Filed under: Pricing Trends, Supply & Distribution — Michael Prather @ 2:49 pm

Reuters reported today that the International Rubber Consortium (IRCo) plans to reduce rubber exports by over 15% in January in an effort to curb falling prices. Prices have fallen sharply since hitting record highs last summer as supplies build as a result of the global economic slowdown.

The IRCo represents rubber producers from the world’s largest rubber producing nations, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

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Top rubber producers to cut exports by a sixth