Natural rubber has never witnessed such a boom as it is happening now, at least in the last few decades. The price of NR has broken all recent records driving on supply shortage as against the ever growing demand mainly from the tyre industry, the largest consumer of NR. But the crucial questions are: For how long? Is the current upswing is based on fundamentals like actual demand and supply? Is there chance of a price crash? Experts and stakeholders of the NR industry who responded to Rubber Asia's survey in this regard agree on one thing — the prices are here to stay at higher levels at least for the next two years and a major price crash is not in sight. Prices to stay high
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