Positive NR Fundamentals For The First 10 Months Of 2015

Positive NR Fundamentals For The First 10 Months Of 2015 10 November 2015   Highlights:   * NR Production dropped 0.9% * NR Consumption increased 3.8% * World NR Stocks decreased 17.6% For the first 10 months of 2015, NR fundamentals remain intact as indicated by the decrease of NR production in Association of Natural […]

ARBC Expresses Convern Over The Current Protracted Low Rubber Prices

PRESS RELEASE   ASEAN RUBBER BUSINESS COUNCIL (ARBC) EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THE CURRENT PROTRACTED LOW RUBBER PRICES The ASEAN Rubber Business Council (ARBC), which comprises the rubber trade associations of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia and accounting for around 76.2% of the world’s total natural rubber production, is very concerned over the current […]

Joint Communique/Media Release of ITRC Ministerial Committee Meeting 2015

Joint Communiqu�/Media Release International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) Ministerial Committee Meeting 2015 Thursday, 3 December 2015 Jakarta, Indonesia  _____________________________________________________________   The Ministerial Committee Meeting of the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday, 3 December 2015. The ITRC was represented by Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (TIM). The ITRC Ministerial Committee […]

Low Rubber Prices Could Drive Farmers Into Other Activities

Low Rubber Prices Could Drive Farmers Into Other Activities   24 September 2015, 09:40 SEAST   Rubber farmers could abandon growing the plant and move into other activities permanently if prices persist at their current low levels, potentially disrupting supply, the International Rubber Consortium in its latest weekly update.   “Currently, natural prices are mainly […]

Top Rubber-Producing Countries Aim To Set Up New Trading Platform

Top Rubber-Producing Countries Aim To Set Up New Trading Platform   4 December 2015, 08:49 SEAST   Ministers from the world’s top three rubber producers could set up a new trading platform for the commodity by the end of the first quarter of 2016, as they try to turn around five years of falling prices. […]

Tocom Rubber Higher On Yen, Supply

Tocom Rubber Higher On Yen, Supply   1 July 2015, 09:40 SEAST   Tocom RSS3 rubber futures are higher on a weaker yen and as supply remains tight even as major producers exit the low-output season.   International Rubber Consortium chief executive Yium Tavarolit says in his weekly note that supply has been tight year due […]

Asian Rubber Settle Higher; Slow Arrivals, Weaker Yen Help

Asian Rubber Settle Higher; Slow Arrivals, Weaker Yen Help   1 July 2015, 18:27 SEAST   Asian rubber settled higher Wednesday, helped by slow arrivals in the physical market. Although major producing countries were exiting the low-output season, International Rubber Consortium chief executive Yium Tavarolit said in his weekly note that supply has been tight this […]

Tocom Rubber Higher In ‘Volatile And Confused’ Market

Tocom Rubber Higher In ‘Volatile And Confused’ Market   9 July 2015, 09:23 SEAST   Tocom RSS3 rubber futures are higher on a technical rebound after finding support around a Y200/kg level, but the gains may not last as Shanghai rubber is extending its decline, traders say.   A Singapore-based dealer says the market is “very volatile and […]

Asian Rubber Futures End Mixed In Wild Market

Asian Rubber Futures End Mixed In Wild Market   9 July 2015, 17:26 SEAST   Asian rubber settled mixed Thursday in volatile trade tracking price swings in the broad Chinese market.   Benchmark December natural rubber on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange settled 3.9% higher at Y209.6 a kilogram on a strong comeback in Chinese equities after […]

Tocom Rubber Higher In Rangebound Trade

Tocom Rubber Higher In Rangebound Trade   15 July 2015, 09:30 SEAST   Tocom rubber futures are higher in rangebound trade with prices supported by a weaker yen on euro-zone relief.   International Rubber Consortium chief executive Yium Tavarolit says in a note that the rubber market is likely to continue improving this week after Greece reached a […]