Rubber Exports to Japan are Safe

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Indonesia’s raw rubber exports to Japan are secure despite the closure of several automotive factories in Japan. “There have been no reports of exports being suspended to Japan,” said Suharto Honggokusumo, the executive director of the Indonesian Rubber Producers Association (Gapkindo), in Jakarta yesterday.
Last year, Indonesia’s rubber exports stood at 2.4 million tons and were valued at US$7 billion. The growth of Indonesia’s rubber export volume during 2004 – 2010 was 8 percent. Rubber prices are high on the international trade market at US$ 5.2 per kilogram.

(Source: http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2011/03/28/brk,20110328-323254,uk.html)