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2026 Week 18 Material Price in China
for rubber and tire industry
DH MKT TEAM
5/4/20261 min read
Week18 Price Commentary
With the continued easing of tensions in the Middle East, Chinese refineries maintained stable overall operations, leading to a continued decline in commodity prices.
Butadiene prices fell by 800 yuan/ton to 13,000RMB/MT, PBR BR9000 fell by 150 yuan/ton to 15,950RMB/MT, SSBR 2564S fell by 400 to 16,600RMB/MT, and ESBR1712 prices remained largely unchanged. Meanwhile, natural rubber prices rose slightly, by approximately 400 RMB/MT.
Due to short-term structural supply constraints, prices for specialty rubbers such as NdBR9106, BIIR2030, EPDM J-4045, and chloroprene rubber CR322 remained high. With increased supply from other regions, the prices of these specialty polymers may decline slightly in the coming weeks.
Short-Term Outlook
According to the Strait of Hormuz monitoring website (https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/), although Saudi Arabia and the UAE have adopted land pipelines as an alternative mode of transportation, and the transport capacity is almost at full capacity, downstream regions still face shortages of refined products such as naphtha and raw materials such as LNG after more than two months of restrictions. Furthermore, with the news about significant disagreements in peace negotiations between the two sides, the situation may not return to the pre-war state in the short term.