RUBBER MANUFACTURES.
I. United Kingdom.
The Board of Trade Journal for March 3rd, 1927, contained a Preliminary Report on the output of the Rubber Manufacturing Industry of Great
Britain in 1924, from which the following particulars are extracted. Particulars of the corresponding exports and imports are also given :—

Production, 1924.

Exports, 1924.

Retained Imports, 1924.

Kind of Goods.

Rubber Trades :—
Pneumatic Tyres & Tubes :
Outer Covers :
Motor Car ne _
Motor Cycle ... ee
Cycle ... wie ne
inner Tubes  ... wie
Rubber Tyres, Solid oe
Boots and Shoes ... wr
Heels and Soles ... wn
Piping and Tubing: Hose...
Piping and Tubing :
Mechanicals ... wo
Machinery Belting _—
Overcoats, etc.,, Rubber:
proofed.
Sports Requisites ... i.
Toys vee ane ree
Hot Water, Medical, ete.,
Goods.
Vulcanite and Ebonite ...
Rubber Compounds and
Solutions.
Rubber Sheet, Threads, ete.

Total carried forward ...

Quantity.

No.

,927,100
632,100
3,609,800
7,237,400
397,700
904,900 doz. prs.
3,600 tons
3,268,000 yards

3,600 tons
1,485 tons
1.907.500

1,130 tons |

3.700 tons

Value.

£000.

4,913
616
1,231
1,218
2,404
1,255
808
720

1,043
568
1,610

1,056
45
566

736
136

a07

{9.832

Percentag:
of Total
Vahie.

22-89
2-87
5-73
5-67
11-20
5-85
3-76
2.95

1-86
2-65
7:50

4-92
0-21
2-64
3-43
0-64

0-63 (a)

Quantity.

No.

550,245
160,683
L,622,868
1,935,270
77,084
259,409 doz. prs.
262 tons
672 tons

(b)
(d)

564 tons

Value.

£000.

1.379
177
422
400
351
412
121

1R%7

©)
(d)

510 !
22

1.789

307

8.077

Percentage
of Production.


28-6
25-4
29-5
26-8
19-4
28-7
7-3

11-0 (c)

(8)
@
98-0 (&)

Quantity.

No.

842,820
19,787
724,099
2,039,053
71,921
225,446 doz. prs.
93 tons

485 tons

®
(d)

975 tons

Value.

£2000.

1,803
21
89
370
289
617
15

9]

(0)
(d)

88
84.

907

(3;

4.411

Percentage
of Production.


' 43-7
3:1
13-1
28-2
18-1
24-9
2.86

8:0 (c)

(6)
@

L 9.0)

04
ne