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Demand for Japan’s Rubber Belts Expected to Rise 8% Next Year

Demand for Japanese-made rubber belts is projected to rise 8 percent year-on-year to 24,186 tons for 2022, according to a forecast put together by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association for next year. Out of the 24,186 ton total, domestic demand is set to come to 18,575 tons, up 11 percent year-on-year. Export demand, meanwhile, is expected to come to 5,611...

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Demand for Japan’s Rubber Belts Expected to Rise 8% Next Year

Demand for Japanese-made rubber belts is projected to rise 8 percent year-on-year to 24,186 tons for 2022, according to a forecast put together by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association for next year. Out of the 24,186 ton total, domestic demand is set to come to 18,575 tons, up 11 percent year-on-year. Export demand, meanwhile, is expected to come to 5,611...

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Demand for Japanese Rubber Belts Expected to Grow 1% Next Year

Demand for Japanese-made rubber belts is expected to reach 19,668 tons in 2021, which would mark a 1 percent year-on-year increase. This figure comes from the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association, which recently put together a 2021 demand forecast for rubber and plastic belts. The logistics sector, as well as the sector for packaging and paper production, are set to continue...

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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 to foreign trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and put together by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association. Rubber belt exports to the U.S. – the Japanese sector’s top customer here – were up 11 percent year-on-year, while...

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First-Half Rubber Belt Production Down 2% Year-on-Year

Japan’s total production of rubber belts for January–June declined 2 percent year-on-year to 13,169 tons, according to a set of rubber and resin belt statistics recently released by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association. Factors behind this included a fall in domestic demand for conveyor belts and flat demand, both domestically and in exports, for transmission belts. Looking specifically at rubber...

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Japan Belting Manufacturers Association Releases Demand Forecast for 2018

The Japan Belting Manufacturers Association recently published a 2018 demand forecast for rubber and resin belts. As part of the report, the association estimated the 2017 production volume of rubber belts at 26,694 tons, marking a 1 percent year-on-year increase and a third consecutive year below 30,000 tons. While transmission belt production stayed flat for 2017, conveyor belt production rose...

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