TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Crude rubber inventories at Japanese ports rose 4.1 percent from 10 days earlier to 18,094 tonnes as of Feb. 10, data from the Rubber Trade Association of Japan showed on Monday.
The inventories have been steadily increasing since last October.
Following are details of the association’s data (in tonnes):
Type |
Feb 10 |
Jan 31 |
Jan 20 |
Jan 10 |
Dec 31 |
Dec 20 |
Crude rubber |
18,094 |
17,387 |
15,474 |
13,164 |
12,560 |
11,965 |
Natural Latex |
526 |
556 |
531 |
547 |
584 |
560 |
Synthetic solid |
1,139 |
1,215 |
1,176 |
1,267 |
1,216 |
1,234 |
Synthetic Latices* |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
Notes: *D.R.C
(Reporting by Fumika Inoue; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)