Condoms and car tyres helped make Thailand a US$6 billion latex powerhouse. Now, the industry wants to plaster the plant material on faces and use it to stop coastal erosion in a makeover designed to keep more rubber profits at home.
China imported 636,000 tons of natural and synthetic rubber products, including latex, in November, up 27.2 percent from 500,000 tons in October, down 5.6 percent from 674,000 tons year-on-year, data released on Dec. 8 by General administration of customs people’s republic of China.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks took a breather at 18-month peaks on Wednesday having climbed for five straight sessions, while the British pound was licking its wounds as revived Brexit fears came back to bite it.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil retreated on Wednesday after rising more than 1% in the previous session as U.S. industry data showed a surprise build in crude stocks, but hopes for firmer demand next year checked a deeper fall in prices.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares gained on Tuesday, but a lack of detail about the Sino-U.S. trade deal tempered some of the exuberance that sent Wall Street to record highs overnight, while familiar fears of a hard Brexit knocked the pound.