Guangdong ports this year, imports of natural rubber prices skyrocketing

International natural rubber market remains tight, and other factors, reaching new heights in recent years, the price of natural rubber this year, import prices still rose. Reporters from the Guangzhou Customs was informed that so far this year, natural rubber import prices rose month by month, imports in January at 1168.3 U.S. dollars / ton, and July has risen to 1480.9 U.S. dollars / ton higher than in January rose 26.8 percent, of which, natural classification technology Rubber and smoke film, the average price up 51.4 percent and 58.1 percent. It is reported that in 2004, natural rubber through ports in Guangdong imported an average price of 1001.1 U.S. dollars / ton in 2005, has risen to 1105.4 U.S. dollars / ton, to accelerate the rise in the first half of this year.

Customs statistics show that in January-July this year, the ports in Guangdong imported 87,000 tons of natural rubber, the value of 120,000,000 U.S. dollars, respectively, over the same period last year growth of 17.3 percent and 54.1 percent, accounting for 10.2 percent of total imports. 98.4 percent of total imports from ASEAN countries, which originated in Thailand, and Vietnam's natural rubber imports rose 22.8 percent and 24.7 percent, Malaysia rubber imports fell 11.1 percent.

According to the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of this year, Guangdong Province, with the demand for rubber is closely related to the automobile and tire industry has developed rapidly, with output of 290,000 motor vehicles, an increase of 32% of the picture tire production line tires 3,854,000, an increase of 16.9 percent. Ports in Guangdong imported natural rubber, 93.3 percent of the receiving unit for Guangdong enterprises, mainly tires, plastic shoes, and other enterprises. According to the China Rubber Industry Association estimated that in 2006 China's demand for natural rubber in about 1,500,000 tons, and domestic natural rubber production in about 600,000 tons, 900,000 tons for the gap, the need to rely on imports to make up.

This year, however, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the main natural rubber producing countries to ensure that the local government to supply, were introduced measures to restrict exports of natural rubber, leading to tension goods in the international market. In addition, in September in Thailand during the rainy season just around the corner, in accordance with the laws of Indonesia after the leaves into the producing areas, natural rubber output will be reduced at least 30%. In the global rubber demand growth in the rigid conditions, supply reduction is bound to lead to the Jiaojia up again.

Customs said that eight or nine months is a typhoon-prone season, if the next time a typhoon once again attacked the Chinese and Southeast Asian rubber production areas, could import natural rubber prices.