From January to December 2018, China imported a total of 591,000 tons of natural rubber latex, an increase of 20% compared with the same period of last year; imports of synthetic latex totaled 17,000 tons, a decrease of 4% compared with the same period of last year; imports of natural rubber totaled 2.005 million tons. , a 13% decrease compared with the same period of last year; imported natural rubber and synthetic rubber mixture (ie “mixed rubber”, customs tariff code 4002.8000) 2.95 million tons, an increase of 7% compared with the same period of last year, imported composite rubber 11 million tons, and Compared with the same period last year, it was 5% lower.
From January to December 2018, China imported a total of 1.23 million tons of synthetic rubber, a 10% decrease compared with the same period of last year; a total of 153,000 tons of synthetic rubber was exported, an increase of 9% compared with the same period last year. (Source: China Customs)
Translated by Google Translator from http://www.cria.org.cn/newsdetail/47635.html
