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 […]

China’s Automobile Sales Increased 7.6% In January 2015

China’s Automobile Sales Increased 7.6% In January 2015 � IRCo   16 February 2015, 10:30 SEAST   China’s automobile sales rose by 7.6%, y-o-y, from 2.156 million units in January 2014 to 2.32 million units in January 2015 as reported by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).   The increase in China’s automobile sales in […]

Tocom Rubber Lower In Range Trade Amid Uncertainties

Tocom Rubber Lower In Range Trade Amid Uncertainties � Dow Jones   17 June 2015, 09:22 SEAST   Tocom RSS3 rubber futures are slightly lower in slow, rangebound trade amid the lack of fresh leads, although the market is likely damped this week on macroeconomic uncertainties ahead of the U.S. FOMC policy meeting and an outflow of […]

Tocom Rubber Down Sharply As Yen Strengthens

Tocom Rubber Down Sharply As Yen Strengthens   14 January 2015, 09:04 SEAST   Tocom RSS3 rubber futures are down sharply as the yen strengthens to hit a one-month high against the U.S. dollar.   While there is tight raw material supply due to floods in Southeast Asia, this is offset by sluggish demand, say traders.   […]