▲According to data released by the general administration of customs, China imported 557,000 tons of natural and synthetic rubber (including latex) in April 2019, decreased by 4.13% compared with last month. From January to April 2019, China imported 2,128,000 tons of natural and synthetic rubber (including latex), increased by 2.3% compared with last year.

 

▲According to the tire e-commerce data report of April 2019, Giti Tire surpassed Continental to become the new sales champion in April. No. 3 to no. 5 are Michelin, Pirelli and Goodyear respectively. Bridgestone went from tenth to sixth. Hantai, Dunlop, Marges and Kumho ranked seventh to tenth.

 

▲Hailide New Material Co., Ltd. released its 2018 annual report on April 7. Last year, the company achieved 3,569,000,000RMB in operating revenue, increased by 12.03% compared with last year. Its polyester cord fabric and polyester industrial filament products are widely used in the tire field.

 

▲Recently, the municipal government of Yicheng, Hubei Province, publicized a tire and rubber comprehensive utilization project. The public tire project is invested and constructed by Yicheng Huaxin Carbon Technology Co., Ltd. The total investment of Huaxin carbon plan is 50,000,000RMB and the annual disposal of 40,000 tons of waste tires is completed. It can produce 18,000 tons of fuel oil, 14,000 tons of carbon black and 3,000 tons of steel wire.

 

▲Shandong province Weihai, Yantai and other cities announced the proposed “Shut down and eliminate a batch”of rubber enterprises in the industry caused great response. On April 23 and 30, Dongying and Qingdao also released the list of enterprises shut down and eliminated, naming as many as 59 rubber enterprises. The government of Qingdao made a huge rectification. It listed 205 enterprises at one time, and a total of 56 rubber enterprises were named, involving tires, rubber products, rubber additives and other fields.

 

▲According to the statistics and analysis of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers（CAAM）, the production and sales of motorcycles decreased slightly in April 2019 compared with the previous month, and remained basically unchanged with the same period last year. From January to April, the total production and sales of the industry reached 4,897,500 vehicles and 4,885,400 vehicles, the decline continued to narrow.

 

▲On May 23, 2019, the signing ceremony of Linglong tire and Wolfsburg Football Club "Champion Club Partner" was held in Foshan, Guangdong Province. This is the second in-depth cooperation with Wolfsburg after Linglong tire became the partner of championship club on January 1, 2017. The two sides will launch cooperation projects in the next three years and continue to move forward hand in hand.

 

▲Hainan Natural Rubber Industry Group Co., Ltd. announced plans to build a national rubber park with about 400,000 acres of rubber forest. Hainan Rubber and Overseas China Town (Hainan) Group Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on the national rubber park project on May 18. The two sides will build the first pilot exhibition area of Hainan National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone in the model of "rubber + culture + tourism" and "forestry + Internet + finance" to drive the development of tourism and forestry in Hainan Province.