floods in Thailand in recent months, the subsequent impact is still spreading. The first half of this year, the increasingly tight supply of natural rubber, pushing up the tire manufacturing raw material – butadiene (BD) price skyrocketing close $3000 per metric ton mark, turns off the global tire manufacturers prices surge, whether foreign or domestic firms have been unable to load. The industry more rumors, foreign investment in the second quarter of this year will again raise price.
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Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia as the three major natural rubber producing countries, in October last year when chanting to reduce exports, then the market rumors drop point in time is wrong, because in November, December and January is to produce more of the season, but the yield and export restrictions facing dilemma, although the market price rises, for the self-employed farmers concerned but will not stand, resulting in prices again back again, but in Thailand since last December has occurred in the first flood, then in January of this year is due to heavy rains floods, due to two consecutive floods are in the south of Thailand rubber producing areas, thus quickly push up the natural rubber price.
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According to the Thailand rubber Bureau data show that torrential rains and floods have hit southern Thailand since December 5th last year, there are about 6.5% of the rubber plantation was destroyed. In addition, the southern Thailand daily output of 10 thousand tons of calculation tapping in December last year to January this year, the cumulative loss of output has nearly 200 thousand tons.
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