Although Czecho-Slovakia offers a relatively small market for automobile tires, owing to import restrictions on motor cars, there is a noticeable upward trend in demand because of the increased domestic automotive production. As there are practically no tires manufactured in the country—the production of “Cordial” tires being unimportant—Czecho-Slovakia offers a good field for foreign makes.

Foreign tires, other than American, sold in Czecho-Slovakia, are as follows, in the order of their popularity: Michelin, Continental, American Semperit, Dunlop and Italian Pirelli.

German tire exports in May reached the highest figure for any month this year, numbering 23,063

automobile casings, as compared with about 8,000 in April, 19,000 in March, 10,000 in February, and 11,000 in January. The average monthly exports for the first five months of 1925 are officially reported as 14,000, compared with a monthly average of 12,000 throughout 1924.

French tire exports in May are officially reported as 2,415,400 kilos gross weights of rubber tires of all kinds. On a basis of one automobile casing to each 13 kilos of rubber tires and tubes exported, French exports this year may be estimated to include the following number of automobile casings: January, 159,000; February, 140,000; March, 160,000; April, 152,000, and May, 186,000.

May exports constitute a record for French monthly tire exports in 1925. The average monthly shipments for the first five months of 1925 are estimated at 159,400, as compared with 139,800 monthly throughout 1924.

Italian exports of pneumatic tires and tubes for the first four months of 1925 amounted to 2,720,600 kilos, and on a basis of one automobile casing to each eleven kilos of pneumatic tires and tubes of all kinds, this would include 247,000 automobile casings. The exports from Italy by months, estimated on this basis, would be as follows: January, 50,000; February, 48,000; March, 66,000, and April, 83,000—April being the record month thus far this year. The average monthly shipments for four months are estimated at 61,800, as compared with 55,600 monthly throughout 1924.

British exports of automobile casings in June are officially reported as 82,970, compared with 72,384 in May, 71,425 in April, about 86,000 in March, 57,000 in February, and 55,000 in January.

The monthly average for the first half of 1925 in 70,800, as compared with 45,800 monthly throughout 1924.

Canadian exports of pneumatic casings of all kinds in June numbered 64,067, as compared with 75,932 in May. Some allowance must be made for motorcycle and bicycle casings included in the Canadian exports. Allowing 7 per cent of the number of casings exported to be of those types, the monthly exports of automobile casings during the first half of 1935 would be as follows: January, 59,000; February, 62,000; March, 72,000; April, 72,000; May, 71,000, and June, 60,000. The average is 66,000 monthly, as compared with 41,700 monthly during all of 1924 on the same basis.

Australia imported crude and reclaimed rubber in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, valued at £456,478, as compared with £163,242 in the preceding year, according to official statistics, thus indicating a considerable increase in the quantity imported—even allowing for higher prices in the 1923-24 period. Imports of rubber tires and tubes increased from £1,392,835 in 1922-23 to £2,062,151 in 1923-24.