in the Japanese Empire and for building up an export trade with neighbouring markets in the Far East. Few Japanese concerns manufacture motor tyres. The only firm producing them on a large scale is the Dunlop Rubber Com- pany (Far Hast) at Kobe. 106. The home market is almost entirely supplied from the local factories. Imports, in which motor tyres are the most im- portant item reach a value of some £350,000 a year. It is estimated that 30 per cent. of the motor tyres in Japan come from the United States. The firms that supply them are Good- rich, Goodyear, United States Rubber Company and Firestone. Michelin, Bergougnan and Pirelli tyres are also imported. De- tails of the imports of tyres into Japan are not available. The following are some of the principal classes of rubber manu- factures apart from tyres imported into Japan :— Class of Goods. Boots and Shoe Rubber Belting Rubber Hose Rubber Thread Rubber Packing . Approximate Yearly Imports. 170,000 pairs. 140,000 Ibs. 360,000 Ibs. 160,000 lbs. 230.000 lbs. Imports. Some 1,200,000 pounds of scrap and old rubber is imported annually into Japan for making cheap quality boots and shoes and ‘‘ tabi >’ soles. It is imported mostly from the United States and China. 1t nN 3 d 1 107. The annual returns of trade of Japan classify rubber manu- factured goods in only three headings, namely :—rubber tyres; * The “ tabi *’ is a thick sock originally made with a coarse canvas sole. Though originally the national form of footwear, it has been partly replaced by shoes of asther or Tubber. Exports.

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