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States and cheap tyres were turned out containing reclaimed rubber. 
Manufacturers were successful in building a low-pressure tyre which did 
not contain on the average any more crude rubber than the old high- 
pressure tyre. Thus, instead of the expected increase in the absorption of 
rubber in 1926, there was a decrease, which amounted to about 25,000 tons 
in the United States alone, where an increase of 25,000 tons had been 
expected. 
The lower-grade tyres made in 1926 and 1927 did not stand up to the 
wear required, and in 1928 and 1929, the manufacturing industry benefited 
from the increased ereplacement demand. During the operation of the 
scheme production in the Dutch East Indies was largely increased, and 
the United Kingdom Government removed all control over exports with 
effect from the 1st November, 1928, in which month the price on the London 
market fell to 8.52 pence a Ib. The following table, based on figures pub- 
lished by the Rubber Growers’ Association, shows the exports of raw rubber 
from the producing countries from 1925 to 1998. 
Re 
a 
J 
= 5 
= = ~ 
BE Ee 
bt ed rr 
S18) 
oH ™ 
tong. 
1925 
1926 
127 | 
[098 
210 189 
286 0d 
242 | 229 
206 | 295 
480 
586 
{RY 
392. 
28 
€ 
wf 
38 
34 
20, 38 
8 oy 
518 
620 
605 
648 
APPENDIX II. 
InTERNATIONAL TRADE IN RECLAIMED AND SORsP RUBBER. 
1.—Reclaimed Rubber. 
Reclaimed rubber enters into international trade, but no complete picture 
of this trade can be presented as many countries do not specify reclaimed 
rubber in ‘their éxport or import returns. 
The following table shows the trend of the exports of Reclaimed Rubber 
from the countries that record such exports :—— 
Comntrv. | 1925. 1 1926. | 1007. | 1908. 
Quantities in 1bs. 000. 
United King- 
dom. 
2.575 | 4.583 ' 
5,681 | 4.768% 
United States 
10.240 
12.076 
19.130 21.453 
[taly ... ca 
394 
9492 
I 1.122 
EY 
Chief markets in 1927. 
(Quantities Ibs, 000 in 
brackets.) 
Germany (1,997) 
Finland (497) 
Spain (389) 
Empire Countries (561) 
Canada (15,034) 
United Kingdom (2,031) 
Australia (1,313) 
Japan (181) } 
Sweden (131) 
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