TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Crude rubber inventories at Japanese ports stood at an eight-month high of 15,474 tonnes as of Jan 20, up 17.6 percent from 10 days earlier, data from the Rubber Trade Association of Japan showed on Wednesday.
The inventory level was the highest since 15,637 tonnes recorded on May 10, 2013.
Following are details of the association’s data (in tonnes):
|
Type |
Jan 20 |
Jan 10 |
Dec 31 |
Dec 20 |
Dec 10 |
Nov 30 |
|
Crude rubber |
15,474 |
13,164 |
12,560 |
11,965 |
11,351 |
10,875 |
|
Natural Latex |
531 |
547 |
584 |
560 |
538 |
553 |
|
Synthetic solid |
1,176 |
1,267 |
1,216 |
1,234 |
1,200 |
1,401 |
|
Synthetic Latices* |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
Notes: *D.R.C
(Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Ed Davies)
