U.S. Auto Industry Heading For Record Sales In 2015
U.S. Auto Industry Heading For Record Sales In 2015 4 November 2015 The U.S. auto industry is on track for a record annual sale as indicated by the continued improvement of its auto sales in October which was far higher than market expectations. In October 2015, the U.S. automobile sales jumped by 13.6% to 1,455,516 units in […]
Courtesy Calls to Relevant Key Officials in Thailand
Courtesy Calls To Relevant Key Officials In Thailand 30 October 2015
The Thai Cabinet Approved Subsidy To Reduce The Burden Of Rubber Smallholders
The Thai Cabinet Approved Subsidy To Reduce The Burden Of Rubber Smallholders 28 October 2015 The Thai cabinet approved a subsidy for NR smallholders with Land Titles. Under this measure, smallholders will get a subsidy of THB1,250 per rai for up to a maximum of 15 rais. The Prime Minister of Thailand […]
Malaysia To Give Incentives, Subsidies To Rubber Smallholders
Malaysia To Give Incentives, Subsidies To Rubber Smallholders 28 October 2015 By Niluksi Koswanage and Anuradha Raghu Bloomberg – Government to spend as much as 200 million ringgit on subsidies and incentives from January, Prime Minister Najib Razak says in budget speech in Parliament. * Government to subsidize farmers if rubber prices fall […]
Thailand To Sign Rubber Supply Deal With China’s Sinochem
Thailand To Sign Rubber Supply Deal With China’s Sinochem 28 October 2015 By Supunnabul Suwannakij Bloomberg – Thailand plans to sign deal next month with state-owned Sinochem Group to supply 200,000 tonnes for 1 year, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Chatchai Sarikulya says in interview on Wednesday in Bangkok. * Thailand seeking to reduce rubber surplus through […]
A Huge El Nino Is Spreading All Kinds Of Mayhem Around The World
A Huge El Nino Is Spreading All Kinds of Mayhem Around the World 28 October 2015 By Supunnabul Suwannakij Bloomberg – It has choked Singapore with smoke, triggered Pacific typhoons and left Vietnamese coffee growers staring nervously at dwindling reservoirs. In Africa, cocoa farmers are blaming it for bad harvests, and in the Americas, it has […]
IRCo Congratulates Sri Trang Ago-Industry For Winning The Stock Exchange Of Thailand’S Sustainability Awards 2015
IRCo CONGRATULATES SRI TRANG ARO-INDUSTRY FOR WINNING THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND�S SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2015 Source: Bangkok Post, 26 October 2015
Somkid Eyes Crop Diversity
Somkid Eyes Crop Diversity 6 October 2015 One of the projects is to downsize rubber plantations by 1 – 2 million rai in five years, encouraging rubber planters to grow another crop such as oil palm, and promoting the use of rubber in road construction Source: Bangkok Post View original: www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/719312/somkid-eyes-crop-diversity
Super El Nino And Climate Change Cause Crop Failures Putting Millions At Risk Of Hunger
Super El Nino And Climate Change Cause Crop Failures Putting Millions At Risk Of Hunger 6 October 2015, 10:30 SEAST Source: The Pacific Islands News Association At least four million people in the Pacific face hunger, water shortages and risk of disease this year and next due to droughts and erratic rains, influenced […]
Excerpts From CEO’s Interview With Wall Street Journal
EXCERPTS FROM CEO’S INTERVIEW WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Natural Rubber Stocks Are Smaller Than Estimated 30 September 2015 Natural rubber stocks are smaller than estimated and the new chief executive of the International Rubber Consortium warned that with production falling, a shortage could be looming. “The market’s perception of high-level rubber stock, […]