Japan’s total demand for carbon black is expected to drop for a second consecutive year, according to a recent forecast…...
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Japanese Belt Exports Stay Flat for 2018 While Imports Rise 16%
Japan’s rubber belt exports for 2018 were largely unchanged year-on-year at a value of 39.62 billion yen ($356.06 million), according…...
Japan’s Synthetic Rubber Production Falls 3% Year-on-Year for 2018
Japan’s production of synthetic rubber fell by 3.2 percent year-on-year to end at just under 1.57 million tons for 2018,…...
Special Report: Japanese Exports to China Rise for Some Rubber Products, Fall for Others
Driven by factors such as the U.S.–China trade war, China’s economic slowdown is becoming clearer as of late. And these…...
China Issues Preliminary Ruling on NBR Anti-Dumping Duty: Zeon Faces 30%, JSR 18.1%
China has issued a preliminary ruling on an anti-dumping duty targeting nitrile rubber (NBR) imports from Japan and South Korea…....
Japan’s Carbon Black Production Rises 0.3% for January–September
Domestic carbon black production increased 0.3 percent year-on-year to 419,983 tons for the first nine months of 2017, according to…...

