India will impose restrictions on the import of certain pneumatic tyres such as those used in motorised station wagons, racing cars, scooters, multi-cellular polyurethane tubeless tyres, and bicycles, in an attempt to promote domestic manufacturing. It will also placate domestic…
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India to raise import duty on South Korean PBR rubber
Acting on a complaint filed by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries on the increased imports of polybutadiene rubber (PBR) from South Korea (used for making tyres), the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended a provisional increase in import duties to levels…
India might impose tariffs on dumped rubber exports from China, 3 other countries
India may impose anti-dumping duty on rubber imports after the alleged dumping of said product from countries including China, Japan, Russia, and the European Union. A synthetic rubber manufacturing company based in India, Apcotex Industries Ltd., has filed an application…
JK Tyre starts partial operations at three plants in India
JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (JK Tyre) has resumed partial operations at three Indian plants in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, in accordance to national safety guidelines by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The three plants had earlier been under…
Indonesian ministry to buy rubber from farmers for rubberised asphalt
The Indonesian Public Works and Public Housing Ministry (MPWH) has planned to purchase at least 10,000 tonnes of rubber from farmers for use in rubberised asphalt, to help with the otherwise poor absorption of the commodity by the market amid…
BKT to restart manufacturing at all tyre factories in India
Balakrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) is gradually resuming tyre manufacturing operations at its plants in India after gaining approval from the local government. BKT has four such plants – in Aurangabad, Bhiwadi, Chopanki and Bhuj—where it also runs a carbon black…
Thai rubber authority to start JV for medical gloves production for COVID-19
The rising demand of medical gloves – attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic – will see the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) setting up a rubber glove and medical glove factory soon with an annual production capacity of 1.8 billion units.…
Bridgestone “temporarily shuts down” 11 plants in Japan due to COVID-19
Japan-based tyre and rubber company Bridgestone will suspend operations at 11 Japanese plants across select prefectures in late April and early May, in response to the unstable market conditions and poor demand amid the quickly spreading COVID-19 outbreak. According to…
Momentive wins patent suit against China’s Ecopower
Momentive Performance Materials Inc says that a Chinese court has ruled that Ecopower (Yongxiu) New Materials Co. Limited’s and Ecopower (Guangzhou) New Materials Co. Limited’s manufacture and sale of a product was in violation of a Momentive patent for NXT…
Yokohama Rubber, RAOT to cooperate for sustainable NR procurement in the country
Yokohama Rubber has recently partnered with the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT), a state enterprise under the jurisdiction of Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, to provide economic support for natural rubber (NR) farmers in Thailand and to improve traceability…