B.—THE INDUSTRY IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
XV. THE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 
Balance of 
trade in 
rubber 
manufac- 
“ures. 
73. We now give short descriptions of the rubber manufacturing 
ndustry in each of the principal manufacturing countries, taking 
first the Empire countries and then foreign countries. We begin 
with the United Kingdom. In our analysis of international trade 
given in the earlier section of this Survey, the United Kingdom has 
repeatedly occupied a prominent position as a destination of the 
exports of other countries. But on balance the United Kingdom 
is an exporter of rubber goods. This is clear from the following 
table. Imports into the United Kingdom, however, in 1928, ex- 
seeded exports in seven classes of rubber goods, in boots and shoes, 
soles and heels, balls (other than golf or tennis balls), rubber 
gloves, overalls and aprons wholly of rubber, vulcanite and ebonite 
rods, tubes, sheets, ete., and toys, wholly or mainly of rubber. 
[n all other varieties of rubber goods, exports exceeded imports. 
The position in 1928 was as follows 
Articles. 
Exports. 
[mports. 
Re-exports 
Net 
Imports. 
Balance * 
Tyres :— 
Outer Covers for— 
Motor Cars 
Motor Cycles 
Cycles ax 
Inner Tubes for— 
Motor Cars ~~... ‘ee 
Motor Cycles wos ce. 
Cycles es 1% en 
Solid Tyres for— 
Motor Cars and Cycles 
Other vehicles cs 
Mechanicals :— 
Belting woe wi 
Piping and Tubing ... 
Footwear :— 
Boots and Shoes - 
Soles and Heels oe 
Miscellaneous :— 
Rubber Balls for Golf 2s 
»» Tennis ... 
2 5» Other vee 
Rubber Gloves we sho 
Rubber mats, matting and 
tiling. 
Rubberproof Cloth and Sheet- 
ing. 
£000. 
£000 
£ 
£000 
£000 
2,198-5 
94-1 
405-6 
558-8 
57-8 
120-7 
135,722 
1,103 
13,487 
123-1 
56-7 
107-3 
1,775.4 * 
37-4 * 
208.3 * 
352-2 
22-9 
[25:6 
72-5 
6-7 
684.8 
25,437 
189 
4,578 
47-1 
6-5 
60-2 
305-1 * 
16-4 * 
65-4 * 
2204 | 
5.7 
88-9 
9.4 
4,898 
113 
84-0 
2.9 
136-4 * 
2.4 % 
221-0 
2409.9 
79-0 
114-1 
3,243 
3.750 
75-8 
110-3 
145-2 * 
138.9 * 
456-3 
78-0 
1,622: 5 
9665 
26,900 
4.475 
,695-6 
2689.0 
1,139-3 + 
186-0 + 
39 
332-7 
201-8 
44-1 
4-9 
10-86 
0-6 
7-3 
91-1 
254 
13.3 
6 
15 
3,216 
935 
948 
0-6 
7-3 
R7-9 
24.5 
332-1 * 
194-5 * 
43-8 1 
19-6 1 
28.9 * 
[4 
595-1 
45-3 
1.023 
44.3 
550-8 * 
RE Ti Sion [bes mme——— 
‘means exports exceed net imports. } means net imports exceed exports.