Chongqing sees significant increase in imports of compounded rubber for first quarter

2009-05-06 Chongqing

Chongqing, China imported 4337.6 tons of compounded rubber worth US$9.11 million during the first quarter of this year, up 25.4 percent and 8.1 percent from a year earlier, and up 115 percent and 72.7 percent from a quarter earlier, respectively. The city imported 3,528 tons of compounded rubber from Malaysia and 806 tons from Thailand during the quarter, accounting for 99.9 percent of the total import volume.