The tariff fluxes triggered by Trump are having a domino effect on the Indian rubber market too, with the prices first coming under stress following the panic created by back-to-back Trump announcements on steep hikes in tariffs on China and high slabs for other nations. However, with Trump dithering of late on tariffs and the Indian stock market staging a robust performance, the rubber prices are keeping steady amid limited domestic supply and good demand.
Highlights
• RSS-4 prices near stable around INR 198/kg for past ten days
• Kerala farmers engaged in rainguarding in right earnest
• RRII devises process for extracting top-quality rubber from skim latex