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…
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South and East Asia rubber news
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…
Apollo Tyres inaugurates its 2nd global R&D centre in Chennai, India
Apollo Tyres, the world’s 17th biggest tyre manufacturers and one of India’s leading tyre companies, recently inaugurated its Global R&D Centre, Asia located just outside the southern Indian city of Chennai. This is the company’s second global R&D centre, after…
Goodyear increases production capacity with expansion of tyre plant in China
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an American multinational tyre manufacturing company, is expanding its production capacity through a US$485-million investment in the expansion of its state-of-the-art tyre factory in Pulandian, Dalian, China. Upon the expansion’s completion in 2020, the…
Cambodia’s rubber exports continue to rise despite fall in prices
Data recently released by Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) revealed thatthe first nine months of 2016 saw a continued increase in the country’s rubber exports despite the recent falls and current stagnation in prices as global demand…
ANRPC member countries called on to cooperate for sector development
Rubber Board, India chairman A. Ajith Kumar has called on rubber-producing countries to cooperate in the multilateral level for the development of commodity sectors like natural rubber. During the inauguration of the 39thAssembly Session of the Association of Natural Rubber…
Declining rubber prices affect small tappers, big plantation owners in Vietnam
Vietnam’s smallholder rubber farmers are not the only ones affected by the falling rubber prices, as a number of big agricultural businesses are also being forced out of business by the decline. The steady downward trend in prices and production…
Myanmar’s rubber sector held back by low production, high costs
Myanmar’s position as a serious rubber producing nation is held back by low productivity, sub-par quality and high labour costs, according to experts. Hajime Kondo, manager of Bridgestone’s tyre materials advanced development department, said that Myanmar’s rubber plantations only produce…
North Sumatra’s rubber exports down 20% to US$634 mn
Rubber exports from North Sumatra, Indonesia this year up until August 2016 went down 20.84% as compared to the same period in 2015. According to Bismark SP Sitinjak, chief of the production statistic section at the Central Statistics Agency (BPS)…
Kerala seeks regulation of rubber imports
The Kerala government sought for a regulation of natural rubber (NR) import and increase excise duty to check its falling prices in domestic market. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy responded that unregulated rubber import had contributed to the decline in prices.…