Imports of rubber manufactures other than tyres, similarly 
arranged, were :— 
Markets for 
Lyres. 
Country of origin. 
United States ... 
France ... . 
Germany ... ee . 
United Kingdom . 
Austria... ... Ce 
Other Countries ... .. 
112. Exports .of tyres and tubes 
countries ; — 
Tons. 
1927, 1928. 
269 264 
153 220 
133 155 
123 123 
96 102 
47 63 
went to the following 
Destination. 1928. 
India and Ceylon 845 
3pain we I. 767 
Argentina ce 638 
Brazil ee -_ 555 
Dutch Hast Indies 524 
Belgium ... wre 464 
Denmark ... .. 4492 
Australia ce —_ 285 
United Kingdom ... 1,708 1,047 243 
France ... oe. ... 250 112 48 
Tons. 
1927. 
571 
396 
665 
186 
570 
456 
182 
The trade returns of Italy do not contain sufficient detail for the 
imports or exports of rubber manufactures other than tyres to be 
analysed so as to show the trend of the industry in the important 
classes of rubber manufactures. 
XXIV.—THE INDUSTRY IN BELGIUM. 
Position 
of the 
industry. 
113. The rubber industry in Belgium has grown very consider- 
ably during the last three years. Net imports of crude rubber 
have been as follows :— 
Year. 
1926 
1927 
1928 
1990 
Thousand tons. 
2.5 
6.6 
8.1 
... 95 
No statistics of Belgian production are available, but the increas- 
ing imports of crude rubber, the increasing exports and the 
diminishing imports of rubber manufactured goods, indicate the 
progress that is being made in the industry in that country.