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China NR imports from Jan to Feb total 916,000 mt

Shandong (JLC), March 27, 2024----In January-February 2023, China's cumulative imports of natural rubber (including latex, compounded rubber, and mixed rubber) amounted to 916,000 mt, marking an 18.72

03-28-2024 00:00:00

Collinear LCBR capacity hit 340,000 mt/yr in H1 2022

Shandong (JLC), July 1, 2022--The collinear capacity of low-cis polybutadiene (LCBR) settled at 340,000 mt/yr in the first half of the year, and the single production capacity was estimated at 220,00

07-01-2022 17:49:25

Sanqiang New Energy to add new 80,000 mt/yr carbon black project

The coal-based new material project of Sanqiang New Energy passed the technical review meeting hosted by the Shanxi Provincial Ecological Environmental Protection Service Center.

09-15-2021 15:00:28

Orion to construct 120,000 mt/yr carbon black plant in Anhui

Shandong (JLC), July 20, 2021--During 2022-2024, Orion Engineered Carbons planed to build a new plant in Huaibei City, Anhui province of China, with a planned first-phase capacity of 70,000 mt/yr.

07-20-2021 16:11:36

Yunnan Natural Rubber Industry’s 60,000 mt/yr TSR 20 production line comes online

Shandong (JLC), August 19, 2020--On August 12, the wet-process production line of TSR20 at Yunnan Natural Rubber Industry Group, which has an annual output of 60,000 mt, was put into operation at the Mengpeng No. 2 rubber plant in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna.

08-19-2020 09:31:04

SBR price falls to below CNY10,000/mt

Shandong (JLC), March 3, 2020--SBR market prices saw a downward trend amid falling butadiene price and weak downstream demand, though prices of natural rubber futures contract (code 2005) on SHFE moved sideways.

03-03-2020 14:10:50

China’s new butadiene capacity to hit 650,000 mt/yr

Shandong (JLC), October 29, 2019--China’s newly-added butadiene production capacity is projected to reach 650,000 mt/year in 2019, as some butadiene units will come onstream, JLC data predicts.

10-29-2019 13:43:50

50,000 mt/yr Nd-polybutadiene unit project completes

PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical had completed the reconstruction of 50,000 mt/yr Nd-polybutadiene production line on May 25, and all the expected renovation targets were achieved.

06-13-2019 15:55:17

IITRC members to reduce NR exports by 200,000 mt

As the members of International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand has reached an agreement that they will reduce the export volume of natural rubber by 200,000-300,000 mt to deal with the low prices of natural rubber.

03-01-2019 17:04:22

Vietnam exports 175,000 mt rubber in January

In January, Vietnam exported 175,000 mt rubber, up 28.9% YoY, and the export value was $220 million, up 10.8% YoY.

02-20-2019 13:57:12

China butyl rubber imports read 251,000 mt in 2018

Shandong (JLC), February 18, 2019--In 2018, China butyl rubber import volume stood at 251,000 mt, down 22,000 mt or 18.05% year on year, data from the General Administration of Customs of PRC.

02-18-2019 11:46:15

Review of China BR9000 market in 2018

In 2018, China polybutadiene market price basically vibrated at a low level.

01-22-2019 14:55:16

China BR9000 market price frequency distribution, 2014-2018

Shandong (JLC), November 30, 2018--China polybutadiene price trends were quite different in recent five years. In 2015, China polybutadiene market price was below CNY10,000/mt for a long time. In the first quarter of 2017, polybutadiene price rose to CNY25,000/mt, and it was the same price in 2011.

11-30-2018 10:12:09

Thailand NR exports rise to 348,000 mt (2)

According to JLC, it is expected that the export volume of Thailand natural rubber will be 350,000mt in May. It will undergo no large changes from that in April amid insufficient output and high shiploads price.

05-30-2018 16:11:52

Thailand NR exports rise to 348,000 mt (1)

According to data released by Thailand Customs，the export volume of Thailand natural rubber (Thailand RSS3, STR 20, LATEX, Crepe Rubber, Compound Rubber and others) was 348,000mt in April, 2018, up 25.17% YoY and 24.26% MoM.

05-30-2018 15:45:28

Methanol price decreased to below CNY2,000/mt

Overall methanol market wakened after Lantern Festival. Methanol prices declined sharply in some regions in end February and early March. Up to March 7th, methanol prices moved down by CNY300/mt in some producing areas, and trading price were concluded below CNY2,000/mt.

03-13-2018 11:07:01

2018 China BR9000 output estimation

02-27-2018 13:42:34

Cambodia exported 60,000mt natural rubber in H1 2016, up 20% YoY

Cambodia has exported around 60,000mt natural rubber in the first half of 2016, up 20% against the corresponding period of 2015, while the price of Cambodia natural rubber only increased by 3% in the international market.

07-25-2016 11:10:47

China imported 410,000mt natural and synthetic rubber, up 38.4% YoY

The General Administration of Customs has published on July 13th that China imported 410,000mt natural rubber and synthetic rubber in June and imported 470,000mt in May.

07-13-2016 17:43:37

China rubber import down by 6.0% MoM to 470,000mt in May

Reportedly, the data released by China General Administration of Customs on June 8th showed that China’s May rubber import volume was 470,000mt, down by 6.0% against the 500,000mt of April.

06-08-2016 17:47:01

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