[Geofin Comtrade] Daily report on Natural Rubber: July 28, 2016

MARKET COMMENTARY

Natural rubber in the major overseas market is seen inching up on Thursday. TOCOM rubber futures, paring initial losses, extended the previous day’s gains probably on firmer oil prices. However, strengthening yen against the US dollar weighed on.

In the Indian market on Wednesday, RSS4 grade rubber traded with a mild positive bias. While the commodity has been trapped in a range for the past few days, NMCE rubber futures gained nearly one per cent and in the spot market, quotes were slightly up.

MARKET NEWS

Crude rubber inventories at Japanese ports stood at 9,617 tonnes as of July. 10, down 7.5 percent from the last inventory date, data from the Rubber Trade Association of Japan showed.

India’s Natural rubber production in 2016-17 (Apr-Mar) is seen rising 16% on year to 654,000 tn according to the Rubber Board.

Exporter members of rubber association GAPKINDO will not sell natural rubber by using long-term contracts anymore, as the method tends to be used by global traders to control the price of the commodity, said Edy Irwansyah, secretary of the North Sumatra branch of the organization.

The International Tripartite Rubber Council plans to hold a meeting on Aug 9 in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss the future of the rubber-export arrangement, which was made to help boost the commodity’s price according to Edy Irwansyah, secretary of North Sumatra’s branch of the Indonesian rubber association GAPKINDO.

China’s tire production totaled 118.4 million units during the first four months of 2016, a rise of 5 per cent over the same period of 2015, according to data from the China Rubber Industry Association. In particular, production of radial tires and all-steel radial tires jumped 6.4 per cent and 3.1 per cent year on year to 108.4 million units and 26.2 million units, respectively.

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