India’s natural rubber production for the
month of January 2016 decreased by 3.45% to 56,000 tonnes compared to 58,000
tonnes during January 2015. While the consumption during the month decreased by
2.21% to 82,000 tonnes compared to 83,850 tonnes during the same period of 2015.
Natural rubber stock decreased by 2.42% to 242,000 tonnes from 248,000 tonnes
in January 2015.
Natural rubber imports in January 2016 increased
20.70% to 35,174 tonnes from 29,141 tonnes in January 2015. Import of natural
rubber was mainly from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.
The benchmark RSS4 grade rubber closed at `.94.50
a kg at Kottayam, while RSS3 grade closed at `.87.62 a kg at
Bangkok and Malaysian SMR20 closed at `.75.24 a kg. On
National Multi Commodity Exchange March 2016, the futures closed at `.97.39
a kg, April at `.100.40 and May 2016 closed at `.102.72
a kg. Tokyo Commodity Exchange February 2016 futures series closed at ¥141 a
kg, March at ¥144.4, April at ¥147.3, May 2016 at ¥150.6, June at ¥152.7 and
the contract for delivery in July 2016 closed at ¥153.2 a kg.
For 2015-16 Rubber Forecast: http://rubber4u.com/Public/RForecast.pdf
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