Shipping review
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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal
- Title
- Shipping review
- Creator
- Cavender, H. M.
- Language
- English
- Source
- The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XIII (Issue No.1) January 1933
- Year
- 1933
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- Fulltext
- January, 1933 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 19 SHIPPING REVIEW By H. M. Cavender General Agent, The Robert Dollar Co. Shipments from the Philippines for the month of November exceeded shipments for the previous month by about 20,000 tons. This is due to the fact that the seasonal movement of sugar is now well under way, 62,000 tons having been shipped to the Atlantic Coast last month. There was again a good movement of coconut oil, over 12,000 tons having been shipped, also fair ship ments of hemp, amounting to nearly 15,000 bales. Cigars and tobacco continue in fair volume, while desiccated coconut shipments again dropped off. To the Pacific Coast, there was a considerable drop in shipments of copra and hemp, other commodities remaining at about the same level, with the exception of refined sugar which has ---Tons Misc. Sailings 9,215 with 42 of which China and Japan.............. Pacific Coast Local Deliv ery ................................... Pacific Coast' Overland Delivery.......................... Pacific Const Intercoastal Steamer........................... Atlantic Coast................... European Ports................. Australian Ports................ Grand Total............... again started to move at about normal volume. To China and Japan, practically all items show a drop, principally lumber and logs which drop ped from five million to slightly over two million feet. From statistics compiled by the Associated Steamship Lines, during the month of November 1932, there were exported from the Philippine Islands: Tons -----551 carried in American bottoms with 328 with 8 of which Sailing9 8,155 carried in American bottoms with 170 carried in American bottoms with 239 carried in American bottoms with 5 4 9 3 321 with 7 of which ---- -------- -------- ------------------- ----. 87,408 with 25 of which 27,191 carried in American bottoms with . 19,309 with 19 of which 211 carried in American bottoms with 638 with 2 of which carried in American bottoms with . 127,984 with 76 of which 36,477 carried in American bottoms with 16 THE PRESIDENT LINER FLEET FINEST • NEWEST • LARGEST AMERICAN MAIL LINE “The Short Route to America” To SEATTLE via CHINA, JAPAN and VICTORIA Pres. Taft ------Feb. 1 Pres. Jefferson- Feb. 15 Pres. Madison- - Mar. 1 Pres. Cleveland-Mar. 15 Pres. Taft------Mar. 29 Pres. Jefferson - Apr. 12 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES EAST OR WEST TO NEW YORK Via China-Japan, Honolulu San Francisco Panama Canal Pres. Hoover - - Jan. 28 Pres. Jackson - - Feb. 11 Pres. McKinley - Feb. 25 Pres. Grant - - Mar. 11 Pres. Lincoln - Mar. 25 Pres. Coolidge- - Apr. 8 Via Suez Canal and Europe Pres. Polk ------- Feb. 6 Pres. Adams - - - Feb. 20 Pres. Harrison - Mar. 6 Pres. Hayes — Mar. 20 Pres. Pierce------Apr. 3 Pres. Monroe— Apr. 17 PHILIPPINE INTER-ISLAND STEAMSHIP CO. SUPERIOR INTER-ISLAND SERVICE S. S. “MAYON” Sails Wednesdays from MANILA TO TO ILOILO CEBU ZAMBOANGA ZAMBOANGA CEBU ILOILO Jan. 26 Jan. 19 Feb. 9 Feb. 2 Feb. 23 Feb. 16 Mar. 8 Mar. 1 Mar. 15 Mar. 22 Mar. 29 Apr. 5 Apr. 12 FOR BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION APPLY TO: THE ROBERT DOLLAR COMPANY General Agents Robert Dollar Bldg., Port Area — MANILA — 87 Escolta Telephone 2-24-41 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 20 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL January, 1933 The general trend of passenger carryings for the month of November showed a slight decrease with no signs of recovery until seasonal spring movement. First class figures show a decrease of about 10 per cent from the previous month, intermediate 20 per cent, and third class 10 per cent. TOBACCO REVIEW By P. A. Meyer Alhambra Cigar and Cigarette Mfg. Co. Total of 1932................................... Total of 1931................................... Total of 1930................................... Total of 1929................................... Total of 1928................................... 18,981,821 20,526,266 20,116,000 24,287,000 18,811,000 The following figures show the number of passengers departing from the Philippines during the month of November: China and Japan............... Honolulu.............................. Pacific Coast....................... Europe via America.......... Straits Settlements............. Europe and Mediterranean beyond Colombo............. America via Suez............... Dutch East Indies............. Australia............................... First Inter- Steermediate age 84 107 2|6 3 2 45 12 12 15 21 3 xx 7 1 1 14 4 6 6 xx xx 10 xx xx 17 1 xx 174 130 313 Mr. W. F. Cawley returned on the President Grant December 1st from a five months vaca tion in the United States and has resumed his position as Assistant Passenger Agent of the Dollar Steamship Line, Manila Office. Mr. J. R. Atkins, Manager of the Shipping Department Warner Bames Company, sailed on the Empress of Canada November 14th for a vacation. Mr. A. MacNeur of the Passenger Depart ment of the Dollar Steamship Line left on the President Grant December 3rd to relieve the Agent of the Dollar Steamship Line at Tokyo. tinations, export of ember 1932 was as Rawleaf: Fur ther large shipments to the Spanish Regie and a purchase by the Japanese mono poly Bureau have brought the Decem ber tobacco export to an exceptionally high figure, but prices obtained, principally on sales to Japan, were low. Shipments to the United States kept within the ave rage figure of the last few months. Classi fied according to des Tobacco during Dec,’s: Rawleaf, Strip ped Tobacco and Kilos Australia............................................ 384 China.................. 6,204 Hongkong......................................... 786 India................................................... 213 Japan................................................. 940,620 North Africa................ 156,804 North Atlantic (Europe)................. 30,542 Spain................................................... 1,215,300 Straits Settlements........................... 2,487 Tonkin............................................... 74 United States.................................... 93,107 2,446,521 Cigars: Exports to the United States have suffered a further reduction and the outlook for the next few months is not very encouraging. Competition among American manufacturer in the “2 for 5 cents” class is very keen. Com parative figures for the the last five years speak for themselves: Year 1932.................................................. 1931.................................................. 1930.................................................. 1929.................................................. 1928.................................................. Average 5 years............................. Cigars 176,294,144 165,193,165 153,572,844 156,600,495 187,360,260 167,804,181 December export to the United States amounted to........ 12,498,070 cigars. LUMBER REVIEW By ARTHUR F. FISCHER Director of Forestry 1 The timber and lum ber exports for the month of October, 1932, was 5,567,968 board feet with a customs-declared value of Pl66,989 as against 7,652,776 board feet with a customsdeclared value of P434,882 for the same month in 1931. There is thus a decrease of about 27% in volume and 62% in value. Compared with the previous month of Anthrax! 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