[China] Natural rubber prices on Oct. 19, 2012

Guangdong

Product	Market Offer (Yuan/mt)
SVR3L	23000-23100 (no tax)

NR offers edged lower.

Jiangsu

Offers softened on the back of muted demand.

Hengshui

NR offers inched lower and trades for SCRWF performed poor.

Shandong

Product	Market Offer (Yuan/mt)
SCRWF (Hainan, state-owned)	24500
SCRWF (Yunnan, state-owned)	24500
SCR10 (Yunnan, private-owned)	21400
Thai RSS3	26000 (low-end, with 17% VAT included)
SVR3L	24200 (with 17% VAT included); 22800-23000 (no tax, unconfirmed)

Offers, disordered, went marginal corrections.

Shanghai

Product	Market Offer (Yuan/mt)
SCRWF (Hainan, state-owned)	24300
SCR5 (Hainan, private-owned)	21500
SCRWF (Yunnan, state-owned)	24500
SCR10 (Yunnan, state-owned)	21400
Thai RSS3	26200 (with 17% VAT included)
SVR3L	23800 (low-end, with 17% VAT included, for large quantities)

NR offers presented a slightly falling trend. Trades for homemade NR were difficult to conclude in spite of firm offers.

Yunnan

Product	Market Offer (Yuan/mt)
SCRWF (Yunnan, private-owned)	23600-23700
SCR10 (Yunnan, private-owned)	20800-20900
SCR5 (Yunnan, private-owned)	21500
Homemade RSS	22000 (with 13% VAT included, unconfirmed)

NR offers inched lower and trades for SCRWF performed poor.

Zhejiang

Product	Market Offer (Yuan/mt)
SCRWF (Hainan, state-owned)	24500
SCRWF (Yunnan, state-owned)	24500
SCR10 (Yunnan, state-owned)	21500
SVR3L	24200-24500 (with 17% VAT included); 23800 (with 17% VAT included, for large quantities)
Thai RSS3	26500 (with 17% VAT included);