| STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF WORLD RUBBER SITUATION |
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| ('000 tonnes) |
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2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Year |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year |
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| NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCTION |
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| Latin America |
202 |
56 |
61 |
48 |
51 |
216 |
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| Africa |
421 |
112 |
114 |
111 |
112 |
449 |
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| Asia |
9480 |
2364 |
1972 |
2382 |
2692 |
9409 |
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| TOTAL (1) |
9846 |
2445 |
2068 |
2468 |
2757 |
9725 |
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| NATURAL RUBBER CONSUMPTION |
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| North America |
1148 |
290 |
298 |
284 |
284 |
1157 |
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| Latin America |
518 |
130 |
132 |
142 |
140 |
544 |
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| European
Union |
1282 |
373 |
357 |
319 |
326 |
1376 |
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| Other Europe |
177 |
48 |
46 |
51 |
59 |
204 |
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| Africa |
120 |
32 |
34 |
32 |
25 |
123 |
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| Asia/Oceania |
5954 |
1493 |
1542 |
1675 |
1644 |
6354 |
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| TOTAL (1) |
9216 |
2352 |
2256 |
2374 |
2353 |
9719 |
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| WORLD SUPPLY-DEMAND
SURPLUS/DEFICIT |
630 |
93 |
-188 |
94 |
404 |
6 |
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| WORLD STOCKS (2) |
2244 |
2337 |
2149 |
2243 |
2647 |
2647 |
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| SYNTHETIC RUBBER PRODUCTION |
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| North America |
2685 |
690 |
700 |
705 |
695 |
2790 |
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| Latin America |
663 |
166 |
165 |
165 |
164 |
659 |
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| European
Union |
2725 |
686 |
702 |
687 |
703 |
2779 |
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| Other Europe |
1301 |
343 |
325 |
297 |
325 |
1290 |
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| Africa |
67 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
71 |
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| Asia/Oceania |
5294 |
1427 |
1513 |
1486 |
1567 |
5994 |
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| TOTAL (1) |
12646 |
3330 |
3424 |
3359 |
3472 |
13583 |
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| SYNTHETIC RUBBER CONSUMPTION |
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| North America |
2217 |
517 |
543 |
545 |
524 |
2129 |
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| Latin America |
804 |
206 |
208 |
217 |
214 |
845 |
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| European
Union |
2525 |
651 |
668 |
626 |
674 |
2620 |
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| Other Europe |
862 |
206 |
250 |
240 |
239 |
935 |
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| Africa |
99 |
28 |
26 |
24 |
23 |
92 |
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| Asia/Oceania |
5737 |
1488 |
1631 |
1634 |
1614 |
6367 |
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| TOTAL (1) |
12378 |
3127 |
3377 |
3319 |
3319 |
13154 |
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| WORLD SUPPLY-DEMAND
SURPLUS/DEFICIT |
268 |
203 |
47 |
40 |
153 |
429 |
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| WORLD STOCKS (2) |
3800 |
4003 |
4050 |
4090 |
4243 |
4243 |
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| % SR IN TOTAL RUBBER
CONSUMPTION |
57.3 |
57.1 |
60.0 |
58.3 |
58.5 |
57.5 |
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| RUBBER PRICE AND RELATED INDICATORS |
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2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Year |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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| NATURAL RUBBER PRICES |
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| Europe, TSR20
€/tonne |
1646 |
1612 |
1614 |
1559 |
1690 |
1619 |
1830 |
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| SICOM, RSS3,
S$/tonne |
3344 |
3400 |
3560 |
3249 |
3568 |
3444 |
3889 |
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| New York,
TSR20, US$/tonne |
2113 |
2205 |
2314 |
2235 |
2529 |
2321 |
2821 |
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| SYNTHETIC RUBBER PRICES |
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| USA SBR
Export Values US$/tonne |
1710 |
1969 |
1873 |
2256 |
1948 |
2012 |
2018 |
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| Japan SBR
Export Value '000Yen/tonne |
205 |
216 |
221 |
228 |
225 |
222 |
231 |
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| France, SBR
Export Value €/tonne |
1382 |
1464 |
1486 |
1468 |
1513 |
1483 |
1493 |
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| RELATIVE NR/SR PRICE RATIO |
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| New York,
TSR20 / USA SBR |
123.6 |
111.9 |
123.6 |
99.0 |
129.8 |
115.4 |
139.8 |
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| RELATED INDICATORS |
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| Crude oil, West Texas
basis, US$ per barrel |
66.2 |
58.2 |
65.0 |
73.1 |
91.0 |
71.8 |
76.1 |
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| Butadiene, US
cents per lb (3) |
51.2 |
53.7 |
57.3 |
56.0 |
56.0 |
55.8 |
61.3 |
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| A
much greater level of statistical
detail is available for all the above categories. |
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| Please
contact the IRSG for further details: statistics@rubberstudy.com |
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| Notes: |
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| (1) May include balancing
adjustments. |
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| (2) Stocks refer to end of
period volumes. |
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| (3)
Butadiene contract price - major feedstock used in production of volume
elastomers, SBR and BR. |
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| Source: All data taken from Rubber
Statistical Bulletin, MAY-JUNE 2008 edition |
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©International Rubber Study Group |
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