From January to September 2019, China imported a total of 884,000 tons of synthetic rubber, a decrease of 7% (62,000 tons) compared with the same period of last year. The import profiles of the major rubber types are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Overview of China’s major synthetic rubber imports from January to September 2019
From January to September 2019, China exported a total of 125,000 tons of synthetic rubber, an increase of 9% (1,000 tons) compared with the same period of last year. The main export of various rubber types is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Overview of China’s major synthetic rubber exports from January to September 2019
From January to September 2019, China imported 63,000 tons of composite rubber, a 29% reduction (26,000 tons) compared with the same period of last year; imported synthetic latex totaled 137,000 tons, an increase of 4% (0.5 million tons) compared with the same period of last year. ); imported natural latex totaled 39.3 tons, a decrease of 7% (29,000 tons) compared with the same period of last year; imported natural rubber totaled 1.447 million tons, an increase of 2% (23,000 tons) compared with the same period of last year; imported natural rubber and synthetic The rubber mixture (ie “mixed rubber”, customs tariff code 4002.8000) was 1.81 million tons, a decrease of 16% (333,000 tons) compared with the same period of last year. The import profile of each rubber type is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3 Overview of China’s composite rubber, synthetic latex, natural latex, natural rubber and hybrid rubber from January to September 2019
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