"With the production of 7,90,000 tonnes as projected (in normal scenario) by Rubber Board, NR imports to the tune of at least 5 lakh tonnes...

The association has estimated a crop loss of 49000 tonnes valued at Rs 610 crore from the last week of March and April. The absence of rubb...

What will lend an impetus to the auto and tyre sectors is Finance Minister’s proposal to invest Rs 100 lakh crore in the infrastructure sec...

Upasi president A E Joseph said there should not be any tweaking of the import duty currently at 25% or Rs 30 whichever is lower.

For the second consecutive month in June, NR consumption breached the one lakh-tonne mark.

M K Shanmuga Sundaram, chairman and ED of Rubber Board said the natural rubber (NR) production increased by 0.4% from a year ago to 694,000...

The tyre industry has been importing block rubber available at?95 per kg to bridge the deficit between production and consumption.

All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) has stated that domestic natural rubber (NR) production has hit multi-year low causing a su...

According to the industry, India already levies one of the highest duties on import of NR and one of the lowest duties on import of finishe...

With the natural rubber prices plunging to Rs 95 per kg, an eight year low, the Indian Rubber Growers Association has requested the interve...

Quoting Rubber Board data, the industry has stated that against NR production-consumption gap of 2.55 lakh tonnes in the April-Oct period.

The data for production released by Rubber Board showed a significant drop in production of 11% in the first two months of current fiscal.

Under Asean FTA, Indo-Sri Lanka, India-Singapore or India-Malaysia trade agreements, NR is in the negative list leading to no duty concessi...

With rubber industry depending more on import of natural rubber as international prices go down & supply becomes tight in local mkt, there ...

According to AIRIA, the import of finished rubber products has gone up by 100% in the last three years from Rs 3,810 crore to Rs 7,608 cror...

The production of natural rubber in June is given as 54,000 tonne, while consumption at 82,000 tonne showed a 1.2% fall in the same period.

Notwithstanding the number of challenges, the rubber industry presents a great scope for SMEs not just in the domestic market but also glob...