According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, China’s natural rubber imports in June increased by 30.48% year on year to 19.9 million tons. January-June rubber imports increased 24.39% over the same period last year to 1,477,000 tons. As the majority of Southeast Asian rubber production in March and April cut off, these countries rubber exports in the subsequent months were seasonal reduction of the law. Among them, China in June imports of natural rubber from Thailand 116,000 tons, has been declining for three consecutive months. But it is still China’s largest source of rubber imports. It is noteworthy that China imported 39,000 tons of rubber from Indonesia in June. Since last November, the country has surpassed Malaysia as China’s second largest natural rubber importer.
Translated by Google Translator from http://market.cria.org.cn/22/39051.html
