China tyre production up by 8.5 percent in 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China produced 832.1 million tyres in 2011, up by 8.5 percent over 2010. In December, production of tyres (including car, truck and two-wheelers) was 73.16 million, up by 9.8 percent on the year-ago figure, but down by 2.2 percent on November.
Of these, 2011 production of radial tyres amounted to 393 million, up by 5.55 percent on 2010. In December, the country produced 33.5 million radials, up by 3 percent on the year-ago figure. Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the most productive provinces, accounting for 27.89 percent; 19.71 percent and 14.43 percent respectively of the total output.
Production of synthetic rubber increased to 349 million tonnes in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010.
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Story (all tyres & SR) from China Rubber Network (Chinese language)
Above story auto-translated from Chinese
Story (Radial tyres) from China Rubber Network (Chinese language)
Above story auto-translated from Chinese
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