The rubber economy after COVID /19 with a specialfocus on China
Summary:
Three parts that I intend to cover in this report is the review of the rubber prices after the outbreak of COVID 19; the impact on the domestic rubber supply and the shrunk demand.
On April 8, Wuhan the capital of Hubei province, China is open to the outside world again. Although people are still reeling from the loss of loved ones and cautious against COVID 19, life must go on. In the first part, we make a briefly review of the rubber prices after the outbreak of COVID 19.
The second part let’s deal with the domestic supply. We believe the domestic supply is less affected compared with the demand. This is because firstly we are still in the off season of the rubber cutting. Secondly, China already has a rubber stock of nearly 2 million tons. The decrease of importation will have a limited contribution to relieve the pressure of domestic high stock.
The third part we deal with the demand. Under the spread of the COVID/19, the pressure on the tire industry is unprecedented. The pressure is mainly reflected in two aspects: domestic market and exports. We will go deeper from these two aspects.