Monday, March 28, 2011

China natural rubber imports down 14% in February

BEIJING (Commodity Online) : China, one of the world’s largest rubber consumers and the largest buyer of natural rubber, imported 107,218 metric tons of natural rubber in February.
According to country’s General Administration of Customs, the figure is 14 percent lower compared to same month a year ago while it was down 27 percent compared to January.
China imported 107,218 metric tons of natural rubber in February this year, down 14.4% compared with the same period of last year.
The February figure is 27% less than that in January, when the country imported 147,382 metric tons of natural rubber.
In the first two months of this year, China's natural rubber imports dropped 14.2% year on year to 254,590 metric tons, said the customs.
China mainly imports natural rubber from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
During the period from January to February, China imported 230,900 metric tons of synthetic rubber, down 6.42% from the same period of last year. Last month, synthetic rubber imports were 91,250 metric tons.

(Source: http://www.commodityonline.com/news/China-natural-rubber-imports-down-14-in-February-37620-3-1.html)

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