Rubber boosts tire prices up a dozen

One month has soared 25%! Recently, following the gold, strong gluten wheat, corn and cotton, rubber has become the fifth product to set a new record high in history. In the face of the "rising trend" of natural rubber, most tire companies are no longer able to calm down and have used price increases to make up for profits.

Yesterday, the reporter learned from major urban auto tire franchise stores and the automotive market that major brand tire manufacturers have raised tire prices one after another, with price increases ranging from 5% to 10%. Some rubber product companies have also increased product prices to varying degrees.

The price of tires has risen widely. "I have a car spare tire broken. I want to buy a new one. As a result, I asked several tire dealership stores and the price was much higher than before." Yesterday, private car owner Zhou found that the price of tires had risen. Obviously raised, from 700 yuan / only rose to 750 yuan / only, four tires a change, to pay 200 yuan more than before.

Yesterday, the reporter visited and found that the domestic automobile tire market is undergoing a comprehensive price increase. Ms. Lao Qi, director of the Michelin Tire Shop in Yangzhou told reporters that this round of concentrated price increases in the industry started this month. Because it is a general increase in tyre raw rubber prices, the price adjustment products cover almost all types of tires. 3%-6% or so.

“Recently, dozens of species in the store have increased their prices more or less, and the overall increase has been between 3% and 5%.” The staff of a tire franchise store in Gaoli Auto Parts City told reporters that their products range from more than 100 yuan. To more than 1,000 yuan, a tire up to tens of dollars. The 4S shop aftermarket manager of a certain automobile brand in the urban area introduced that all the tires from the 4S shop will have a collective price increase of about 10% from this month.

The price of natural rubber doubled. "The rise in automobile tire prices rose again, mainly because natural rubber prices rose too fast." According to a person from Michelin, natural rubber is probably the most crazy industrial raw material in the near future. On September 30th, domestic natural rubber spot prices and ** prices were still hovering around 27,000 yuan/ton. Last weekend, the highest price of natural rubber** reached 34,150 yuan/ton, which soared by 25% in January. According to the spot price of natural rubber of RMB 16,000/t last October, the current price has doubled in one year.

According to industry sources, the sharp increase in rubber prices in this round has greatly exceeded the highest price of 28,000 yuan before the financial crisis. Cai Weimin, secretary general of the tire division of the Rubber Association of China, analyzed that there are many reasons for this round of natural rubber price hikes: recently, the price of bulk raw materials has skyrocketed, and natural rubber has led the rise; rubber demand has risen sharply; natural rubber exporters have Limited; natural disasters reduce the production of natural rubber in local areas; middlemen hype.

Hot water bags and other rubber products have increased prices In addition to the tire industry, gloves, hot water bags and other daily necessities are also quietly rising prices. Yesterday, reporters learned from Qujiang Small Commodity Market that as long as some daily necessities related to rubber have also seen different degrees of price increases in the near future.

An operator who sells rubber gloves introduced that, starting from July and August of this year, the price of gloves began to increase. The original ultra-thin latex gloves that were originally sold out for a dollar were now sold at 1.3 yuan to 1.4 yuan. Currently, the entire rubber glove industry Prices have shown a trend of growth, and some companies have even made the second round of price adjustments. The prices of rubber shoes, hot water bottles and other products have risen.