Quote Originally Posted by jamescollister View Post
Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi View Post
So its not just Thailand thats having problems !, mind you Thailands lucky in on way cos they ain't got millions of Paki's breathing down their necks
It's a world wide thing, not just rubber, but most commodities, big miners in OZ crying about falling prices etc.

No idea what's happening globally with the markets, but commonsense tells me that there will be an under supply of rubber next year.
People have stopped tapping, big sheet and block rubber makers are selling at a loss, they will stop producing or go broke.

Smaller sheet makers like me, stopped making last year, people cutting down trees, no tappers, not enough money to be made.
Can't continue for ever, or there will be no rubber, big picture stuff, oil down, iron ore down, coal down and rubber.

India is a strange one, big tire manufacturer, companies threatening to go off shore, they can't get enough rubber, restrictions on imported rubber.
Jim
Jim I really admire your optimism, I just hope everything pans out for you ,the way I look at it if any one deserves a bit of good fortune its you!