Monthly rubber price per kilogram Japan 2021-2023

As of April 2022, the price per kilogram of rubber at the Tokyo Commodity Exchange in Japan amounted to approximately 124.8 U.S. cents. The price decreased compared to 166.8 cents in April of the previous year.

 Influences on the rubber price in Japan

At the beginning of 2020, manufacturing ceased worldwide due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. When production resumed, the demand for raw materials such as rubber increased, and the rubber price rose as well. At the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 the rubber price peaked due to concerns of a rubber shortage as a result of the pandemic. Other factors that kept rubber prices up were supply chain disruptions and labor shortages in rubber-producing countries due to the pandemic. Furthermore, the demand for rubber increased as rubber products such as rubber gloves were more needed.

Rubber industry in Japan

Industrial supplies and vehicle tires represented major products manufactured by the rubber industry. Japan's rubber industry has a strong position in automotive products since it is an important supplier of tires.
Bridgestone ranked as the largest rubber company in Japan. In recent years, the Tokyo-based company was one of the largest global rubber tire producers, but it also produced a wide range of other rubber-based products such as rubber belts and hoses.