Overview of China’s Natural Rubber Imports from January to December 2008

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From the Internet: The General Administration of Customs reported that from January to December 2008, China imported 1.68 million metric tons of natural rubber, a 2% increase compared to the previous year； Of this, 110,000 tons were imported in December. 　　Preliminary figures released by the General Administration of Customs of China on January 13 showed that from January to December 2008, China imported 1.68 million tons of natural rubber (including latex), a 2% increase compared with 1.65 million tons in the same period of 2007. Imports in December amounted to 110,000 tons, a decrease of 10,000 tons on a month-on-month basis, indicating continued decline. 　　The data also shows that from January to December, China imported 1,202,041 tons of synthetic rubber (including latex), a 15% decline compared to 1,413,690 tons in the same period of 2007 ； Of this, imports in December amounted to 56,900 tons, an increase of 5,584 tons compared to the previous month.