Asian Rubber Futures Settle Flat In Slow Pre-Holiday Trade

Asian Rubber Futures Settle Flat In Slow Pre-Holiday Trade   15 July 2015, 17:53 SEAST   Asian rubber futures settled flat Wednesday as production was winding down ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holidays inAsia.   Benchmark December natural-rubber futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange settled Y0.2 higher at Y208.8 ($1.69) a kilogram. Although slow arrivals were […]

Asian Rubber Futures Settle Higher On Tight Supply

Asian Rubber Futures Settle Higher On Tight Supply   27 January 2015, 17:56 SEAST   Asian rubber settled higher Tuesday as seasonal supply tightness gave support.   Natural rubber futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange settled higher as market sentiment had improved after the January contract expired on Monday due to strong buying interest amid […]

Tocom Rubber Slightly Lower, High-Level Meeting In Focus

Tocom Rubber Slightly Lower, High-Level Meeting In Focus   7 May 2015, 09:15 SEAST   Tocom RSS3 rubber futures are slightly lower in rangebound trade amid a two-day high level meeting in Kuala Lumpur being attended by industry officials and ministers from the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.   International Rubber Consortium chief executive Yium Tavarolit says in his […]

Visit And Discussion With Vietnam Officials

Visit And Discussion With Vietnam Officials    5 February 2015, 15.00 SEAST   On 4 February 2015, the CEO of IRCo flew to Hanoi, Vietnam and meet officials from the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam.   Apart from presenting the background, functions and mechanisms of ITRC and IRCo, the CEO discussed matters […]

Tocom Rubber Up Amid Tight Supply, Weak Yen And Firm Oil Prices

Tocom Rubber Up Amid Tight Supply, Weak Yen And Firm Oil Prices   13 May 2015, 08:22 SEAST   Tocom rubber futures are higher amid the low-production season and as prices continue to stabilise after gains in the last few weeks.   International Rubber Consortium chief executive Yium Tavarolit says in his weekly market report that tight supply, […]

Asian Rubber Settles Lower

Asian Rubber Settles Lower   7 May 2015, 17:45 SEAST   Asian rubber futures settled slightly lower Thursday amid a high-level meeting in Kuala Lumpur attended by industry officials and ministers from the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.   International Rubber Consortium Chief Executive Yium Tavarolit said in his weekly note that the meeting was expected to […]

Visit And Discussion With Myanmar Officials

Visit And Discussion With Myanmar Officials   3 February 2015, 14.00 SEAST   Mr. Yium Tavarolit, the CEO of IRCo paid a courtesy call to Mr. U Kyaw Shwe, the Director General (DG) of Department of Industrial Crops Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar on Tuesday, 3 February 2015 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Subsequently, he had […]

Thailand Uprooted Its 1 Million Rai of Rubber Plantation To Further Support And Improve NR Prices

Thailand Uprooted Its 1 Million Rai of Rubber Plantation To Further Support And Improve Natural Rubber (NR) Prices   28 May 2015, 11:30 SEAST   Mr. Amnuay Patise, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperative of Thailand said that currently Thailand had uprooted 1 million rai (160,000 hectares) of NR plantation. As a result, NR production of Thailand is estimated to decrease from […]