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Rubber Production in Brazil

Rubber Production in Brazil. Emily R., Anthony L., Andrew H., Hugh J. Main Rubber Producers. South Asian rubber plantations edged out Brazil in the early twentieth century Up until around 1910, Brazil dominated rubber exports

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Rubber Production in Brazil

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  1. Rubber Production in Brazil Emily R., Anthony L., Andrew H., Hugh J.

  2. Main Rubber Producers • South Asian rubber plantations edged out Brazil in the early twentieth century • Up until around 1910, Brazil dominated rubber exports • Bolivia, Venezuela, and Peru (the other countries in the Amazon Basin) also produced rubber. • The main purchasers were Britain and the US

  3. Who owned the industry? Brazilian “Rubber Barons” primarily owned the production of Natural Rubber in Brazil The labor was carried out by people who were essentially paid to live in Amazon Basin, and were paid for how much rubber they collected Since labor was lacking, those who did collect the rubber were paid fairly well, as well as the Brazilian Rubber Baron, who were made unimaginably wealthy

  4. Percent of Exports • In the nineteenth century, coffee was Brazil’s main export • Rubber comprised 40% of total Brazilian exports in 1910; by 1919, it had fallen to less than 5% • In the late nineteenth century, Brazil was producing 90% of the world’s rubber

  5. Rubber Production as Compared to Other Exports • Brazil: commodity export shares, 1850-59 to 1950-1959* Coffee Sugar Cotton Rubber Total • 1850-59 48.7 21.3 6.3 2.2 78.6 • 1860-69 45.9 12.3 17.7 3.1 79.0 • 1870-79 56.3 11.8 9.7 5.5 83.3 • 1880-89 60.5 10.6 4.4 7.6 83.1 • 1890-99 65.4 6.1 2.5 14.2 88.2 • 1900-09 53.1 1.5 2.3 25.6 82.6 • 1910-19 52.1 2.4 1.7 16.4 72.6 • 1920-29 67.2 2.3 2.7 2.7 75.0 • 1930-39 56.3 0.5 11.1 1.0 68.9 • 1940-49 36.3 0.8 11.6 1.6 50.3 • 1950-59 57.9 2.4 7.0 0.2 67.4 *10 year-average of yearly shares. 1850-51 to 1887-88: fiscal years. Source: Computed from AnuárioEstatístico do Brasil, several years and BrasilemNúmeros, several years

  6. Peak Years Production and demand kept growing to 1910 and then it crashed for about 10 years Southeast Asians were cheaper and more efficient

  7. Prices 1905 and 1906 were record highs in rubber prices 1909 a new record high was set After 1910, prices fell well below those before the boom.

  8. The Three Most Important Things • Brazilian Rubber Boom was equivalent to the gold rush in America • There was a great demand for rubber in England and US (the biggest powers at the time) • The boom happened primarily in the 19th century

  9. http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/frank.international.rubber.markethttp://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/frank.international.rubber.market http://www.econ.puc-rio.br/mpabreu/pdf/td363.pdf http://www.thehenryford.org/research/rubberPlantations.aspx http://www.brazilmax.com/columnist.cfm/idcolumn/38 http://rainforests.mongabay.com/10rubber.htm http://www.iisrp.com/WebPolymers/00Rubber_Intro.pdf http://4photos.net/photosv2/23671_brazilian_rubber_tree_2.jpg

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