The US Department of Commerce will impose anti-dumping import duties on emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) from South Korea following its decision last month to impose anti-dumping duties on dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) from South Korea as well. The preliminary determination…
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South and East Asia rubber news
Rubber Board publishes a book on India’s rubber tariff policies
India’s Rubber Board has published a book on the country’s tariff policies on rubber and rubber products that aims to provide clarifications on the policies after the implementation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). India’s external trade policies have undergone important…
Malaysia still evaluating feasibility of rubberised roads in pilot projects
Malaysia, one of the world’s largest natural rubber producing countries, has already completed and is now evaluating three pilot projects to determine the technical and financial feasibility of using rubber on stretches of roads and highways. Malaysia Works Minister Datuk…
CEAT, A.K. Khan JV to build a tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh
Tyre manufacturer CEAT, the flagship company of Indian industrial conglomerate RPG Group, has signed a joint venture agreement with a major Bangladeshi business group, A.K. Khan and Company to build a tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. Jyotibrata Banerjee, managing director…
Philippines’ House of Representatives moves forward with PhilRubber board
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.…
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…