INDIA”s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is embarking on an initiative in the five worst Left Wing extremism (LWE)-affected States to provide Maoists with livelihood and income opportunities when they surrender arms. The MHA, in association with the Ministry of…
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South and East Asia rubber news
Karex uses strategy versus rubber price fluctuation
WORLD’s largest condom manufacturer by export, Karex Bhd, has its way to buffer the impact of fluctuating rubber and packaging price. This was revealed by its CEO Goh Miah Kiat, who says that the company has a price hedging mechanism…
Top buying countries’ weak economy curbs rubber exports from Indonesia
INDONESIA’s rubber exports, as well as selling price to China, the US and Japan have decreased, however the three countries remain its top buyers of rubber, specifically from North Samatra, according to the Secretary of the North Sumatra branch of…
Vietnam’s 2013 rubber exports likely to hit US$4.5 billion
VIETNAM’s rubber exports is expected to reach US$4.5 billion this year, an increase to last year’s value of US$4.26 billion, says Tran Thi Thuy Hoa, Chief of the Office of the Vietnam Rubber Association (VRA). The increasing global demand for…
Philippine local manufacturers decry inferior imported rubber goods
AN INFLUX of cheap Chinese and Vietnamese products are coming into the country and the Government has not stepped up to halt this. This was the general sentiment of the survey result conducted by the Philippine Rubber Industries Association among…
Thailand, Malaysia join forces in Rubber City project
THAILAND and Malaysia are collaborating on the Rubber City project aimed at developing the rubber industries of both countries. There are high hopes for the said project, and shoring up prices in Thailand – a major issue that has elicited…
Garden-grown rubber introduced in Sri Lanka
TO COUNTER the decline of rubber planting in the country. Sri Lanka promotes cultivation of rubber in home gardens with new varieties of rubber that can be grown in dry zones, and a cloned rubber variety that can be planted…
India to develop workforce with rubber skills
RUBBER Skill Development Centre (RSDC) Chairperson, Vinod Simon said during the recently concluded India Rubber Summit and Dinner in Kochi that about 50,000 individuals will be trained with rubber skills in the next one-year period. Together with All India Rubber…
Low domestic consumption strains Thailand’s pricing power, says Minister
ALTHOUGH a top global producer of natural rubber (NR), Thailand does not have the capacity to determine prices of NR; it only relies on the set prices in the global market, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agricultural and…
Indian rubber manufacturers welcome to venture in Vietnam
VIETNAM calls on the Indian rubber industry to invest in the country and benefit from its natural rubber sector. Currently, Vietnam’s rubber consumption comprises only 15% of the more than 9 lakh tonnes of locally produced rubber. Recently, members of…