China rubber imports swell 90.9% in March

BEIJING (Commodity Online): China’s rubber imports in March surged 90.9% month-on-month to touch 210,000 tons, reported webstock.com.cn, citing the General Administration of Customs in China.
This is a rise of 10.5% Y-O-Y.
But total imports of rubber in the first three months declined 4.6% Y-O-Y to reach 470,000 tons.
Synthetic rubber imports in March jumped 68.9 percent month-on-month and in comparison with the period a year back registered a decline of 15.6 percent to 154,092 tons.
Synthetic rubber imports fell 10.2 percent year-on-year to 385,037 tons during the first three months.

(Source: http://www.commodityonline.com/news/China-rubber-imports-swell-909-in-March-38084-3-1.html)