[Geofin Comtrade] Daily report on Natural Rubber: July 12, 2016

MARKET COMMENTARY

Buoyed by weaker yen, TOCOM rubber futures are seen stretching gains on Tuesday. The benchmark December rubber futures on TOCOM rose more than two per cent, moving away from the five month low hit last week. The Japanese yen posted the biggest one day loss against the US dollar since 2014 on expectations of more economic stimulus.

In the Indian markets on Monday, natural rubber showed a mixed trend. In the spot market , RSS4 grade rubber traded steady around Rs.140 a kg, supported by supply tightness. However on NMCE, the grade lost about two per cent.

MARKET NEWS

NMCE imposes additional margin (cash) on both long side and short side of July month contract of Rubber with effect from Thursday, 7th July 2016.

Vietnam will export an estimated 427,000 tonnes of rubber in the first half of this year, up 3.1 percent from the same period last year according to country’s General Statistics Office.

According to the Rubber Board, natural rubber production in India declined 2.5 per cent on year-on-year basis in April to 39000 tonnes.

The Rubber Board has started a Call Centre at its Head Office to work as a centralized contact centre for receiving to telephone calls from the public seeking information about the services of the Board and also technical advice regarding cultivation, production, processing etc. of rubber.

Global natural rubber output could rise just 0.3 percent in 2016 from a year ago as drop in yields are seen offsetting expansion in the tapping area, the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) said in a statement. Production from the ANRPC members, which together account for about 92 percent of global output, could rise to 11.07 million tonnes in 2016 from 11.04 million tonnes a year ago, Sheela Thomas, secretary-general of the ANRPC said.

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