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2026 Week44 Rubber Material Price in china
for rubber and tire industry
DH MKT TEAM
11/2/20261 min read
2026 Week 44 Price Commentary
Bd just snapped back — and vindicated the "choppy, range-bound" call.
📈 The headline: Butadiene jumped from 13,475 to 14,540 (+7.9%) in one week. PBR followed to 16,660, ESBR and SSBR ticked up alongside. Cost is back in the driver's seat — and with US midterms days away, Middle East risk premium isn't done moving.
🛞 Demand keeps validating the synthetics complex. Even with Bd whipsawing, PBR sits above where it was two weeks ago. Tire price hikes (TBR +2%, PCR +6%) continue to buffer the chain. NdBR (22,500) and Butyl (35,000) — rock solid again.
🌴 Natural rubber is the laggard now. SVR3L 20,130, STR20 18,618 — a third straight week of gentle slides. Post-spike consolidation continues; synthetics strength may actually be capping NR on the substitution margin.
⚫ N660 9,380 — the feedstock correction grinds on, quietly.
🔮 Outlook: Volatility is the trade. Bd swings both ways on geopolitical headlines, synthetics track it with a dampened beta, NR needs a fresh supply-side spark. Watch the midterms — and any headline out of the Gulf.
The range got wider. The thesis didn't change.
Butadiene, 13495 => 13475 => 14540
Polybutadiene rubber (PBR BR9000), 16320 =>16100 => 16660
NdBR 9106, 22500 no change.
ESBR 1712, 13780 => 13590 => 13730
SSBR 2564S, 13840 =>13720 => 13760
Butyl rubber (BB2030), 35000 no change.
SVR3L, 20480 =>20270 =>20130
STR20 MIX, 19186 => 18850 => 18618
CB N660, 9500 => 9500 =>9380