Statistics from China General Administration of Customs showed that China imported 729,000 tons of rubber in December 2016, year-on-year rising by 23.6% from 2015's 590,000 tons in the same period.
In the past twelve months in 2016, China accumulated imported 5,810,000 tons of rubber, growing 23.1% compared to 2015's 4,718,000 tons in the same period.