Thai rubber growers called on the government
to shore up rubber prices and purchase rubber at Bt120 per kg. Preecha
Sukkasem, representative of rubber growers in the southern region, submitted a letter to Deputy
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Nattawut Saikuar, and demanded that the
relevant state agencies speed up the process to buy rubber at Bt120 per kg
within one month. If the government fails to meet their demands by the
deadline, the growers threatens to gather 20,000 signatures and appeal the
government change relevant ministers who they deem responsible for their
problems. They also threatened to gather in front of Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra’s residence until the problems are resolved.
Today, Indian sheet rubber prices declined to
`.179.50 per kg, following sharp decline in the international
market as worries over the Euro Zone debt crisis, which is expected to worsen. In
the futures market, the August series declined to `.175.70,
September to `.174.72, and November to `.175.20 a kg on the
National Multi Commodity Exchange. RSS3 grade dropped to `.168.93
a kg at Bangkok. TOCOM rubber futures shed more and July futures closed at ¥215.5
per kg, August at ¥216.5, November at ¥224.5 and December at ¥226.6 per kg.
On 15th June 2012, Rubber4U has
forecasted that RSS4 grade rubber price to touch `.178 per kg and TOCOM
rubber futures to ¥240 per kg, which has gone further down, which indicates
there will be rise in import of natural rubber by the domestic tyre
manufacturers and in turn will increase the pressure on the domestic natural
rubber prices.
Read
lot more in Rubber4U – 1st August 2012 issue
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