The committee on agriculture and food inside the House of Representatives in the Philippines is moving forward with the creation of the proposed Philippine Rubber Industry Development Board (PhilRubber) that will help expand the markets of the country’s rubber industry.…
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South and East Asia rubber news
India’s NR output likely to go up 15% as farmers go back to tapping
India’s natural rubber (NR) production in 2017-18 is expected to rise 15% to its highest in four years at 750,000 tonnes as rubber farmers take advantage of the current rally in natural rubber prices and go back to tapping trees,…
Rubber MSMEs in India urge import duty increase on finished rubber products
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India’s rubber industry are calling for an increase in import duty on manufactured rubber goods entering the country. They are asking for import duties to be increased to 30% from the current maximum of…
Finnish company eyeing Mindanao as site for US$200 mn rubber tyre plant
Finnish tyre manufacturer Black Donuts Engineering Inc. has expressed its interest in constructing a rubber tyre manufacturing plant worth US$200 million (Php9.89 billion) in Mindanao, Philippines, the country’s Department of Agriculture (DA) said. Rodolfo L. Galang, interim executive director of…
Vietnam rubber exports hit 1.26 million tonnes in 2016
The Vietnam Rubber Association (VRA) expected the country’s rubber exports to register a 5.5-10% year-on-year growth for 2016 and hit 1.2 to 1.25 million tonnes. But Vietnam’s rubber export industry exceeded expectations when it hit 1.26 million tonnes with a…
Cheng Shin Rubber to operate new tyre plants in India, Indonesia
Taiwanese rubber tyre company Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. is set to start operations of two new tyre plants in India and Indonesia in the second and third quarter of next year, respectively, company spokesman Richard Lo said. Each plant…
Guangken eyeing overseas listing of its Thai rubber unit
Two years after Guangdong Guangken Rubber Group Co. acquired Thai Hua Rubbr Public Co, which is the world’s third largest natural rubber group, the company is now planning to list its Thailand operations on stock exchanges in Thailand and Hong…
India government mulls national training institute for rubber, tyre sector
The government of India has shown interest in setting up a national institute to meet the skills training needs of the country’s rubber and tyre sectors. India’s Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy, ina meeting with the…
India’s domestic rubber supply needs to be strengthened, says ANRPC
The secretary-general of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), Sheela Thomas, stressed India’s need to strengthen its domestic supply base of rubber at a time whenrubber exporting countries are fast becoming rubber-consuming nations. According to Thomas, if this…
Malaysia’s September 2016 NR production dropped 3.2%
The natural rubber (NR) production of Malaysia, one of the world’s largest producers of natural rubber, fell 3.2% in September 2016 to 57,751 tonnes from 59,673 tonnes in August, according to the country’s Department of Statistics. The NR output dropped…